[Chords]
A C#m D E Bm F#m E A D
e|--------------------------------0----0----2--|
B|-------5----7----9----3---------0----2----3--|
G|--6----6----7----9----4----2----1----2----2--|
D|--7----6----7----9----4----4----2----2----0--|
A|--7----4----5----7----2----4----2----0-------|
E|--5------------------------2----0------------|
[Intro]
A
C#m A C#m A D E D E
[Verse 1]
C#m A
When they find you in the back bay
C#m A
Bits and pieces by the back bay
D E
No one asks, "Is this a war?"
D E
You lace your boots & go to war
[Verse 2]
C#m A
Set the shot, I put my gun away
C#m A
Do the work, I throw my gun away
D E
Don't question anymore
F#m E
Not burdened anymore
[Verse 3]
D A E
I weigh the world on a sliding scale, and I
D A E
Wouldn't worry if "heads" or "tails" decides
D A E
We're all strapped to the spinning wheel
C#m
And there's a blindfolded man in a tux throwing knives
[Chorus]
A D E
There's no why
A F#m E
There's no why
A D E
There's no why
A F#m E
There's no why
[Interlude]
C#m A C#m A D E D E
[Verse 4]
C#m A
In the pulpit, in the alleyway
C#m A
In the bear pit out at Heaven's Gate
D E
It's not a culture, it's a cult
F# E
Not a circle, it's a hole
[Verse 5]
D A E
I used to think it'd all come back again
D A E D
Less a question of "if" than "where" and "when"
D A E
Life, looping & infinite
C#m
I was protecting myself
C#m
Once it's finished, it's finished
[Chorus]
A D E
There's no why
A F#m E
There's no why
A D E
There's no why
A F#m E
There's no why
[Bridge]
Bm
Iron & ink
D
Oil & oxygen
Bm
The trick of the trick:
D A E
We are who we've always been
[Interlude]
D A E
[Chorus/Outro]
A D E
There's no why
A F#m E
There's no why
A D E
There's no why
A F#m E
There's no why
A D E
There's no why
A F#m E
There's no why
A D E
There's no why
A F#m E
There's no why