From josteink@hotmail.com Fri Mar 21 11:30:21 1997
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 02:54:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Jostein Kj%F8nigsen
Subject: "The Final Cut" by "Pink Floyd"
Pink Floyd - "The Final Cut"
from the album "The Final Cut"
Tabbed by Jostein Kjønigsen (josteink@hotmail.com)
Any constructive criticisms and corrections are welcome.
The chords were taken from the FinalCut.Album file found in the OLGA archive
and are still unverified information. I'd love to credit the poster of it but:
Unknown author, unfortunely: Just mail me and I will include your name.
Anyway: anyone, for any reason: Mail me (josteink@hitmail.com)
Notation:Effects:
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 note5Slide note out
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THE FINAL CUT
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
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SOLO Background guitar is not notated
Lead guitar: lightly distorted
4/4
H. Er E F
e||13>(15)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----20-|17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
H||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Q Q H Q E E H
e||--------13------13>(15)~~~~~~~~|13------12 p10-----------------|
H||13-----------------------------|----------------13~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
G||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q. Q E H
e||----------------12------13-----|----12-------------------------|
H||13-------15--------------------|------------15--15~~~~~~~~-----|
G||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q
e||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
H||15--------13-------------------|-------------------------------|
G||-------------------14--14------|10------12----------14--12-----|
E E H. Q Q H
e||-------------------------------|15>(17)(18)====>15~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
H||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G||14 p12--10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|-------------------------------|
E Q. E Q.
e||--------13------13>(15)~~~~~~~~|13--12-------------------------|
H||13-----------------------------|----------------13--11---------|
G||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Q H.
e||-------------------------------||
H||-------------------------------|| End of guitar solo
G||14 p12--10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---||
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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.
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Roger Waters Pink Floyd - Pt 02/04 - The Final Cut
A REQUIEM FOR THE POST WAR DREAM
Video EP of the Final Cut
Featuring:
The Gunners Dream, The Final Cut,
Not Now John, & The Fletcher Memorial Home.
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut (with lyrics)
Musically, much of The Final Cut has little connection with the familiar Pink Floyd sound, featuring little in the way of synthesisers or extended instrumental passages and with many of the arrangements focused around acoustic instruments such as acoustic guitars, piano, brass, string quartets and full orchestrations, although the album does also feature some heavier, hard rock songs which have arrangements and an overall sound similar to many tracks on The Wall.
The Final Cut was Pink Floyd's lowest selling album since Meddle (although it still sold three million copies, and reached #1 in the British album charts). Opinion on The Final Cut remains divided - while the album has on occasion been voted the worst Pink Floyd album in fan polls and is held in low regard by some fans and critics, others have suggested that the album contains some of the most powerful and moving songs in the band's catalogu
lyrics
Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes
I can barely define the shape of this
moment in time
And far from flying high in clear blue skies
I'm spiraling down to the hole in the ground where I hide.
If you negotiate the minefield in the drive
And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes
And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall,
Dial the combination, open the priesthole
And if I'm in I'll tell you what's behind the wall.
There's a kid who had a big hallucination
Making love to girls in magazines.
He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith.
Could anybody love him
Or is it just a crazy dream?
And if I show you my dark side
Will you still hold me tonight?
And if I open my heart to you
And show you my weak side
What would you do?
Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone?
Would you take the children away
And leave me alone?
And smile in reassurance
As you whisper down the phone?
Would you send me packing?
Or would you take me home?
Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings,
Thought I oughta tear the curtain down.
I held the blade in trembling hands
Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang
I never had the nerve to make the final cut.
"Hello? Listen, I think I've got it. Okay, listen its a HaHa!"
If listened to closely, this song can be seen as a kind of epilogue to Pink Floyd's album The Wall. Lyrics in the song refer to selling the narrator's story to Rolling Stone and revealing his dark side, which can allude to the time he spent in self imposed exile behind his wall.
Another lyric in this song tells of a point where the narrator will tell a seeker what is behind the wall, where the words "the wall" are covered by a shotgun blast.