The Last Straw chords by Marillion
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Intro 1
(A minor) (G major) (F major) (G major) (A minor)
(C major) (D major) (A minor) (G major) (F major) (G major) (A minor)
(C major) (D major)
Verse 1
(A minor) Hotel
hobbies padding dawn (G major) s hollow cor (F major) ridors
(G major) A (A minor) typewriter cackles
out a stream (C major) of (D major) memories
(A minor) Dryin' out a conscience,
evictin' (G major) a night (F major) mare (G major)
(A minor) Openin' the doors for the dream
(C major) s to come (D major) home (E flat major)
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Verse 2
We live out lives in (E flat major) private shells
Ignore our senses and
fool ourselves
To thinkin' that out there there's
someone else cares
Someone to answer all our prayers,
all our prayers
(D minor)
Verse 3
Are we (A minor) too far gone,
are we so (G major) irrespons (F major) ible?
Have we (A minor) lost our balls or do we just (C major)
not (D major) care?
We're terminal (A minor) cases that keep (G major)
takin' medi (F major) cine?
(G major) Pretendin' (A minor) the end isn't quite (C major) that (D major) near
Verse 4
We make (A minor) fu tile gestures,
(G major) act to the camer (F major) as
With our made (A minor) up faces and
(C major) PR (D major) smiles
And when the (A minor) angel comes down,
(G major) down to deliver (F major) us
(G major) We'll (A minor) find out after all,
we're only (C major) men of (D major) straw (E flat major)
Verse 5
But everything is still (E flat major) the same
Passin' the time and passin'
the (F major) blame (E flat major)
We carry on in the same old (F major) way
(E flat major) We'll find out we left it too late one day
To (D minor) say, what we meant to say
Interlude 1
(C minor)
Verse 6
Just when you thought it was safe (C minor)
to go back to the water
Those problems seem to arise the ones
you never really thought of
The feeling you get is similar
to somethin' like drownin', hey
Out of your mind,
you're out of your depth
You should have taken soundings
Verse 7
Clutchin' at straws (C minor)
We're clutchin' at straws
Interlude 2
We're clutchin' at straws
(C minor) (F minor) (E flat major) (C sharp major)
(F minor) (B flat major) (F minor) (E flat major) (C sharp major)
(F minor) (G sharp major)
(B flat major) (F minor) (E flat major) (C sharp major) (F minor)
(G sharp major) (B flat major) (F minor) (E flat major) (C sharp major) (F minor)
(B flat major) (C minor) (B flat major) (G sharp major) (C minor)
(E flat major)
(F major) And if you
Verse 8
(C minor) ever come across us,
don't (B flat major) give us your sym (G sharp major) pathy
You can (C minor) buy us a drink and
(E flat major) just shake our hand (F major) s
And you'll (C minor) recognize by the re
(B flat major) flection in our (G sharp major) eyes
That (C minor) deep down inside,
we're all one (E flat major) and the same (F major)
Verse 9
We're clutchin' (C minor) at straws
(B flat major) We're still (G sharp major) drownin'
Clutchin' (C minor) at straws
(E flat major) We're still (F major) drownin',
yeah
(F minor) (C minor)
Verse 10
(B flat major) Clutchin' at straws,
(G sharp major) (C minor) we're clutchin' (E flat major) at straws (F major)
Still (C minor) drownin', clutchin' (B flat major) at straws
(G sharp major) I'm still (C minor) drownin'
We're clutchin' (E flat major) at straws
(F major) I'm (C minor) still
Verse 11
drownin'
We're clutchin' (B flat major) at straws (G sharp major)
Still (C minor) drownin'
We're clutchin' (E flat major) at straws (F major)
Verse 12
Still (C minor) drownin'
We're (B flat major) clutchin' at straws (G sharp major)
Still (C minor) drownin'
We're clutchin' (E flat major) at straws
(F major) I'm still
Verse 13
(C minor) drownin', drownin'
Clutchin' (B flat major) at straws
(G sharp major) Still (C minor) drownin'
Clutchin' (E flat major) at (F major) straws
Verse 14
Still (C minor) drownin'
(B flat major) Clutchin' at straws (G sharp major)
Still (C minor) drownin'
(E flat major) Clutchin' at straws
(F major) Still (C minor) drownin'
(B flat major) Still, still, (G sharp major) still drownin'
Outro 1
The Last Straw
Marillion
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