[Intro]
    A               D                G               A
E |-5-------------|-2--------------|-3-------------|-5-------------|
B |-5-------------|-3--------------|-3-------------|-5-------------|
G |-6-------------|-2--------------|-4-------------|-6-------------|
D |-7-------------|-0--------------|-5-------------|-7-------------|
A |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E |---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|

[play arpegios]
A (5th fret)  D (2nd)  G (3rd)  A (5th)

A          D
Love it or leave it,
G               D   A
The choices are few
A            D
Where is the magic?
G                         D           A
(wave your wand 'til your dreams come true)
A             D
I'm high on illusion
G                  D        A
Like a fool who is truly in love
A               D
Whose act of suspension
G                     D      A
Only proves there are wires above

A                   D
Now you can see the ways things are
    G                    A
You can't pretend you're blind
A                D
You can't have a change of heart
  G                  A
Before you change your mind

Give me a reason
Or give me a rhyme,
One man's high treason
Is another's victimless crime
We say we want justice
To be blind and binding on all
But nobody wants it
On their heads where the sword must fall

E      D    A    E               D  A
Why is everybody laughing at me?
E      D    A    E             D  A
Why is everybody happy but me?

I wait for a mountain
That won't ever come,
I feel just like Mohammed
(and perhaps a little bit dumb)
Others go climb it
You ask them why, they reply "'cause it's there!"
But me and my mountain
We're not getting, getting nowhere

A  D  G  D  A

Why is everybody laughing at me?
Why is everybody happy but me?
While I was standing here
I got this wild idea
I thought everyone was laughing at me

A  D  G  D  A

Now you see the way things are
You can't pretend you're blind
You can't have a change of heart
Before you change your mind
Now you see the way things are
You can't pretend,
Pretend that you're blind

A  D  G  D  A  [twice]

Stop talking, start walking!
Do something more than moving your mouth   [three times]

Stop talking, start walking!
Do something!

A  D  G  D  A  [four times]

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Transcribed by Leon Troeth

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