The Handsome Family – The Last (Guitar)

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From the album Odessa [INTRO] G G/B x4 [VERSE 1]
             G  G/B
When you're too old 

    C       G
to hit the timbers

          C      G
but you still remember 

     D
the sound of the planks
[VERSE 2]
          G     G/B
When the snow's deep 

    C     G
in mid December,

      C          G
You think of September 

       D              G
and a girl you once knew
[CHORUS]
             D
Well you're too tired to sleep 

            C           G
and you're too old to think

        C             G
So you pour another drink 

          D                   G
and you swear this one's the last
[INTERLUDE] G G/B
        G              C       G      C       G      D 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-3--5--3-2--3-2----3--2----2------3--2----2---------2-3--5-|
E|------------------5-------5----5-3-------5----5-3--5---------|

       G             C       G      C       G      D      G
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-4-5--4-2-----------------------------------------------|
A|------------5-3-2--3--2----2------3--5-3--2---------------|
E|------------------------5----5-3------------5-3--5--3-2-3-|
[CHORUS]
             D
Well you're too tired to sleep 

            C           G
and you're too old to think

        C             G
So you pour another drink 

          D                   G
and you swear this one's the last
G G/B x2 [VERSE 3]
          G     G/B
When the moon shines 

C        G
in your window 

         C        G
and you hear the wind blow

          D
and you awake with the past

           G    G/B
Well, the moon she's 

  C         G
bright and yellow 

          C           G
and the phone says, "hello," 

         D              G
but you want to put it down
[CHORUS]
             D
Well you're too tired to sleep 

            C           G
and you're too old to think

        C             G
So you pour another drink 

          D                   G
and you swear this one's the last

          D                   G
and you swear this one's the last

          D                   G
and you swear this one's the last