Achilles Come Down

	 
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[Cello Intro]
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[Intro]
Am C Am G E
[Strophe]
  Am        G         C             Am 
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, come down 
          Am          G               Am     Em 
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof? 
        Am            G          Am         Em 
You’re scaring us and all of us, some of us love you 
 Am                G                C 
Achilles, it’s not much but there’s proof 
    Am         G           C           Am 
You crazy-ass cosmonaut, remember your virtue 
  Am            G          C 
Redemption lies plainly in truth 
     Am         G         C             Am 
Just humor us, Achilles, Achilles, come down 
          Am          G              Am 
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
[Interlude]
Am C Am G E (2x) 
[Strophe]
 Am         G         C            Am 
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, come down 
           Am          G             C 
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof? 
     Am            G               C           Am 
The self is not so weightless, nor whole and unbroken 
  Am         G           C 
Remember the pact of our youth 
      Am          G         Am           Em 
Where you go, I’m going, so jump and I’m jumping 
      Am          G         Am    Em 
Since there is no me without you 
Am           G          C            Am 
Soldier on, Achilles, Achilles, come down 
          Am          G              Am 
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
[Pre-Refrain]
Am         G              C          Am 
Loathe the way they light candles in Rome 
    Am              G         Am 
But love the sweet air of the votives 
Am       G                C       Dm 
Hurt and grieve but don’t suffer alone 
Am              G         F 
Engage with the pain as a motive
[Refrain]
  Fm         C     Am 
Today of all days, see 
E            F         G           C 
How the most dangerous thing is to love 
E            F               G    C 
How you will heal and you’ll rise above
[Interlude]
Am C Am G E
[Strophe]
 Am        G         C             Am 
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, jump now 
        Am        G          C 
You are absent of cause or excuse 
Am         G          Am        G 
So self-indulgent and self-referential 
   Am             Em        Am    Em 
No audience could ever want you 
    Am           G         C          Am 
You crave the applause yet hate the attention 
     Am            G        C 
Then miss it, your act is a ruse 
      Am      G           C          Am 
It is empty, Achilles, so end it all now 
       Am           Em          Am    Em 
It's a pointless resistance for you
[Interlude]
Am C Am G E (2x)
[Strophe]
 Am         G            C            Am 
Achilles, Achilles, just put down the bottle 
      Am        G               C 
Don’t listen to what you’ve consumed 
     Am         G          C        Am 
It’s chaos, confusion, and wholly unworthy 
    Am              Em        Am   Em 
Of feeding and it’s wholly untrue 
    Am          G             C           Am 
You may feel no purpose nor a point for existing 
     Am          G            C 
It’s all just conjecture and gloom 
      Am         G           C             Am 
There may not be meaning, so find one and seize it 
   Am             Em          Am    Em 
Do not waste yourself on this roof
[Pre-Refrain]
Am         G          C           Am 
Hear those bells ring deep in the soul 
Am       G         Am 
Chiming away for a moment 
Am        G             C         Dm 
Feel your breath course frankly below 
    Am        G        F 
See life as a worthy opponent
[Refrain]
  Fm         C     Am 
Today of all days, see 
E            F         G           C 
How the most dangerous thing is to love 
E            F        G           C 
How you will heal and you’ll rise above 
E             F        G        C 
Crowned by an overture bold and beyond 
E7            F         G       C 
Ah, it’s more courageous to overcome
[Interlude]
Am
[Strophe]
    C                               Em 
You want the acclaim, the mother of mothers 
                                    Em         Am 
                          (It’s not worth it, Achilles) 
     Am                                  E 
More poignant than fame or the taste of another 
                                         E        C 
                                  (Don’t listen, Achilles) 
   C                                   Em 
Be real and just jump, you dense motherfucker 
                                       Em           Am 
                               (You’re worth more, Achilles) 
         Am                            E 
You will not be more than a rat in the gutter 
                                       E           C 
                              (So much more than a rat) 
     C                                 Em 
You want my opinion, my opinion you’ve got 
                                       Em 
                    (No one asked your opinion) 
    Am                                  E 
You asked for my counsel, I gave you my thoughts 
                                                E 
                         (No one asked for your thoughts) 
   C                      Dm 
Be done with this now and jump off the roof 
  
(Be done with this now and get off the roof) 
        Am                     E7         C (032013) 
Can you hear me, Achilles? I’m talking to you
[Pont]
    Dm         Am 
I’m talking to you   
    Am      F 
I’m talking to you 
     F      Fm 
I’m talking to you 
 Fm            C 
Achilles, come down 
 C             Dm 
Achilles, come down
[Instrumentale]
F C F C
[Interlude]
Am C Am G E (2x) 
[Pre-Refrain]
Am        G      C        Am 
Throw yourself into the unknown 
       Am         G      Am 
With a pace and a fury defiant 
Am         G       C        Dm 
Clothe yourself in beauty untold 
        Am        G          F 
And see life as a means to a triumph
[Refrain]
 Fm           C     Am 
Today of all days, see 
E            F         G           C 
How the most dangerous thing is to love 
E            F               G     C 
How you will heal and you’ll rise above 
E             F        G          C 
Crowned by an overture bold and beyond 
E7             F        G       C 
Ah, it’s more courageous to overcome