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| D | G | C | D | |
| I | sit at my ta | ble a | nd wage war on mys | elf |
| D | G | C | D | |
| I | t se | ems like it's al | l...it's all for no | thing |
| D | G | C | |
| I | know the ba | rricades, | and |
| D | D | |
| I know the mor | tar in the wal | l breaks |
| G | C | D | |
| I rec | ognize the weapons, | I used them well |
| Em | Bm | Em | Bm | |
| T | his is my mistake. L | et me make it good |
| Em | Bm | G | A | |
| I | raised the wall, and I | will be the one to knock it d | own |
| I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses |
| I proclaim that claims are left unstated, |
| I demand a rematch |
| I decree a stalemate |
| I divine my deeper motives |
| I recognize the weapons |
| I've practiced them well. I fitted them myself |
| It's amazing what devices you can sympathize...empathize |
| This is my mistake. Let me make it good |
| I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down |
| {I lose track of where the chords occur over the words. They just |
| switch between Am and C until the last part of this section...} |
| Am | C | Am | C | |
| R | each out for m | e and hold | me tight. Hold that me | mory |
| Am | C | Am | A | G | |
| Let | my machine ta | lk to me. L | et my machine t | alk to me |
| This is my world |
| And I am the world leader pretend |
| This is my life |
| And this is my time |
| I have been given the freedom |
| To do as I see fit |
| It's high time I've razed the walls |
| That I've constructed |
| It's amazing what devices you can sympathize...emapathize |
| This is my mistake. Let me make it good |
| I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down |
| You fill in the mortar. You fill in the harmony |
| You fill in the mortar. I raised the walls |
| And I'm the only one |
| I will be the one to knock it down |
Solo acoustic version using chords on this page.