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The Last Song

The All-american Rejects
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

The All-American Rejects

”The Last Song”

Standard tuning

~-Let ring

PM……-Palm mute

\-Slide down

/-Slide up

Intro

E|-----------8-9-------------8-9--------------8-9-----|-
B|----9-6--------9-----9-6-------9-----9-6---------9-6|-
G|-6--------------------------------------------------|-
D|------------------8---------------6-----------------|-
A|----------------------------------------------------|-
E|----------------------------------------------------|-

Play that twice, then add this to the end of the second one:

E|9~|

B|--|

G|--|

D|--|

A|--|

E|--|

Verse One

E|-------|-------|-------|------|
B|-------|-------|-------|------|
G|-6-666-|-3-333-|-------|------|
D|-6-666-|-3-333-|-6-666-|-4444-|
A|-4-444-|-1-111-|-6-666-|-4444-|
E|-------|-------|-4-444-|-2222-|

PM… PM… PM…

Pre-Chorus: (“You wanted the best, it wasn’t me……”)

Guitar one:

E|--------------|
B|-------1-2----|
G|-----------1--|
D|--------------|
A|---8----------|
E|-6---9--------|

Guitar two:

E|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|-3-------6-----|
D|-3---4---6---6-|
A|-1---4---4---6-|2x
E|-----2-------4-|

Chorus

E|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|-6-------3-----|
D|-6---4---3---6-|
A|-4---4---1---6-|
E|-----2-------4-|

Verse two: Play just like the first. (Guitar two)

E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-6-666---3-333---------|
D|-6-666---3-333---6-666-|
A|-4-444---1-111---6-666-|2x
E|-----------------4-444-|

PM… PM… PM…

E|------|
B|------|
G|------|

D|-4444-|

A|-4444-|

E|-2222-|

Guitar one

E|-999\----999\----999\----999\---------------|
B|-666\----666\----666\----666\---------------|
G|-------------------------------------4-----5|
D|-----------------------------------6-----6--|
A|--------------------------------------------|2x
E|---------------------------------4-----4----|

Bridge

Guitar two

E|----|
B|----|

G|-4~-|

D|-4~-|

A|-2~-|

E|----|

Guitar one

E|-------8-9---------8-9---------8-9----9~--8~--6~--6~--9~|
B|---9-6-----9---9-6-----9---9-6-----9--------------------|
G|-6------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------8-----------6------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar two

E|---|
B|---|
G|---|

D|-3-|

A|-3-|

E|-1-|

E|---|
B|---|
G|---|

D|-4-|

A|-4-|

E|-2-|

Guitar one

E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6/8 (8 times)/11 (8 times)-10-11-13-13-|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

Play the last 13 a couple more times.

Guitar two:

E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-8---10---13---12-13-15-15-|
A|-8---10---13---12-13-15-15-|
E|-6---8----11---10-11-13-13-| Etc.

play the chorus twice then end with this chord:

E|----|
B|----|

G|-6~-|

D|-6~-|

A|-4~-|

E|----|

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