Intro] G Verse 1 G G/C Our fathers have been entangled in things G/B G/A He's been squandering, he's been squandering G G/C And we don't do a thing, cause we're busy and think G/B G/A G G/A We're just wandering, we're just a-wandering like fools G G/C His son is his prize, he tells a few lies G/B G/A He's got his father's eyes, it's in his father's eyes G G/C And he thinks in his mind that he's just getting by G/B G G/A But he's a compromise, he's just a compromising fool Interlude GCGFFGCGFF# Hook G/C G/B G/A And the stance that we take isn't much to bear G/C G/B G/A Yeah, we leave things to change on their time G/C G/B G/A And our failure to care for it leaves us blind G/C G/B G/A G/A 'til we're tired and we're crazed in the mind Verse 3 G G/C Now he lies on his back, and they tell him it's that G/B G/A It's just a heart attack, it's just a heart attack G G/C Too late to return to the ones that you've earned G/B G/A G G/A No they don't give it back, no they don't give it back to fools Interlude GCGFFGCGFF# Hook G/C G/B G/A And the stance that we take isn't much to bear G/C G/B G/A Yeah, we leave things to change on their time G/C G/B G/A And our failure to care for it leaves us blind G/C G/B G/A 'til we're tired and we're crazed in the mind Outro G I've been, I've been silent G I've been, I've been silent G I've been, I've been silent G I've been, I've been silent Am C I've been, I've been silent G I've been, I've been silent Am C I've been, I've been silent G I've been, I've been silent