Falls to Climb Chords
by REM
Falls to Climb by REM is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Em, G5, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G D
I'll take the position
C Em G5
assume the missionare part
G D
you work by committee,
C Em G5
you had me pegged from the start.
G D
I'll be pounce pony,
C
phony maroney,
Em G5
pony before the cart.
G D
I'll be pounce pony.
C
this ceremony
Em G5
only fills my heart.
D G C
who cast the final stone?
D G C
who threw the crushing blow?
D G C
someone has to take the fall
Am G
why not me?
G D
a punch toy volunteer
C Em G5
a weakling on its knee.
G D
is all you want to hear
C Em G5
and all you want to see.
G D
romantically, you'd martyr me
C Em G5
and miss this story's point
G D
it is my strength, my destiny
C Em G5
this is the role that I have chosen.
D G C
who cast the final stone?
D G C
who threw the crushing blow?
D G C
someone has to take the fall
Am G
why not me?
Am G
why not me?
F Am C G
F Am C G
F Am C G
Am G
G D
gentlemen mark your opponents
C Em G5
fire into your own ranks.
G D
pick the weakest as strategec
C
move. square off. to
Em G5
meet your enemy.
G D C
for each and every gathering
Em G5
a scapegoat falls to climb.
G D C
as I step forward, silently.
Em G5
deliberately mine
D G C
who cast the final stone?
D G C
who threw the crushing blow?
G C
someone has to take the fall
Am G Am G
why not me? why not me.
Am G
had consequence chose differently
Am G
had fate its ugly head
Am G
my actions make me beautiful
Am G
and dignify the flesh
Am G
me.
Am G
I am free.
Am G
I am free
Am G
Am G
Am G
Am G