[Verse] [E] Do you ever feel [F#m] like a plastic bag, [C#m] drifting through the wind [A] wanting to start again? [E] Do you ever feel, [F#m] feel so paper thin [C#m] like a house of cards, [A] one blow from caving in? [E] Do you ever feel [F#m] already buried deep? [C#m] 6 feet under screams but n [A] o one seems to hear a thing [E] Do you know that there's [F#m] still a chance for you [C#m] 'Cause there's a spark in you [A] You just gotta
[Pre-Chorus] Ig [E] nite, the [F#m] light, and [C#m] let it s [A] shine Just [E] own the [F#m] night like the [C#m] 4th of July [A]
[Chorus - Combination of Head for high bits and Chest for projection on sustained notes] 'Cause baby you're a [E] fire [F#m] work Come on, show 'em [C#m] what you're [A] worth Make 'em go [E] Oh, oh, oh [F#m] As you shoot across the [C#m] sky-y- [A] y Baby, you're a [E] fire [F#m] work Come on, let your [C#m] colors [A] burst Make 'em go " [E] Oh, oh, oh" [F#m] You're gonna leave 'em [C#m] all in awe, awe, [A] awe
[Verse 2] [E] You don't have to feel [F#m] like a waste of space [C#m] You're original [A] , cannot be replaced [E] If you only knew [F#m] what the future holds [C#m] After a hurricane comes [A] a rainbow
[E] Maybe your reason why [F#m] all the doors are closed [C#m] So you could open one tha [A] t leads you to the perfect road [E] Like a lightning bolt, [F#m] your heart will blow [C#m] And when it's time, you'll know [A] You just gotta
[Pre-Chorus] Ig [E] nite, the [F#m] light, and [C#m] let it s [A] shine Just [E] own the [F#m] night like the [C#m] 4th of July [A]
[Chorus] 'Cause baby you're a [E] fire [F#m] work Come on, show 'em [C#m] what you're [A] worth Make 'em go [E] Oh, oh, oh [F#m] As you shoot across the [C#m] sky-y- [A] y Baby, you're a [E] fire [F#m] work Come on, let your [C#m] colors [A] burst Make 'em go " [E] Oh, oh, oh" [F#m] You're gonna leave 'em [C#m] all in awe, awe, [A] awe
[Bridge] [C#m] Boom, boom, boom Even brighter than the [A] moon, moon, moon It's always been inside of [E] you, you, you And now it's time to let it [B] through-ough-ough
[Chorus] 'Cause baby you're a [E] fire [F#m] work Come on, show 'em [C#m] what you're [A] worth Make 'em go [E] Oh, oh, oh [F#m] As you shoot across the [C#m] sky-y- [A] y Baby, you're a [E] fire [F#m] work Come on, let your [C#m] colors [A] burst Make 'em go " [E] Oh, oh, oh" [F#m] You're gonna leave 'em [C#m] all in awe, awe, [A] awe
[Outro] [C#m] Boom, boom, boom Even brighter than the [A] moon, moon, moon It's always been inside of [E] you, you, you And now it's time to let it [B] through-ough-ough [End][E]
[Intro - Capo 2 - do use capo as key to help play the riff] [Intro Riff - No drums] [G][G][G][G] keyboard riff to bring drums in -2 snares on
[G][G][Em][C] - [G][G][Em][C] [D]
[Verse - No strums - finger picked arps - see notes - or one rake for each chord at start and very light strums after that] So you're in [G] love with some one else Someone who [Em] burns with in your soul And it [C] looks like I [D] am the last to [G] know
I hear you've [G]never felt so alive So much de [Em] sire beyond control And as [C] usual I [D] am the last to [G] know
[Chorus - Imply riff by playing chords with this rhythm x X x XX] The last to [Em7] know how you're [C/G] feeling The last to [G] know where you [Em7] are The last to [C] know if you're [Am] happy now (play chords straighter now) Or if he's [Bm] treating you like I [Bm] treated you Or if he's [C] cruel [D] I'll be the last to [G] know (riff)
[Verse * = snare] We *spent *summers [G] out beyond the bay And you said these [Em] are such perfect days But if the [C] bomb drops baby I [D] want to be the last to [G] know
But now you're [G]living up behind the hill And though we [Em] share the same city and feel the same sun When your win [C] winter comes [D] I'll be the last to [G] know
[Chorus 2] Always the last to [Em7] know how you're [C/G] feeling The last to [G] know where [Em7] you are The last to [C] know if you're [Am] happy now Or if he's
[Bridge] [Bm] pleaded with you like I [Bm] pleaded with you if you [C] go Ohoh ....Don't [D] let me be the last to [C] know .....Don't [D] let me be the laaaaa [D] aaaaaaaaaast (snare)to [G] know (stop drums)
[Riff] [G] x 2
[Middle Eight] (drums back) [Am] Creations gone [D] crazy (that ain't so bad [Am] ) TV's Gone [G] Mad (that ain't so crazy) [Am] Now you're the only sane thing that I [D] have
[Instrumental - Play B string-3-1-0 over all with some notes on G string for G chords] [G][G][G][G] [D][D]
[Chorus 3] (drums stop) Always the last to (drums back in) [Em7] know how you're [C/G] feeling The last to [G] know where [Em/7] you are The last to [C] know if you're [Am] happy now Or if he's [Bm] cheated on you like I [Bm] cheated on you
[Outro] Oh oh (just bass drum - just arpeggios on guitar) [C] ohohh [D] You were the last to [C] know [D] You were the last to [C] know .. Don't (drums back in) [D] let me be the (this is the half bar) [D] (3 bars) laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaast to [G] know [G] (drums stop)
[Riff] [G] x 2
[End] Repeat opening riff [G][G][Em][C] x 4 [G]
[Intro riff - No drums then snare hit on each * - for other riff try to emphasise lower strings for contrast] (support first finger with thumb where you can to lift the melody out) E --x-xx---------3--------- B --x-xx---------0---*-*---0 G --0-00------X3-0--020202- D --0-00--2-0----0--------- A --x-xx---------x--------- E --3-33---------3--------
[G][Em][C] E x-----------------0----0------- B x-------------0---0----1-------0 G 0-------020202----0----0-020202- D 0--2-0------------2----2------- A x-----------------2----3------- E 3-----------------0------------
[G][Em][C] E x-----------------0----0------- B x-------------0---0----1-------0 G 0-------020202----0----0-020202- D 0--2-0------------2----2------- A x-----------------2----3------- E 3-----------------0------------
riff over C slightly different to go to D [C][D] E 0--------2 B 1--------3 G 0--------2 D 2-020202-0 A 3--------x E x--------x
[Finger picked arps - S = WHEN HIT SNARE - can pick single notes with just one finger like a plectrum * = pluck all three] E --0*-S-3---- B --1--S---0-- G --0--S-----0 D -----S------ A -----S------ E 3----S------
[Solo] [G] E --0-0-0---------- B --3-1-0---------- G --0-0-0---2-420-- D ----------------- A ----------------- E 3----------------
E --0-0-0-------------- B --3-1-0-------------- G --0-0-0---2h4p2--2h4p2 D --------------------- A --------------------- E 3--------------------
[D] E --2-2-2-------------- B --3-1-0--10---------- G --2-2-2----2--------- D 0-------------------- A --------------------- E ---------------------
