Rejection
C - F - C -
F
C F
C - F
1. I've seen the light go out from lovers' eyes
C F
C - F
as daily care would take its
toll,
C F
C
- F
I've seen the heroes climb the
pedestal
C F C
only to stumble and to fall.
C7 F - Fm C -
Em - Am - G
I wasted so much time looking for answers on the breeze,
D - F G C -
F - C - F
now I know better, I don't want any part of this.
C F
C - F
2. I've seen the horror on a
mother's face
C F C - F
holding a bloated, hungry
child,
C F
C - F
it seemed another time,
another place,
C F C
and yet I felt myself defiled.
C7 F - Fm C - Em - Am - G
I wasted so much time missing
the wood for all the trees,
D
- F G
C - F - C
if this is progress, I
don't want any part of this.
Em Am
And good intentions I have had
a few,
D
G
to make the world a better
place.
B7 Em
But though I shared the dream
with others, too,
A D -
D7
we thought we could control
the pace,
- - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - G - G7
but lost each other in the ra…..ce.
C F
C - F
3. I've seen the face behind
the razor wire
C F C - F
accused for accident of birth,
C F
C - F
and those who put them there
around a fire
C F C
swapping their stories full of
mirth.
C7
F -
Fm
C -Em -Am -G
I wasted so much time turning the cheek and saying
"please",
D
- F G
C -
F - C - F
if this is justice I don't want any part of this.
C F C - F
4. I've seen the rubble and the
towers fall
C F
C - F
I felt the anger and the pain,
C F
C - F
and I have heard the patriotic
call
C F C
wanting to do the same again,
C7 F - Fm C -Em -Am -G
I wasted so much time trusting the ones who held the keys
D - F G C - F - C
if this is freedom, I don't want any part of this.
Em Am
And good intentions I have had
a few,
D
G
to make the world a better
place.
B7 Em
But though I shared the dream
with others, too,
A
D - D7
we thought we could control
the pace,
- - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - G - G7
but lost each other in the
ra…..ce.
C F
C - F
5. I've seen the dark and
dingy alleyways
C F
C - F
selling the needlefuls of hope,
C F
C - F
I rode with joy down countless
motorways
C F C
that only faster make the
slope.
C7
F - Fm C -
Em - Am - G
I wasted so much time believing
ignorance was bliss
D - F G C - F - C - F
if this is the future, I
don't want any part of this.
C F
C - F
6. So for tomorrow let this be your guide
C F
C - F
one thing to learn from this
old fool
C F C - F
the things you need you'll
find them all inside
C F C
no need to be some other's
tool.
C7 F - Fm C -Em -Am -G
I wasted so much time thinking
to teach when I should learn
D - F - - - - - - - - - - (G) - - - - - - - C
now you know better, your rights are only what you earn.
+ F - C - F - C
(orig. = capo 4th) (George
Papavgeris)