The Final Cut

C                                          G
Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes
        F                                   C
I can barely define the shape of this moment in time
    C                                   G
And far from flying high in clear blue skies
       F                                             C     G
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

                    G                           C
And if I'm in I'll tell you what's behind the wall
E                                   C
There's a kid who had a big hallucination
E                           G
Making love to girls in magazines
    F                                   Am
He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith
Dm
Could anybody love him
                 G     C     G  F  C
Or is it just a crazy dream___?

    C                     G
And if I show you my dark side
                     F   C
Will you still hold me tonight?
    C            G
And if I open my heart to you
                     F
And show you my weak side
               C   G
What would you do?
F                                      C
Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone?

F
Would you take the children away
C
And leave me alone?
     F           G
And smile in reassurance
       Am
As you whisper down the phone
Dm
Would you send me packing
 G                   C
Or would you take me home?
E                                 C
Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings
E                                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
                                        C   G  F  C
I never had the nerve to make the final cut