The Last
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
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|-2-3--5--3-2--3-2----3--2----2------3--2----2---------2-3--5-|
|------------------5-------5----5-3-------5----5-3--5---------|
G C G C G D G
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|-2-4-5--4-2-----------------------------------------------|
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[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
