STANDING UP FOR NOTHING
Artist: Caedmon's Call
Album: Caedmon's Call
Words and Music by Derek Webb
Copyright 1997 Cumbee Road Music
Transcribed by Bryce Inman (from the Caedmon's Call Songbook)
http://caedmons-call.com/guitar_tab/songbook.shtml


C2       x30033
G/B      x20033
Am11     x02033
G5       3x0033
D2       x00230
Am7      x02010
Fmaj7    133010
D2/F#    200230
E        022100
A#m7b5   x12120
B        x2444x


C2 G/B Am11 G5 C2 G/B Am11 G5


-Verse 1-
C2??? G/B????????? Am11??? G5??????? C2
Well, I can't stop staring at myself;
G/B??????????? Am11?????? G5???????? C2
My face reflected in this empty plate.
G/B?????????? Am11???????? G5?? C2
I can't decide if it's the devil
G/B???????? Am11??? G5???????? C2G/B Am11 G5
Or if it's just something I ate.
G/B????????????? Am11?????????? G5
'Cause he's been down there all morning.
C2?? G/B?????? Am11??? G5??????? C2
He's patiently waiting at my gate.
G/B?????????? Am11??????? G5??? C2
He's throwing rocks at my window.
G/B?????????? Am11??????? G5????? C2?????? G/B Am11
Hey won't you come on out and play with me?


-Verse 2-
C2? G/B? Am11???? G5????? C2
But everyday when I get up
G/B???????? Am11??? G5???????????? C2
I see folks trading in their crowns
G/B?????????? Am11???? G5
for all these paper or plastic lives;
C2 G/B?????? Am11 G5
An opiate for the masses hounds.
C2? G/B?????????? Am11?????? G5
And pride, like a vestige of lives lost.
C2?????? G/B????????????? Am11?? G5?????????? C2
It's the stench of the old folks coming 'round.
G/B??????????? Am11 G5
Now with the news I heard today,
C2 G/B????????????? Am11????? G5?????????? C2
I can't tell if this world is lost or found.


-Chorus-
??? D2????????????????? C2
You go; I'll be waiting here.
?????????????? D2
And I'm awake, I cannot sleep.
?? C2???????? D2
So I'll sit upon this rock is you.
? Am7?????????????????????????? C2
I ain't standing up for nothing.


G/B Am11 G5 C2 G/B Am11 G5


-Verse 2-
C2??? G/B??????? Am11??? G5
Well, I've never seen my congressman,
C2? G/B?????? Am11??? G5
But I can't deny that he exists.
C2???? G/B?????????? Am11 G5???????? C2
'Cause I've seen his legislation pass;
G/B?????????????? Am11??? G5
I've seen his name on the ballot list.
C2??? G/B?????? Am11??????? G5????? C2
Same, I can't deny this fallen world.
G/B?????????????? Am11? G5
Though not my home it's where I live.
C2? G/B?????????? Am11 G5
How can I preserve and light the way
C2??? G/B?????????????? Am11 G5???? C2
for a world that I can't admit I'm in?


-Chorus-
???????? D2???????????????? C2
'Cause I know who I say You are,
????????? D2????????????????? C2
But these crows can't be made to stop.
?? D2????????????????? Am7
So I'll sit denying by this fire
?????????????????????????????? C2
I ain't standing up for nothing


G/B Am11 G5


-Bridge-
Fmaj7
Lack of interest leads to,
?????? D2/F#
Lack of knowledge leads to,
?????? G5
Lack of perspective leads to,
?????? E
Lack of communication leads to,
?????? Am7
Lack of understanding leads to,
?????? A#m7(b5)
Lack of concern leads to,
??????? B
This complacency denotes,
?????? C2
This approval denies
D2
The truth.


C2? G/B????????? Am11??? G5?????? C2
But I can't stop staring at myself;
??? G/B???????????? Am11?????? G5????????? C2
It's my face reflected in this empty plate.
G/B?? Am11?????????????? G5?? C2
And I know that it's the devil.


G/B Am11 G5


C2???? D2??????????????????????? C2
So You lead; and I'll be close behind.
?????? D2????????????????????????? C2
So You speak and I'll hang on Your words.
?????????????????? D2??????????????????? Am7
You've got to lift me from this hardened tree,
????????????????????????????????????? C2 G/B
'Cause I ain't standing up for nothing.


Am11 G5 C2 G/B Am11


G5???? C2
nothin'.


G/B Am11 G5 C2 G/B Am11 G5