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
 
Bb                   F ::
If you negotiate the minefield in the drive, ::  
 :: 
Bb                                   F ::
And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes, ::  
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Bb         C                    Dm ::
And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall, :: 
 :: 
Gm7 ::
Dial the combination, open the priesthole :: 
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                    C                                 F ::
And if I'm in I'll tell you what's behind the wall. ::  
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___?
    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?
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?
 
( Am  F  Am  C  Bb  Dm  Gm7  C  F )

Solo:

Lead guitar: lightly distorted

4/4
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E|-13>(15)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----20-|17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
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   Q       Q       H               Q       E   E   H
E|---------13------13>(15)~~~~~~~~|13------12 p10-----------------|
B|-13-----------------------------|----------------13~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
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   Q        Q      Q       Q.          Q       E   H
E|-----------------12------13-----|----12-------------------------|
B|-13-------15--------------------|------------15--15~~~~~~~~-----|
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   Q         Q.       E   Q        Q       Q.          E   Q
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-15--------13-------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------------------14--14------|10------12----------14--12-----|
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   E   E   H.                      Q       Q       H
E|--------------------------------|15>(17)(18)====>15~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
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G|-14 p12--10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\---|-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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                                    E   Q.          E   Q.
E|---------13------13>(15)~~~~~~~~|13--13-12----------------------|
B|-13-----------------------------|----------------13--10---------|
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   Q       H.
E|--------------------------------|
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G|-14 p12--10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\---|
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Am                                 F ::
Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings, :: 
 :: 
Am                                C ::
Thought I oughta tear the curtain down :: 
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  Bb ::
I held the blade in trembling hands, :: 
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   Dm                   Gm7 ::
Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang, :: 
 
                                        G      C  Bbadd9  F
I never had the nerve to make the final cut