R.E.M. – Final Straw (Guitar)

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As I raise my head to broadcast my objection

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As your latest triumph draws the final straw

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Who died and lifted you up to perfection?

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And what silenced me is written into law.

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I can't believe where circumstance has thrown me

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And I turn my head away

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If I look I'm not sure that I could face you.

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Not again. not today. not today.

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If hatred makes a play on me tomorrow

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And forgiveness takes a back seat to revenge

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There's a hurt down deep that has not been corrected.

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There's a voice in me that says you will not win. 

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And if I ignore the voice inside,

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Raise a half glass to my home.

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But it's there that I am most afraid,

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And forgetting doesn't hold. it doesn't hold.

F
Now I don't believe and I never did

      Dm
That two wrongs make a right.

         F
If the world were filled with the likes of you

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Then I'm putting up a fight. I'm putting up a fight.

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Putting up a fight. make it right. make it right. 

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Now love cannot be called into question.

                    C                Dm
Forgiveness is the only hope I hold.

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And love- love will be my strongest weapon.

                     C          Dm
I do believe that I am not alone.

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For this fear will not destroy me.

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And the tears that have been shed

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It's knowing now where I am weakest

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And the voice in my head. in my head.

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Then I raise my voice up higher

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And I look you in the eye

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And I offer love with one condition.

       Am                  C
With conviction, tell me why.

         Dm
Tell me why.

         Am
Tell me why.

               C
Look me in the eye. 

          Dm
Tell me why.