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