Final Straw chords by R.E.M.

Dm

Dm            C        Dm
As I raise my head to broadcast my objection
             C         Dm
As your latest triumph draws the final straw
           C      Dm
Who died and lifted you up to perfection?
            C        Dm
And what silenced me is written into law.

C                    Dm
I can't believe where circumstance has thrown me
   C       Dm
And I turn my head away
   C               Dm
If I look I'm not sure that I could face you.
   Am     C      Dm
Not again. Not today. Not today.

Dm          C       Dm
If hatred makes a play on me tomorrow
             C       Dm
And forgiveness takes a back seat to revenge
                C        Dm
There's a hurt down deep that has not been corrected
                 C        Dm
There's a voice in me that says you will not win.

  C         Dm
And if I ignore the voice inside,
 C            Dm
Raise a half glass to my home.
 C           Dm
But it's there that I am most afraid,
      Am      C        Dm
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
     Dm                  F
Then I'm putting up a fight. I'm putting up a fight.
       Dm        Am      C       Dm
Putting up a fight. make it right. make it right.

   Dm      C         Dm
Now love cannot be called into question.
          C        Dm
Forgiveness is the only hope I hold.
         C          Dm
And love, love will be my strongest weapon.
           C     Dm
I do believe that I am not alone.

     C          Dm
For this fear will not destroy me.
     C          Dm
And the tears that have been shed
    C          Dm
It's knowing now where I am weakest
     Am     C      Dm
And the voice in my head. in my head.

    C         Dm
Then I raise my voice up higher
    C       Dm
And I look you in the eye
    C           Dm
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.