The Final Cut

by Pink Floyd

F                                          Dm   C
Through the fish eyed lens of tear stained eyes
      Bb                                        F
I can barely define the shape of this moment in time
    F                                  Dm    C
And far from flying high in clear blue skies
    Bb                                               F
I'm spiraling 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
Bb         C                Dm
And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall
Gm
Dial the combination, open the priesthole
                    C                          F
Then 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
Gm
Could anybody love him?
   C                  F          C  Bb  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                       F
And show you my weak side what would you do?

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

Am F Am C Bb Dm Gm C F

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