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Transcrption by:  Jouni A. Smed (jounsmed@utu.fi) and Jostein Kjønigsen
(josteink@hotmail.com)
   
THE FINAL CUT
Pink Floyd
(Waters)

F                                          F/C   C
Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes____
      Bb add9                                   F
I can barely define the shape of this moment in time.
    F                                  F/C   C
And far from flying high in clear blue skies___,
    Bb add9                                           F
I'm spiralling down to the hole in the ground where I hide.

Bb                   F|| Accoustic guitar
If you negotiate the minefield in the drive,|| begins here.
||
Bb                                   F|| Listen to record
And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes,|| for strumming rhytm.
||
Bb         C                    Dm||
And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall,||
||
Gm7||
Dial the combination, open the priesthole||
||
                    C                                 F||
And if I'm in I'll tell you what's behind the wall.|| Stop here.
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.
Gm7
Could anybody love him
                /C          F      F/C  C  Bb add9  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
And show you my weak side,
               F
What would you do?
Bb                                   F
Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone?|| Start again here.
||
Bb||
Would you take the children away||
||
F||
And leave me alone?||
||
    Bb           C||
And smile in reassurance||
||
       Dm||
As you whisper down the phone,||
||
Gm7||
Would you send me packing,|| Stop here.

/C                   F
Or would you take me home?

Am  F  Am  C  Bb  Dm  Gm7  /C  F


SOLO:(Background guitar is not notated)

Lead guitar: lightly distorted
4/4
   H.                      Er  E   F
e||13>(15)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----20-|17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
B||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

   Q       Q       H               Q       E   E   H
e||--------13------13>(15)~~~~~~~~|13------12 p10-----------------|
B||13-----------------------------|----------------13~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
G||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

   Q        Q      Q       Q.          Q       E   H
e||----------------12------13-----|----12-------------------------|
B||13-------15--------------------|------------15--15~~~~~~~~-----|
G||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

   Q         Q.       E   Q        Q       Q.          E   Q
e||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B||15--------13-------------------|-------------------------------|
G||-------------------14--14------|10------12----------14--12-----|

   E   E   H.                      Q       Q       H
e||-------------------------------|15>(17)(18)====>15~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
B||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G||14 p12--10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\---|-------------------------------|

                                   E   Q.          E   Q.
e||--------13------13>(15)~~~~~~~~|13--12-------------------------|
B||13-----------------------------|----------------13--11---------|
G||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

   Q       H.
e||-------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------|| End of guitar solo
G||14 p12--10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\---||

Am                                 F|| Start here.
Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings,||
||
Am                                C||
Thought I oughta tear the curtain down.||
||
  Bb||
I held the blade in trembling hands,||
||
   Dm                   Gm7||
Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang,|| Stop here.

                                        G      C  Bb add9  F
I never had the nerve to make the final cut.


NOTATION USED:

EEight note9~~~~Vibrato
ErEight rest (quiet)5>(7)Bend note
QQuarter note(2)(4)Increase bend
Q.Punktured quarter note (1/4 + 1/8)(8)>5Release bend
HHalf note===>5Hold and release bend
H.Punktored half note (1/2 + 1/4)12h10Pull off
FFull note5\Slide note out


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Updated:  April 7/98