The Final Cut

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


[Pre-Chorus]

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

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


[Chorus]

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


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