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