Eb Bb Come, tell me your trouble Ab I'm not your answer Eb But I'm a listening ear Eb Bb Reality has left you reeling Ab All facts and no feeling Eb No faith and all fear Fm I don't know why a good man will fall Cm While a wicked one stands Fm And our lives blow about Bb Like flags on the land Eb Bb Who's at fault is not important Ab Good intentions lie dormant Eb And we're all to blame Eb Bb While apathy acts like an ally Ab Eb My enemy and I are one and the same Fm I don't know why the innocents fall Cm While the monsters still stand Fm And our lives blow about Bb Like flags on the land ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/brooke_fraser/flags_crd.html ) Fm I don't know why our words are so proud Cm Yet their promise so thin Fm And our lives blow about Bb Like flags in the wind Instrumental: Fm Cm Fm Cm Fm Cm Fm Bb Ab Eb You who mourn will be comforted Bb Fm You who hunger will hunger no more Ab Eb All the last shall be first Bb Of this I am sure Ab Eb You who weep now will laugh again Bb Fm All you lonely be lonely no more Ab Eb Yes, the last will be first Bb Of this I'm sure Fm I don't know why the innocents fall Cm While the monsters stand Fm I don't know why the little ones thirst Ab Bb Fm But I know the last shall be first Ab Bb Fm I know the last shall be first Ab Bb Eb I know the last shall be first