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Last Train To Satansville

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Last Train to Satansville (Swervedriver)

General Notes:
Standard Tuning. Adapted from a live bootleg of Adam playing acoustic guitar 
Copenhagen). Standard 4/4 time. For the Copenhagen version, Adam uses a Capo on the 2nd fret, but 
another live acoustic version he does not use a Capo, so your choice.

Intro:

Repeat the below pattern once without singing, and then sing the rest of the lines.
     Em                        rep. 5X
E||----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-||
B||----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-||
G||.---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0.||
D||.-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--.||
A||--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---||
E||--0---3---0---3---0---3---0---3---||
     1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
        Ooh         ooh         oo-ooh  ooh   oo-ooh
        Ooh                                   oo-ooh
        Ooh         ooh         oo-ooh  ooh   oo-ooh
        Ooh                                       You

Verse:

  G                Em
E|-3---3-3-----------0---0---0---0--|
B|-3---3-3-----------0---0---0---0--|
G|-0---0-0-----------0---0---0---0--|
D|-0---0-0---------2---2---2---2----|
A|-2---2-2---------2---2---2---2----|
E|-3---3-3---------0---3---0---3----|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
     look  like you�ve been  losing     sleep  said a

   G               Em              G
E|-3---3-3-----------0---0---0---0-3---3-3----------|
B|-3---3-3-----------0---0---0---0-3---3-3----------|
G|-0---0-0-----------0---0---0---0-0---0-0----------|
D|-0---0-0---------2---2---2---2---0---0-0----------|
A|-2---2-2---------2---2---2---2---2---2-2----------|
E|-3---3-3---------0---3---0---3---3---3-3----------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
     stranger       on a     train             I     fixed him  with an

   Em              C               Em
E|---0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0--|
B|---0---0---0---0-1---1-1---1-1-1---0---0---0---0--|
G|---0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0--|
D|-2---3---2---2---2---2-2---2-2-2-2---2---2---2----|
A|-2---2---2---2---3---3-3---3-3-3-2---2---2---2----|
E|-0---3---0---3-------------------0---3---0---3----|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
    ice cold stare and said I�ve been having those dreams again

Every verse is basically played the same, but sometimes Adam throws in a C chord for the 
two beats of the 1st or 2nd line of each verse, instead of just the Em riff. He also 
an extra bar of the Em riff after some of the verses. I have indicated this below.

      G                      Em
   In one dream there's this girl I love

          G                  Em    C
   And we dance every wakin' breath

              G                       Em
   And in the other they've thrown me in a cell

               C                 Em X2
   And they're tryin' me for her death

       G              Em
   I'm only young and young in love

        G              Em    C
   As I hold that girl today

           G                 Em
   But I'm old and tired and in the cell

            C                 Em X2
   And I've nigh on withered away

   Bridge:

Play the intro again, but skip the first time through, so you only play it 4X, all with 
�Ooh�s. Note that the first words of the next verse below (�Y�see my�) fall on the last 
and a half of the bridge.

Verse:

            G           Em
   Y'see my baby' gone away too long

           G                Em    C
   And I'm chokin' back the tears

     G                  Em
   Disheveled star in a burnt out bar
           C             Em
   And I'm talkin' in my drink

       G               Em
   She promised me the world and more

       G                 Em    C
   How could she do this to me?

       G                   Em
   And now mine's tumblin' down around

          C                 Em
   But at least my eyes can see, And those

   C            C*          Em X2
   stars in the sky are for me

*Note that for this one version of the verse, there is an extra line, which contains two 
of the C chord.

      G                  Em
   So as this fagged-out tinsel town

         G              Em  C
   Waves so-long to the sun

     G               Em
   I lay here calmly on my bed

           C             Em
   And the trigger of my gun

       G                   Em
   And should that no good woman show up


   G              Em   C
   Dancin' from a dream

        G                    Em
   I'll squeeze it twice and not think twice

       C            Em
   And relish every scream

Outro:

On the last line of the last verse, Adam sings �scream� an octave higher, and moves 
into the falsetto �Ooh�s like in the Intro. �Scream� replaces the first �Ooh ooh�, so it 
like this:

     1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
        Scre-       eam         oo-ooh  ooh   oo-ooh
        Ooh                                   oo-ooh
        Ooh         ooh         oo-ooh  ooh   oo-ooh
        Ooh                           ooh   ooh   ooh
        ooh

Gradually slow down the last few bars until the end.

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Last Train To Satansville

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