R.E.M. – Final Straw (Ukulele)

Em                        G               Em
As I raise my head to broadcast my objection

                          G                 Em
As your latest triumph draws the final straw

                     G           Em
Who died and lifted you up to perfection?

                       G                Em
And what silenced me is written into law.

G                                        Em
I can't believe where circumstance has thrown me

      G              Em
And I turn my head away

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

      Em         G           Em
Not again. not today. not today.

Em                   G             Em  
If hatred makes a play on me tomorrow

                              G              Em 
And forgiveness takes a back seat to revenge

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

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

   G                  Em
And if I ignore the voice inside,

  G                       Em
Raise a half glass to my home.

 G                     Em
But it's there that I am most afraid,

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

C
Now I don't believe and I never did

      Em
That two wrongs make a right.

         C
If the world were filled with the likes of you

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

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

      Em            G                  Em
Now love cannot be called into question.

                    G                Em
Forgiveness is the only hope I hold.

                    G                    Em
And love- love will be my strongest weapon.

                     G          Em
I do believe that I am not alone.

          G                    Em
For this fear will not destroy me.

          G                   Em
And the tears that have been shed

       G                  Em
It's knowing now where I am weakest

         Em          G            Em
And the voice in my head. in my head.

        G                  Em
Then I raise my voice up higher

        G               Em
And I look you in the eye

       G                    Em
And I offer love with one condition.

       Em                  G
With conviction, tell me why.

         Em
Tell me why.

         Em
Tell me why.

               G
Look me in the eye. 

          Em
Tell me why.