Last Straw
Jack's MannequinVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
First four chords with asterisks are played as follows:
C
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B|------|------|
G|----0-|----0-|
D|---0-0|---0-0|
A|------|------|
E|-3----|-3----|
I heard that you went out last night and you looked beautiful
Just like a bat beneath the moonlight. I stayed home took a Vicodin
Sometimes it's all that I can do when I think about the president
How did he become the president?
And I stayed awake for a day or two,
I thought about the world, drank gin and watched the news
And there are some things I'll never understand
Why a country needs a God, and a woman needs a man
And you never write me letters
And you never sent my sweaters
So I could stay warm when I was without you
Without you I don't sleep, Just dream
And I scratch these words into a black notebook
I wrote your name on top I knew you'd never look
I tried my best to fight the atmosphere
To think the happy thoughts, that leave the phone lines clear
I see Arizona stars from here but Peter Pan is miles away
And you never write me letters
And you never sent my sweaters
So I could stay warm when I was without you
Without you I don't have
A place that's safe from all the monsters
That hide in my head and sing me to sleep, sleep
This is the last straw
This is the last straw she said
And I won't wait for you forever
While you run around like JFK
You watched that poor girl waste the best years of her life
And I'll be damned if I am going out, I will not go out that way
And you never write me letters
And you never sent my sweaters
So I could stay warm when I was gone
Without you I don't have
A place that's safe from all the monsters
That hide in my head and keep me 'til dawn
I think, this is the last straw.
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Readable chord sheet for Last Straw by Jack's Mannequin
First four chords with asterisks are played as follows: [G] [C] e|------|------| B|------|------| G|----0-|----0-| D|---0-0|---0-0| A|------|------| E|-3----|-3----| I heard that you went out last night and you looked beautiful Just like a bat beneath the [G]moonlight. [C]I stayed hom[G]e took a Vi[C]codin [G]Sometimes it's [C]all that I can [Am]do when I th[C]ink about the p[G]resident [C] [Am] [Am]How did [C]he become the p[G]resident? [C] [Am] [C] [G]And I s[C]tayed awak[Am]e for a [C]day or two, [G]I thought ab[C]out the world,[Am] drank gin and [C]watched the news [G]And there a[C]re some th[Am]ings I'll ne[C]ver unders[G]tand [G]Why a [C]country needs a [Am]God, and a [C]woman ne[G]ed[C]s a [Am]man[C] [F]And you [C]never write me [F]letters [F]And you [C]never sent my [F]sweaters [F]So I could st[Am]ay warm when I was with[G]out you [G]Without you I don't sleep,[G] Just [C]dream [Am] [C] [G] [C] [Am] [C] [G]And I scr[C]atch these words[Am] into a bl[C]ack notebook [G]I wrote your n[C]ame on top[Am] I knew you'd [C]never look [G]I tried[C] my b[Am]est to fight the [C]atmosphere [G]To think the h[C]appy thoughts,[Am] that leave the ph[C]one lines [F]clear [F]I see[C] Arizona stars [Am]from here but [G]Peter Pan is miles away [F]And you [C]never write me [F]letters [F]And you [C]never sent my [F]sweaters [F]So I could st[Am]ay warm when I was with[G]out you [G]Without you I don't have [F] [F]A place that's s[C]afe from all the m[Am]onsters That hide in my [G]head and sing me to [F]sleep, sleep [F]This is the last straw [Am] This is the last s[F]traw she said And I won't wait for you for[C]ever While you run around like [Am]JFK You watched that poor girl waste the [G]best years of her life And I'll be damned if I [F]am going out, I will not go ou[F]t that way [C] [Am] [G] [F] [F]And you [C]never write me [F]letters [F]And you [C]never sent my [F]sweaters [F]So I could st[Am]ay warm when I was [G]gone [G]Without you I don't have [F]A place that's s[C]afe from all the m[Am]onsters That hide in my [G]head and keep me 'til [F]dawn [F]I think, this is the last straw.