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Last Cigarette

Ed Harcourt
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 G Em7 (no G) C -- Hammer on G. ie middle note of C chord.
(no )
 Found his memoirs in an old junk shop
 Dated  from  1916
(no )
 Sentenced to death while still shell-shocked
 For deserting  the infantry
Blindfold  on and one  step back
No  need to get upset
Don't  be hasty with the trigger  boys
Let  him smoke his one last cigarette
 Repeat Chorus Chords for Verse 2.
 Down in the hospital on the 9th ward
 An old man scratches his head
 Reaching into his bedside drawer
 He waits 'til the nurse is downstairs
 'I'm nearly cured I've been so brave
 And there's no need to fret
 I'm gonna really quit this time
 Let me smoke my one last cigarette'
Straight  as a corkscrew
As  bright as the night
Blind  to the horror
Blind  to the very  horror  of this sorry life
 Interlude, Intro Chords
 Repeat Chorus Chords for Verse 3
 The awkward girl with a broken heart
 Smashes her mirror until it fractures
 Leaning down she picks up a shard
 And ponders to question her actions
 A selfish act, she's full aware
 But the best one she's done yet
 With tired eyes and steady hands
 She'll smoke her one last cigarette
Straight  as a corkscrew
As  bright as the night
Blind  to the horror
Blind  to the very  horror  of this sorry life

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Readable chord sheet for Last Cigarette by Ed Harcourt

G Em7 (no G) C  -- Hammer on G. ie middle note of C chord.

[G]                  [Em7](no [G])
Found his memoirs in an old junk shop
Da[Cadd9]ted fr[E]om 191[Dadd11]6
[G]                         [Em7](no [G])
Sentenced to death while still shell-shocked
For d[Cadd9]eserti[E]ng the infant[Dadd11]ry
[D]Blindfold on and [C]one step back
[G]No need to get [Em]upset
[D]Don't be hasty with the [Em]trigger boys
[C]Let him smoke his one last cigarette

Repeat Chorus Chords for Verse 2.

Down in the hospital on the 9th ward
An old man scratches his head
Reaching into his bedside drawer
He waits 'til the nurse is downstairs
'I'm nearly cured I've been so brave
And there's no need to fret
I'm gonna really quit this time
Let me smoke my one last cigarette'

[G]Straight as a [Em]corkscrew
[G]As bright as the [C]night
[G]Blind to the [Em]horror
[Dadd11]Blind to the [Fmaj7]very h[C]orror of this sorry [G]life

Interlude, Intro Chords

Repeat Chorus Chords for Verse 3

The awkward girl with a broken heart
Smashes her mirror until it fractures
Leaning down she picks up a shard
And ponders to question her actions
A selfish act, she's full aware
But the best one she's done yet
With tired eyes and steady hands
She'll smoke her one last cigarette

[G]Straight as a [Em]corkscrew
[G]As bright as the [C]night
[G]Blind to the [Em]horror
[Dadd11]Blind to the [Fmaj7]very h[C]orror of this sorry [G]life

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