D# A#
come , tell me your trouble
G#
i’m not your answer
D#
but i’m a listening ear

D# A#
reality has left you reeling
G#
all facts and no feeling
D#
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
A#
like flags on the land

D# A#
who’s at fault is not important
G#
good intentions lie dormant
D#
and we’re all to blame

D# A#
while apathy acts like an ally
G# D#
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
A#
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
A#
like flags in the wind

instrumental : Fm Cm Fm Cm Fm Cm Fm A#

G# D#
you who mourn will be comforted
A# Fm
you who hunger will hunger no more
G# D#
all the last shall be first
A#
of this i Am sure

G# D#
you who weep now will laugh again
A# Fm
all you lonely be lonely no more
G# D#
yes , the last will be first
A#
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
G# A# Fm
but i know the last shall be first
G# A# Fm
i know the last shall be first
G# A# D#
i know the last shall be first