1. ^DmAs I raise my head ^Cto broadcast my ^Dmobjection ^DmAs your latest triumph ^Cdraws the final ^Dmstraw ^DmWho died and lifted ^Cyou up to ^Dmperfection? ^DmAnd what silenced me ^Cis written into ^Dmlaw.

^CI can't believe where circumstance ^Dmhas thrown me ^CAnd I turn my head ^Dmaway ^CIf I look I'm not sure that ^DmI could face you. ^AmNot again.^CNot today.^DmNot today.

2. If hatred makes a play on me tomorrow And forgiveness take a back seat to revenge There's a hurt down deep that has not been corrected There's a voice in me that says you will not win. And if I ignore the voice inside, Raise a half glass to my home. But it's there that I am most afraid, And forgetting doesn't hold, doesn't hold.

^FNow I don't believe and I never did that ^Dmtwo wrongs make a right. ^FIf the world were filled with the likes of you ^Dmthen I'm putting up a fight. ^FPutting up a fight.^DmPutting up a fight.^AmMake it right.^CMake it right.^Dm

3. Now love cannot be called into question. Forgiveness is the only hope I hold. And love-- love will be my strongest weapon. I do believe that I am not alone. For this fear will not destroy me. And the tears that have been shed It's knowing now where I am weakest And the voice in my head. In my head. Then I raise my voice up higher And I look you in the eye And I offer love with one condition.

^AmWith conviction, ^Ctell me why,^Dmtell me why. ^AmTell me why,^Clook me in the eye,^Dmtell me why.

Am, C, Dm

R.E.M. - Final Straw