{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":149983,"song":"Final Straw","artist":"R.E.M.","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11215100-final-straw-chords-by-r-e-m/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/149983?type=chord","rating":4.53283,"votes":33,"content":"\"Final Straw\"\r\n\r\nIntro [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAs I raise my head to broadcast my objection[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAs your latest triumph draws the final straw[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWho died and lifted you up to perfection?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd what silenced me is written into law.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI can't believe where circumstance has thrown me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I turn my head away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIf I look I'm not sure that I could face you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNot again. not today. not today.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]  \r\nIf hatred makes a play on me tomorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nAnd forgiveness takes a back seat to revenge[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere's a hurt down deep that has not been corrected.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere's a voice in me that says you will not win. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd if I ignore the voice inside,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nRaise a half glass to my home.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut it's there that I am most afraid,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd forgetting doesn't hold. it doesn't hold.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow I don't believe and I never did[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThat two wrongs make a right.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf the world were filled with the likes of you[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen I'm putting up a fight. I'm putting up a fight.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPutting up a fight. make it right. make it right. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow love cannot be called into question.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nForgiveness is the only hope I hold.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd love- love will be my strongest weapon.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI do believe that I am not alone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFor this fear will not destroy me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the tears that have been shed[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt's knowing now where I am weakest[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the voice in my head. in my head.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThen I raise my voice up higher[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I look you in the eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I offer love with one condition.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith conviction, tell me why.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTell me why.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTell me why.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLook me in the eye. [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTell me why.[/tab]","plain_text":"\"Final Straw\"\n\nIntro Dm","chords":["Dm","C","Am","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}