Eb                     Bb
Come, tell me your trouble
                Ab
I'm not your answer
                   Eb
But I'm a listening ear

Eb                       Bb
Reality has left you reeling
                     Ab
All facts and no feeling
                    Eb
No faith and all fear

Fm
I don't know why a good man will fall
Cm
While a wicked one stands
Fm
And our lives blow about
                 Bb
Like flags on the land

Eb                         Bb
Who's at fault is not important
                       Ab
Good intentions lie dormant
                   Eb
And we're all to blame

 Eb                         Bb
While apathy acts like an ally
               Ab             Eb
My enemy and I are one and the same

Fm
I don't know why the innocents fall
Cm
While the monsters still stand
Fm
And our lives blow about
                   Bb
Like flags on the land

Fm
I don't know why our words are so proud
Cm
Yet their promise so thin
Fm
And our lives blow about
                   Bb
Like flags in the wind

Instrumental: Fm Cm Fm Cm  Fm Cm Fm Bb

Ab                         Eb
You who mourn will be comforted
          Bb                  Fm
You who hunger will hunger no more
Ab                      Eb
All the last shall be first
              Bb
Of this I am sure

Ab                            Eb
You who weep now will laugh again
         Bb                   Fm
All you lonely be lonely no more
Ab                       Eb
Yes, the last will be first
            Bb
Of this I'm sure
 
Fm
I don't know why the innocents fall
Cm
While the monsters stand
Fm
I don't know why the little ones thirst
Ab             Bb              Fm
But I know the last shall be first
Ab             Bb          Fm
I know the last shall be first
Ab             Bb                Eb
I know the last shall be first