The Final Cut

F                                 
Through the fish-eyed lens of tear
         F/C   C
 stained eyes____
      Bbadd9                    
I can barely define the shape of 
                F
this moment in time.
    F                            
And far from flying high in clear 
      F/C   C
blue skies___,
    Bbadd9                         
I'm spiralling down to the hole in 
                   F
the ground where I hide.


[Pre-Chorus]

Bb                   F
If you negotiate the minefield in 
the drive,
Bb                                
And beat the dogs and cheat the 
   F
cold electronic eyes,
Bb         C                    
And if you make it past the shotgun 
Dm
in the hall,
Gm7
Dial the combination, open the 
priesthole

                   /C              
And if I'm in I'll tell you what's 
                   F
behind the wall.


[Chorus]

Am                        
There's a kid who had a big 
           F
hallucination
Am                          C
Making love to girls in magazines.
Continues after the ad
   Bb                              
He wonders if you're sleeping with 
     Dm
your new found faith.
Gm7
Could anybody love him
                /C          F      
Or is it just a crazy dream___?
F/C  C  Bbadd9   F



[Verse]

    F                     C
And if I show you my dark side
                    Bb   F
Will you still hold me tonight?
    F            C
And if I open my heart to you
                     Bb
And show you my weak side,
               F
What would you do?


[Pre-Chorus]


Bb                                
Would you sell your story to 
   F
Rolling Stone?
Bb
Would you take the children away
F
And leave me alone?
    Bb           C
And smile in reassurance
       Dm
As you whisper down the phone,
Gm7
Would you send me packing,
/C                   F
Or would you take me home?


[Solo]

Am  F  Am  C  Bb  Dm  Gm7  /C  F


[Chorus]

Am                           
Thought I oughta bare my naked 
      F
feelings,
Am                                
Thought I oughta tear the curtain 
C
down.
  Bb
I held the blade in trembling hands,
   Dm                   Gm7
Prepared to make it but just then 
the phone rang,
I never had the nerve to make the 
      F      C  Bbadd9   F
final cut.