Del Amitri-Always The Last To Know - BPM - 123
[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 ---------------------