Because it is there!

A tale of mountaineering folly and over weened pride.
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Bob (F) Bradshaw was a (C) banker
Of the (Bb) millionaire bonuses (F) kind
But he never thought he'd be (C) happy
Till he'd (Bb) done what (Am) he had in (Dm) mind.
He (Bb) longed to climb that (F) mountain
The (C) highest in all of the (Am) world
To take a (F) selfie at the (C) summit
With his (Bb) company's (A) flag un(Dm)furled.

To (F) finance the expe(C)dition
Many (Bb) mortgages he had fore(F)closed
Not giving a thought to the (C) people
To whom a bleak (Bb) future (Am) he had ex(Dm)posed
(Bb) Hiring guides and e(F)quipment
At (C) base camp his team was com(Am)plete
In his (F) tent he was far (C) warmer
Than the (Bb) families he'd put (A) out on the (Dm) street.

(Dm) All in the name of ad(Am)venture
(F) They climb through the frost and the (C) snow
"Be(Dm)cause it is there" seems pa(Am)thetic
As an ex(C)cuse for (Bb) why they should (Dm) go.
 
Re(F)ality is a harsh (C) mistress
When you're (Bb) trying to fulfil a (F) dream
The mountain was heaped up with (C) rubbish
And ex(Bb)posed to the (Am) cutting jet (Dm) stream
(Bb) Tramping over frozen (F) faeces
Passing (C) bodies embedded in (Am) ice
De(F)termined to reach the (C) summit
Whose pyramid (Bb) tip (A) so en(Dm)ticed

The (F) winds blew stronger and (C) stronger
The (Bb) Sherpa said they should turn (F) back
Bob wouldn't listen to (C) reason
And (Bb) trudged on a(Am)lone up the (Dm) track
A (Bb) crevice appeared without (F) warning
Bob (C) paid the ultimate (Am) price
He (F) slid into the (C) gaping depths
To for(Bb)ever rest (A) beneath the (Dm) ice

(Dm) Buried deep under the (Am) ice
(F) Covered by layers of (C) snow
"Be(Dm)cause it was there" seems pa(Am)thetic
As an ex(C)cuse for (Bb) why he did (Dm) go