E    G     C     Am    F
E|--0----3-----3-----0-----1--|
B|--0----0-----5-----1-----1--|
G|--1----0-----5-----2-----2--|
D|--2----0-----5-----2-----3--|
A|--2----2-----3-----0-----3--|
E|--0----3-----------------1--|

E|--Capo| 2nd Fret--

Am  F  C  G

Am
How could I have known

    F
The hollowness of bones

C
Until i was shown

    G
The weight of being alone


Am
The edge of all that is

F
Pierces slowly in

C
Opens up the skin

G
Takes as well as gives


Am
Well you could be the whistleblower

G
You could really sound it out

E
The end of all the willful blindness

F
Mayor of the town

F                    C       F
This is how the deal came to be

F                    E       F      E
This is how the deal came to be


Am
So I could really use

    F
The decency of youth

            C
I am so fed up with all of you

        G
Present company excluded

Am
All this suffice to say

          F
I’ll come back from being away

        C
Get complacent and unawake

G
Back to my senses

Am
But you could be the whistleblower

G
You could really sound it out

    E
The end of all the willful blindness

F
Mayor of the town

F                    C       F
This is how the deal came to be

F                    E       F
This is how the deal came to be

F                    C       F
This is how the deal came to be

F                    E      (F)
This is how the deal came to be