Fighting For Nothing Chords & Tabs
Tab by: Pridekills
Fighting for Nothing
Meg & Dia
Here Here, and Here
Intro:
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When I was younger, I wish that I would have known better.
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Better love makes a fat romance, that lasts for more than a shoe shine.
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I’m older, took all the words of my mother, saying,
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It could be worse, could be born with that disease, instead of catching it first.
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So let’s go back, to the first time, that I met you, in your Chevy, with your hands
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Stretched, and me crying, screaming, “Mercy. Mercy.”
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But I know that, I was put here, to fight Vikings, in the cold war, with my arms out, in the
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Front lines, singing, “Dare me. Dare me.”
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But these things take time love.
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These things take backbone.
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And they’ll tell you what you want to hear ’cause they think it’s better. Better.
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But you better know how to point out the liars.
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You’ve got to weigh your wars make sure you’re not fighting for nothing. Nothing.
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Are you fighting for nothing?
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It feels like this world has been growing slowly upside down.
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Maybe I should move to China, and straighten this mess out.
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Maybe I’ll be a poet. Watch all the sky for falling words.
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And write about my grandma’s curtains, or the lady who put the Chinese buffet in her purse.
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I’ve got my mouth. It’s a weapon.
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It’s a bombshell. It’s a cannon. I’ve my words.
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I won’t give them mercy. Mercy.
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But these things take time love.
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These things take backbone.
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And they’ll tell you what you want to hear ’cause they think it’s better. Better.
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But you better know how to point out the liars.
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You’ve got to weigh your wars make sure you’re not fighting for nothing. Nothing.
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Are you fighting for nothing?
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I’ve got my words. I hope they hurt you I hope they scar you. I hope they heal you.
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I hope they cut you open, make you see you’ve been warring for all the wrong reasons.
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Make you see that some things are worth bruising for.
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Make you see that your name is your honor code.
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Make you see that your hands you’re accounted for.
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Pick and choose where your sweat and your blood will go.
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Make you see your life’s not to be lived alone.
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Run their spit through your hair, you’re worth nothing. Nothing.
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But these things take time love.
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These things take backbone.
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And they’ll tell you what you want to hear ’cause they think it’s better. Better.
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But you better know how to point out the liars.
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You’ve got to weigh your wars make sure you’re not fighting for nothing. Nothing.
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Are you fighting for nothing?
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