The Finish Line
By Steve Taylor.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Figured out by
Craig and Terry Barnes.


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?????????????????? A
Once upon an average morn, an average boy was born for the second time.
C?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
?????????????????? G
Prone upon the alter there, he whispered up a prayer he'd kept hid inside.
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??????????????????? A
The vision came, you saw the odds, a hundred little gods on a gilded wheel.
C?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
????????????????????? G
These will vie to take your place, but father by your grace I will never
kneel
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? A
And I saw you upright and proud, and I saw you wave to the crowd,
????????? C???????????????????????????????????????????????? G?????????????
Eb,? F
and I saw you laughing out loud at the Philistines.
?????????? G????????????????????????????????????????????????? A
And I saw you, brush away rocks, and I saw you pull up you socks,
????????? C????????????????????????????????????????????????? G????????????
??? A
and I saw you out of the blocks for the finish line.
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????????????????????? E
Darkness falls, the devil stirs and as your vision blurs you start
stumbling.
C??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? G????????????
???????????????????????????? D??????????????????????? Bb, C
The heart is weak, the will is gone and every strong conviction comes
tumbling down.
D?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
??????????????? E
Malice reigns the acid guile sucking at your shoes while the mud is fresh.
??? C?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? G?????????????
?????????????????? D?????????????????????? Bb, C
It floods the trail, it bleeds you dry as every little god buys it's pound
of flesh.
?????????? D????????????????????????????????????????????????????? E???????
??????????
And I saw you, licking your wounds, and I saw you weave? your cocoons,
????????? C???????????? G????????????????????????????????????? D??????????
???????? Bb, C
and I saw you changing your tunes for the party line.
?????????? D??????????????????????????????????????????????????? E?????????
?????????????????????
And I saw you welch on old debts, I saw you and Your comrades Bum
Cigarettes,
??????????????? C????????????????????????????????????????????????? G??????
????????????????????????????? D??????????????????? Bb, C
and you hemmed, and you hawed and you hedged all your bets waiting for a
sign.
Eb??????????????????????????????????????? C??????????????????????????? Eb?
???????????????????????????????? F
Let's wash our hands as we throw little fits, lets all wash our hands as we
curse hypocrites,
?????????? Ab???????????????????????????????? Eb?????????????????????? Bb?
???????????????????????????????????????????????? G
we're locked in a wash room, turning old tricks, Deaf, and joyless, and
full of it, Oh!
G?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
????????????????? A
The vision came you saw the odds, a hundred little gods on a gilded wheel.
C?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
?????????????????????????? C????????????????? B
These have tried to take your place, but father by your grace I will never
kneel.
?????????? C?????????????????? B
I will never kneel.
C???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? D
???????????
Off in the distance, bloodied, but wise, as you squint with the light of
the truth in your eyes.
?????????? C?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? D
And I saw you, both hands were raised, and I saw your lips move in praise,
?????????? Bb???????????????????????? F????????????????? C
and I saw you staring you gaze for the finish line.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
???? D
Every idol like dust, a word scattered them all, and I rose to my feet when
you scaled the last wall,
???????? Bb????????????????????????????????? F????????????????????????????
C???????????????? Eb, F
and I gasped when I saw you fall in his arms at the finish line.
?????????? C?????????????? Eb, F?? C??????? Eb, F???????? C
At the finish line,???????????? Ohhhhhhhh at the finish line.



Steve Taylor is a dead set ledgend! I hope that he will write one more
album and tour Australia
before he dies for real or puts his back out completely.