chords used:
  A     C#m     D      E2    F#m     E
E|-5------4------2------4------2------0---------------------------------|
B|-5------5------3------5------2------0---------------------------------|
G|-6------6------2------4------2------1---------------------------------|
D|-7------6------0------6------4------2---------------------------------|
A|-7------4--------------------4------2---------------------------------|
E|-5---------------------------2------0---------------------------------|

this chord [Aadd9: x07600] is played over the A repeatedly during the song


[Intro] / The test is now...

A    C#m    D    E2    A    F#m    E


[Verse]

                A                       C#m
I thought I was smart - I thought I was right
             D             E2          
I thought it better not to fight
                      A         F#m          E
I thought there was a virtue in always bein cool
           A            C#m               D               E2
so when it came time to fight - I thought I'll just step aside
             A                    F#m             E                A...
and that the time would prove you wrong and that you would be the fool...


[Chorus]

        ...A              C#m                   D            E2
...I don't know where the sun beams end and the star lights begin
           A     F#m    E  
It's all a mystery


[Verse]

as before

Oh to fight is to defend if it's not
Now then tell me when would be the time that you would stand up
And be a man - for to lose I could accept but to surrender
I just wept and regretted this moment - oh that I - I
Was the fool


[Chorus]

as before
I don't know where the sun beams end and the star
Light begins it's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides what's right for his
Own life - it's all a mystery


[Bridge]

D    E


[Chorus]

as before
I don't know where the sun beams end and the star
Light begins it's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides what's right for his
Own life - it's all a mystery