Last Cigarette Lyrics

Date: 26 Feb 1996 12:03:21 +0000
From: "Boulton, Nic"
Subject: /h/Boo Hewerdine/Last Cigarette.crd
Last Cigarette (Boo Hewerdine)
This is on Boo Hewerdine's third album, Baptist Hospital. Written by Boo
Hewerdine, Gary Clarke and Neill MacColl. It's played in A (capo at 2nd fret).
All the below is written as though played in G (at the nut), so add 2 to all
the tab sections if you're using a capo.
:
The moon in the morning is watching the rain turn to snow
and outside my window, sometimes the rain falls harder
than you'll ev - er know
sometimes the things that you love in the night
the morning will choose to forget
horus
:
This is my ...
last my last cig-
-arette this is my
last my last cig-
G ----0---0-2*/4*~~~\0---0-0-0------0-0-0---0*---0-0-0------3-3-3--|
-arette
I have a habit that I have been trying to lose
Everyone thinks that they know what they want
but sometimes your drug choo-ses you
There are some things that I promised myself
things that I haven't done yet
This is my ...
last my last cig-
-arette this is my
last my la--
instr
C : Em Bm C#m
e ---0---0-0-0---0-------------------------------0?--------------|
B ---1---1-1-1---1----------*----*----*---*------2*-4?-0?----2?--|
G ---0---0-0-0---0---*---*--6----9\---8\--4-\-1*----------1?-----|
--st cigarette last
* * * Am+ (shape)
B -------0--/3---/5---/3---0h5-----------------1*-----------|
cig - ar - ette sometimes...
...the people who love in the night
the morning will choose to forget
This is my ...
last my last cig-
-arette this is my
G D (pinky)
last my last
cigarette this is
my - - - - - - - - - -ylast last
:
cigarette
B ---7----8----10----12\8~~~~---------------------------------||
EADGBe
X0221x - Am+ (don't play the top e string)
X02220 - A+ (heavy on top e string)
XX0233 - Ds4
* is actually Guitar2 (electric), but you can get away with it on
Guitar1 if you hit it hard
? is actually piano, but it works on Guitar1
/ is a slide up
\ is a slide down
~~~ is vibrato
Struming: The Intro & the first line of the verse's bassline is G B D B, so
hold the shape of the G chord throughout, but accentuate the 6th 5th 4th 5th
strings. The rest of the verse follows a similar strumming pattern, except you
don't vary the bass note.
Here's the instrumental bits written out in A (i.e. this is what you play if
you're using a capo at the 2nd fret)
instr
:
instr
C : Em Bm C#m
e ---2---2-2-2---2-------------------------------2?--------------|
B ---3---3-3-3---3----------*----*----*---*------4*-6?-2?----4?--|
G ---2---2-2-2---2---*---*--8---11\--10\--6-\-3*----------3?-----|
--st cigarette last
* * * Am+ (shape)
B -------2--/5---/7---/5---2h7-----------------3*-----------|
cig - ar - ette sometimes...
:
:
C C C (G) (D)(SHAPES)
cigarette
(D) (Ds4)(D+12) (G) - (chord SHAPES, capo @2)
B ---9---10----12----14\10~~~~--------------------------------||
Any comments, improvements etc. welcome.
Nic
Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk