Fighting For Nothing

When I was [C#m]younger
I wish that I would have known [A]better
Better love makes a fat roma[E]nce

That lasts for more than a shoe shine

I’m [C#m]older
Took all the words of my [A]mother
Saying it could be w[E]orse, could be born with that disease
I[B]nstead of catching it first

S[C#m]o let’s go back
To the first time that I [A]met you

In your Chevy,
With your [E]hands stretched and me crying, screaming
[B]“Mercy. Mercy.”

B[C#m]ut I know that I was put here
To fight[A] Vikings in the cold war,
w[E]ith my arms out in the front lines, singing
“[B]Dare me Dare me.”

But these things[Asus2] take time, love
These things [E]take backbone
And they’ll[C#m] tell you what you want to hear
'Cause they think it’s[B] better,[B] better
But you better[Asus2] know how to point out the l[E]iars
Y[C#m]ou’ve got to weigh your wars
Make sure you’re not fighting for[B] nothing[B], nothing
Are you fighting for [A]nothing, nothing?

It feels like this[C#m] world has
Been growing slowly[A] upside down
Maybe I should move to[E] China and straighten this mess out
Maybe I’ll be a[C#m] poet
Watch all the sky for [A]falling words
And write about my grandma’s [E]curtains
Or the lady who put the Chinese [B]buffet in her purse

I’ve go[C#m]t my mouth, It’s a weapon
It’s a[A] bombshell, It’s a cannon
I’ve got [E]my words
I won’t give them, [B]Mercy M[B]ercy

Well these things[Asus2] take time, love
These things [E]take backbone
And they’ll[C#m] tell you what you want to hear
'Cause they think it’s[B] better,[B] better
But you better[Asus2] know how to point out the l[E]iars
Y[C#m]ou’ve got to weigh your wars
Make sure you’re not fighting for[B] nothing[B], nothing
Are you fighting for [A]nothing, nothing?

[C#m]   [A]    [E]    [B]  2x

I’ve [C#m]got my words
I hope [A]they hurt you
I hope the[E]y scar you
I hope t[B]hey heal you

I hope they [C#m]cut you open, make you see you’ve been warring
F[A]or all the wrong reasons
Make you see that some things
[E]Are worth bruising for
Make you see that your name
Is your [B]honor code
Make you see that your hands
You’re accou[C#m]nted for
Pick and choose where your sweat
And your [A]blood will go
Make you see your life’s not
To[E] be lived alone

Run their spit through your hair
You’re worth not[B]hing
N[B]othing

These things take[Asus2] time, love
These things [E]take backbone
And they’ll[C#m] tell you what you want to hear
'Cause they think it’s[B] better,[B] better
But you better[Asus2] know how to point out the l[E]iars
Y[C#m]ou’ve got to weigh your wars
Make sure you’re not fighting for[B] nothing[B], nothing
Well these things[Asus2] take time, love
These things [E]take backbone
And they’ll[C#m] tell you what you want to hear
'Cause they think it’s[B] better,[B] better
But you better[Asus2] know how to point out the l[E]iars
Y[C#m]ou’ve got to weigh your wars
Make sure you’re not fighting for[B] nothing[B], nothing
Are you fighting for [A]nothing, nothing?