Chords for Fight Test
Tempo:
81.75 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
F#m
C#m
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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The test of patience.
[C#m] [F#m] [E] [A]
[F#m] [E]
I [A] thought I was smart.
it better [E] not to fight.
cool.
I'll just [E] step aside [A] and that the time would [F#m] prove you wrong.
I [E] never knew.
[C#m] [F#m] [E] [A]
[F#m] [E]
I [A] thought I was smart.
it better [E] not to fight.
cool.
I'll just [E] step aside [A] and that the time would [F#m] prove you wrong.
I [E] never knew.
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A
F#m
C#m
D
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F#m
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The test of patience.
_ [E] Yeah. _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ I [A] thought I was smart.
[C#m] I thought I was right.
[D] I thought it better [E] not to fight.
I [A] thought there was a virtue [F#m] in always [E] being cool.
_ [A] So it came [C#m] time to fight.
[D] I thought I'll just [E] step aside [A] and that the time would [F#m] prove you wrong.
I [E] never knew.
_ [A] I know [C#m] that the sunbeams [F#m] and the starlight begins [A] all of this [F#m]
grieving.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] I'll suffice [C#m] to defend.
[D] If it's on her then [E] tell me when would [A] be the time she [F#m] would stand up [E] as a young man.
[A] For to lose I [C#m] could accept.
[D] But to surrender [E] I just wept and [A] regretted this moment.
[F#m] _ _ _ [E] Oh, I.
_ [A] I don't know [G#m] where the sunbeams [F#m] and the [E] starlight begins [A] all of this [F#m] grieving.
_ [E] _
_ And [A] I don't know [G#m] how a man this [F#m] silent, black, or in [E] his soul, might [A] control this grieving.
[C#m] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ Because [A] I'm a man, [G#m] not a boy.
[D] And there are things you [E] can't avoid.
You [A] have to face them [F#m] when you're not [E] prepared to face them.
If [A] I could, [C#m] I would.
[D] But you're with him now, I'd do [E] no good.
I should [A] have fought him, [F#m] but instead I let him.
_ [E] _ _
I [A] don't know [C#m] where the sunbeams and [F#m] the starlight [E] begins all [A] of this grieving.
_ _ [E] _ _
And I [A] don't know how [C#m] a man this silent, [D] black, or in his [E] soul, might control [A] this grieving.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ I [A] don't know where [C#m] the sunbeams and [D] the starlight [E] begins all [A] of this grieving.
But [F#m] you think you're the leading [E] man.
Because [A] I'm a man, not [C#m] a man.
And [F#m] there are things you can't [E] avoid.
You have [A] to face them when [F#m] you're not prepared [E] to face them.
I [A] don't know where [C#m] the sunbeams and the [D] starlight [E] begins all [A] of this grieving.
But [C#m] instead I let [E] him.
I should have fought him, _ _ but _ [A] instead I let him. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] The test is over. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The test of patience.
_ [E] Yeah. _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ I [A] thought I was smart.
[C#m] I thought I was right.
[D] I thought it better [E] not to fight.
I [A] thought there was a virtue [F#m] in always [E] being cool.
_ [A] So it came [C#m] time to fight.
[D] I thought I'll just [E] step aside [A] and that the time would [F#m] prove you wrong.
I [E] never knew.
_ [A] I know [C#m] that the sunbeams [F#m] and the starlight begins [A] all of this [F#m]
grieving.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] I'll suffice [C#m] to defend.
[D] If it's on her then [E] tell me when would [A] be the time she [F#m] would stand up [E] as a young man.
[A] For to lose I [C#m] could accept.
[D] But to surrender [E] I just wept and [A] regretted this moment.
[F#m] _ _ _ [E] Oh, I.
_ [A] I don't know [G#m] where the sunbeams [F#m] and the [E] starlight begins [A] all of this [F#m] grieving.
_ [E] _
_ And [A] I don't know [G#m] how a man this [F#m] silent, black, or in [E] his soul, might [A] control this grieving.
[C#m] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ Because [A] I'm a man, [G#m] not a boy.
[D] And there are things you [E] can't avoid.
You [A] have to face them [F#m] when you're not [E] prepared to face them.
If [A] I could, [C#m] I would.
[D] But you're with him now, I'd do [E] no good.
I should [A] have fought him, [F#m] but instead I let him.
_ [E] _ _
I [A] don't know [C#m] where the sunbeams and [F#m] the starlight [E] begins all [A] of this grieving.
_ _ [E] _ _
And I [A] don't know how [C#m] a man this silent, [D] black, or in his [E] soul, might control [A] this grieving.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ I [A] don't know where [C#m] the sunbeams and [D] the starlight [E] begins all [A] of this grieving.
But [F#m] you think you're the leading [E] man.
Because [A] I'm a man, not [C#m] a man.
And [F#m] there are things you can't [E] avoid.
You have [A] to face them when [F#m] you're not prepared [E] to face them.
I [A] don't know where [C#m] the sunbeams and the [D] starlight [E] begins all [A] of this grieving.
But [C#m] instead I let [E] him.
I should have fought him, _ _ but _ [A] instead I let him. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] The test is over. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _