The final cut (midi)

C G

1. Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes,

F C

I can barely define the shape of this moment in time.

G

And far from flying high in clear blue skies,

F C

I'm spiralling down to the hole in the ground where I hide.

F C

If you negotiate the minefield in the drive,

F C

and beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes.

F G Am

And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall,

Dm ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - -

dial the combination - open the priesthole,

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and if I'm in, I'll tell you (shot!) (what's behind the wall).

Em C

There's a kid who had a big hallucination,

Em G

making love to girls in magazines.

F Am

He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith.

Dm - F G C - G - F- C

Could anybody love him, or is it just a crazy dream?

C G F C

3. And if I show you my dark side, will you still hold me tonight ?

C G F

And if I open my heart to you, and show you my weak side,

C

what would you do?

F C

Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone?

F - C

Would you take the children away, and leave me alone?

F G Am

And smile in reassurance, as you whisper down the phone.

F G C

Would you send me packing, or would you take me home?

Em - C - Em - G - F - Am - Dm - G - C

Em C

Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings,

Em G

thought I oughta tear the curtain down.

F

I held the blade in trembling hands,

Am - Dm

Prepared to make it, but just then the phone rang,

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I never had the nerve to make the final cut.

(orig. = capo 5th) (Pink Floyd)