Flaming Lips - Fight Test

sunter had the right chords but didn’t have all the verses , so here’s a version
with all of the words . this song sounds better with two singers , so i’ve put the
second singer’s lyrics in parentheses .

intro

A C#m D E A F#m E

verse 1
A
i thought i was smart
C#m
i thought i was right
D E
i thought it better not to fight
A F#m E
i thought there was a virtue in always being cool
A C#m
so when it came time to fight
D E
i thought i’d just step aside
A F#m E A
and that time would prove you wrong and you would be the fool
( i don’t know )

chorus
C#m D E
where the sun beams and the star lights begin
A F#m E
it’s all a mystery

verse 2
A C#m
oh to fight is to defend
D
and if it’s not
E A F#m E
then tell me when would be the time that you would stand up and be a man
A C#m D
for to lose i could accept but to surrender
E A
i just wept and regretted this moment
F#m E
oh that i
A
i was the fool
( i don’t know )

chorus
C#m D E
where the sun beams and the star lights begin
A F#m E
it’s all a mystery
A C#m D E
and i don’t know how a man decides what’s right for his own life
A F#m E
it’s all a mystery .

verse 3
A C#m
’cause i’m a man – not a boy
D E
and there are things you can’t afford
A
you have to face them
F#m E
when you’re not prepared to face them
A C#m
and if i could i would
D E
but you’re with him i’ll do no good
A
i should have fought him ,
F#m E
but instead i let him
A
let him take you
( i don’t know )

chorus
C#m D E
where the sun beams and the star lights begin
A F#m E
it’s all a mystery
A C#m D E
and i don’t know how a man decides what’s right for his own life
A F#m E
it’s all a mystery .

A C#m D E A F#m E

chorus
A C#m D E
i don’t know where the sun beams and the star lights begin
A
it’s all a mystery
F#m E
( that you’d stand up and be a man )
A C#m D E
and i don’t know how a man decides what’s right for his own life
A
it’s all a mystery .
F#m E
( when you’re not prepared to face them )
A C#m D E
i don’t know where the sun beams and the star lights begin
A
it’s all a mystery
F#m E
( but instead i let them take you )
A F#m E
mystery