Chords for Marillion - The Last Straw

[A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] Hotel hobbies, padding [G] dogs, [F] hollow corridors,
[G] _ [Am] _ _ echoes out of [C] stream [D] of memories,
[A] [Am] crying out of conscience, [G]
[F] evicting nightmare,
[G] _ [Am] opening the doors for the [C] dreams to [D] come home.
[Eb] _ We live our lives on a [F] dry shelf,
[Eb] ignore our sins,
[F]
and allow ourselves [Eb] to think that I'm there
for someone else's head,
someone to answer all our prayers.
[Dm] All our prayers. _ _
_ _ [Am] Are we too far gone?
[G] Are we so [F] irresponsible?
[G] [Am] Have we lost our walls?
[C] Or do we just not [D] care?
[A] We're [Am] terminal cases
[G] that keep taking [F] [G] medicine,
[Am] pretending the end [C] isn't quite [D] that near.
[A] We make [Am] futile gestures,
[G]
[F] act through the [G] cameras
[A] with our [Am] made-up faces
[C] and our PR [D] smiles.
[Am] And when the angel comes down,
[G]
down to [F] deliver [G] us,
[Am] we'll find out after all [C] we've ruined and [D] are stuck.
[Eb] _ _ We can just [F] stand and say,
[Eb] passing the time
and [F] passing the [Eb] blame.
We carry [F] on in the same old way.
[Eb] We'll find out we left it too [F] late one day
[Dm] to say what we meant to say.
_ [C] _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] Just when you thought everything you took for granted
was worth the water, _ _
_ _ _ _ those problems seem to realize
[C] the ones you never really [Cm] thought of. _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] The feeling you get is similar
[C] to something like drowning. _ _
Out _ _ of your mind,
you're out of your depth,
you should have taken [Cm] some medicine. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
We're _ clutching the straws. _ _ _
We're clutching the straws.
We're clutching the straws. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Db] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[F] _ And if [Cm] you ever come across us,
don't [Bb] give [Ab] us your sympathy.
You [Cm] can buy us a drink
[Eb] and just [F] shake our hand.
When you [Cm] wake up,
[Bb] there's a [Ab] flinching in our eyes.
[Cm] Deep down inside,
we're all [Eb] one [F] and the same.
[Cm] We're clutching the _ [Bb] straws.
We're [Ab] still drowning.
[Cm] We're clutching the straws.
We're [F] still drowning.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [C] We're [Bb] clutching [Ab] the [Cm] straws.
_ _ We're [F] clutching the straws. [Cm] Still drowning.
[Bb] We're [Ab] clutching the straws.
I'm still [Cm] drowning.
[Eb] We're [F] clutching the straws.
[Cm] We're still drowning.
_ [Bb] We're clutching [Ab] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Bb] the straws.
[Ab] Crouching on the floor.
[Cm] We're still drowning.
_ _ Crouching [F] on the floor.
[Cm] _ _
_ [Bb] We're [Ab] clutching the straws.
_ [Cm] _ _
_ [Eb] We're [F] clutching the straws.
We're [Cm] still drowning. _
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] We're clutching the [Bb] straws.
[Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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