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Last Cigarette

Boo Hewerdine

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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.


[Intro] :

    G           G/B          G/D            G/B
e -------3-3-3-------3-3-3----------3-3-3--------3-3-3----||
B -------0-0-0-------0-0-0----------0-0-0--------0-0-0----||
G -------0-0-0-------0-0-0----0-----0-0-0--------0-0-0---.||
D ---------------0------------0--------------0-----------.||
A --2------------2---------------------------2------------||
E --3-----------------------------------------------------|| X 2


    G           G/B          G/D        G/B            G  G/B  G/D  G/B
The moon in the morning is watching the rain turn to snow

    D/A                                          G
and outside my window, sometimes the rain falls harder

     G      G/a  G/b   G   G/B
than you'll ev - er know

Am+
sometimes the things that you love in the night

     A+                          Am
the morning will choose to forget


[Chorus] :

This is my ...
      G                     D
e ----3---3-3-3--3----------2---2-2-2--2-------------------------|
B ----0---0-0-0--0----------3---3-3-3--3-------------------------|
G ----0---0-0-0--0---2*-0*--2---2-2-2--2-------------------------|
D ----0----------0----------0*--------(0)------------------------|
A ----2----------2------------------------(2)--(0)---------------|
E ----3----------3-----------------------------------------------|
    last                                  my   last  cig-

      C
e ----0---0-0-0--0--------------0-0-0---------------------------|
B ----1---1-1-1--1----------1*--1-1-1---------------------------|
G ----0---0-0-0--0-------0*-----0-0-0---------------------------|
D ----2----------2----2*----------------------------------------|
A ----3----------3---------------------------------------0---2--|
E --------------------------------------------------3-----------|
    -arette                                       this  is   my

      G                     D
e ----3---3-3-3--3----------2---2-2-2--2-------------------------|
B ----0---0-0-0--0----------3---3-3-3--3-------------------------|
G ----0---0-0-0--0---2*-0*--2---2-2-2--2-------------------------|
D ----0----------0----------0*--------(0)------------------------|
A ----2----------2------------------------(2)--(0)---------------|
E ----3----------3-----------------------------------------------|
    last                                  my   last  cig-

      C              G           G/B                     G/B
e ----0---0-0-------(0)--3-3-3------3-3-3--------3-3-3------3-3-3--|
B ----1---1-1-------(0)--0-0-0------0-0-0-----3*-3-3-3------3-3-3--|
G ----0---0-2*/4*~~~\0---0-0-0------0-0-0---0*---0-0-0------3-3-3--|
D ----2--------------0-----------0-----------------------0---------|
A ----3--------------2-----------2-----------------------2---------|
E -------------------3---------------------------------------------|
    -arette


G         G/B          G/D       G/B       G    G/B   G/D   G/B
I have a habit that I have been trying to lose

    D/A
Everyone thinks that they know what they want

     G                  G/a  G/b   G   G/B
but sometimes your drug choo-ses  you

Am+
There are some things that I promised myself

  A+                       Am
things that I haven't done yet

This is my ...

      G                     D
e ----3---3-3-3--3----------2---2-2-2--2-------------------------|
B ----0---0-0-0--0----------3---3-3-3--3-------------------------|
G ----0---0-0-0--0---2*-0*--2---2-2-2--2-------------------------|
D ----0----------0----------0*--------(0)------------------------|
A ----2----------2------------------------(2)--(0)---------------|
E ----3----------3-----------------------------------------------|
    last                                  my   last  cig-

      C           C           C
e ----0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-------------------------|
B ----1---1-1-1---1---1-1-1---1---1-1-1-------------------------|
G ----0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-------------------------|
D ----2-----------2-----------2---------------------------------|
A ----3-----------3-----------3-------------------------0---2---|
E --------------------------------------------------3-----------|
    -arette                                       this  is   my

      G                     D
e ----3---3-3-3--3----------2---2-2-2--2-------------------------|
B ----0---0-0-0--0----------3---3-3-3--3-------------------------|
G ----0---0-0-0--0---2*-0*--2---2-2-2--2-------------------------|
D ----0----------0----------0*--------(0)------------------------|
A ----2----------2------------------------(2)--(0)---------------|
E ----3----------3-----------------------------------------------|
    last                                  my   la--


     C              [instr]:    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?-----|
D ---2-----------2---6---9---------------------------------------|
A ---3-----------3-----------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------|
    --st    cigarette                                        last

                                        * * * Am+ (shape)
e -------*---*----*----*---*-*----------3-5-7---------------|
B -------0--/3---/5---/3---0h5-----------------1*-----------|
G ---------------------------------------------2------------|
D ---------------------------------------------2------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
     cig    -     ar   -   ette               sometimes...


Am+
       ...the people who love in the night

    A+                        Am
the morning will choose to forget


This is my ...
      G                     D
e ----3---3-3-3--3----------2---2-2-2--2-------------------------|
B ----0---0-0-0--0----------3---3-3-3--3-------------------------|
G ----0---0-0-0--0---2*-0*--2---2-2-2--2-------------------------|
D ----0----------0----------0*--------(0)------------------------|
A ----2----------2------------------------(2)--(0)---------------|
E ----3----------3-----------------------------------------------|
    last                                  my   last  cig-

      C
e ----0---0-0-0--0--------------0-0-0---------------------------|
B ----1---1-1-1--1-----------1*-1-1-1---------------------------|
G ----0---0-0-0--0---------0*---0-0-0---------------------------|
D ----2----------2-------2*-------------------------------------|
A ----3----------3---------------------------------------0---2--|
E --------------------------------------------------3-----------|
    -arette                                       this  is   my

      G                     D         (pinky)
e ----3---3-3-3--3----------2---2-2-2-/7*--\3*-\...------------|
B ----0---0-0-0--0----------3---3-3-3--------------------------|
G ----0---0-0-0--0---2*-0*--2---2-2-2--------------------------|
D ----0----------0----------0*---------------------------------|
A ----2----------2---------------------------------------------|
E ----3----------3---------------------------------------------|
    last                                   my last

      C           C           C
e --..3---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-------------------------|
B ----1---1-1-1---1---1-1-1---1---1-1-1-------------------------|
G ----0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-------------------------|
D ----2-----------2-----------2---------------------------------|
A ----3-----------3-----------3-------------------------0---2---|
E --------------------------------------------------3-----------|
      cigarette                                   this  is

      G                     D
e ----3---3-3-3--3----------2---2-2-2--2-----------------------|
B ----0---0-0-0--0----------3---3-3-3--3-----------------------|
G ----0---0-0-0--0---2*-0*--2---2-2-2--2-----------------------|
D ----0----------0----------0*---------0-----------------------|
A ----2----------2---------------------------------------------|
E ----3----------3---------------------------------------------|
     my  - - - - - - - - - -ylast         last


                                                  [outro] :
      C           C           C                   (G)      (D)
e ----0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0--------*-*-*---*--*-*--|
B ----1---1-1-1---1---1-1-1---1---1-1-1--------0/3-3--12\10\7--|
G ----0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0------------------------|
D ----2-----------2-----------2--------------------------------|
A ----3-----------3-----------3--------------0-----------------|
E ----------------------------------------3--------------------|
 cigarette

    (D) (Ds4)(D+12)    (G)
e ---*----*-----*-----*-*-------------------------------------||
B ---7----8----10----12\8~~~~---------------------------------||
G ------------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------------||
E ------------------------------------------------------------||

EADGBe
320003 - G
X00232 - D/A
X0221x - Am+ (don't play the top e string)
X02220 - A+  (heavy on top e string)
X02210 - Am
XX0232 - D
X32010 - C
XX0233 - Ds4
XX0235 - D+12

* 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]:
                                
     C              [instr]:    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?-----|
D ---4-----------4---8--11---------------------------------------|
A ---5-----------5-----------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------|
    --st    cigarette                                        last

                                        * * * Am+ (shape)
e -------*---*----*----*---*-*----------5-7-9---------------|
B -------2--/5---/7---/5---2h7-----------------3*-----------|
G ---------------------------------------------4------------|
D ---------------------------------------------4------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
     cig    -     ar   -   ette               sometimes...


[outro]:
                                                  [outro] :
      C           C           C                   (G)      (D)(SHAPES)
e ----2---2-2-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-2--------*-*-*---*--*-*--|
B ----3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3--------2/5-5--14\12\5--|
G ----2---2-2-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-2------------------------|
D ----4-----------4-----------4--------------------------------|
A ----5-----------5-----------5--------------2-----------------|
E ----------------------------------------5--------------------|
 cigarette

    (D) (Ds4)(D+12)    (G) - (chord SHAPES, capo @2)
e ---*----*-----*----*--*-------------------------------------||
B ---9---10----12----14\10~~~~--------------------------------||
G ------------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------------||
E ------------------------------------------------------------||


Any comments, improvements etc. welcome.


Nic

Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk