The Last Straw 1

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  • Legend
     
    10b12 means bend from the tenth fret to the twelfth.
  • (10)b12 means pre-bend
    20r18 means release bend
     
  • ~ indicates vibrato.
    / means slide
    \/ means dive with whammy bar.
  • p indicates pull off, and
    h indicates hammer on
    q indicates quarter tone bend.
  •  
    Intro and Verse - Clean guitar with Chorus and Delay
     
  • e-----------------------------------------------|
    B-----1--3--1h3p1p0-----0-h-1--0----------------|
    G-----2--------------2------------2--2-p-0--0---|
  • D-----2-----------------------------------------|
    A--0--0-----------------------------------------|
    E-----------------------------------------------|
  •  
    e--------------------------------2--
    B-----1--3--1h3p1p0-----1--------3--
  • G-----2--------------2-----0-----2--
    D-----2-----------------------3--0--
    A--0--0-----------------------------
  • E-----------------------------------
     
    There are slight fills at the end of this, which are different
  • for the two verses. They are
     
    1 2
  • e---0h2--|--3-2---|
    B--------|--------|
    G--------|--------|
  • D--------|--------|
    A--------|--------|
    E--------|--------|
  •  
    The bits between verses are just Eb and F chords played as
    follows
  •  
    Eb F
     
  • e---6---------|
    B---8----10---|
    G---8----10---|
  • D---8----10---|
    A---6----8----|
    E-------------|
  •  
    It goes Eb - F - Eb - F - Eb - F -Eb - F - F - F.
     
  • SR arpeggiates the chords second time around.
     
    After the second 'chorus' he whips on a capo at the third fret
  • and plays an arpeggiated Cm7 as follows.
     
    e------------------6--|
  • B-----------4p3h4-----|
    G--------5------------|
    D-----5---------------|
  • A--3------------------|
    E---------------------|
     
  • He plays this repeadedly until the solo (There are various odd
    bits of guitar under it but I haven't bothered to work them out)
     
  • Solo - a cracker. It's simple and very effective and I think I read
    somewhere that he improvised it!!
     
  • e--------------------------------------------------------|
    B--(16)b18~---11--9--11--(11)b13~------------------------|
    G--------------------------------------------------------|
  • D---------------------------------------3--6--3--8/10\8--|
    A--------------------------------------------------------|
    E--------------------------------------------------------|
  •  
    dive with bar
    e----------------------------------------------------13--|
  • B-----------------------16-p-13--16~--16p13--(16)b18-----|
    G--------------------------------------------------------|
    D--8p6p3--3--6q\----/------------------------------------|
  • A---------------\--/-------------------------------------|
    E----------------\/--------------------------------------|
     
  • |-------| rpt x 8
    e--(15)b16~-16--(15)b16--16--18--(18)b20~------16p13-----|
    B-------------------------------------------13-----------|
  • G--------------------------------------------------------|
    D--------------------------------------------------------|
    A--------------------------------------------------------|
  • E--------------------------------------------------------|
     
    e----------------------------------------------------------|
  • B--(16)b18-------------------------------------------------|
    G-----------13--13~--13h15p13--13~\------------------------|
    D------------------------------------6~-3--6h8-6-8/10--10~-|
  • A----------------------------------------------------------|
    E----------------------------------------------------------|
     
  • e----------------------------------------------16-18-(18)b20~|
    B-----------------------------------16-(16)b18---------------|
    G--10\-------------------------------------------------------|
  • D-------6~-8--6--8/10--8~--10-6p5p3--------------------------|
    A------------------------------------------------------------|
    E------------------------------------------------------------|
  •  
    Then this bit which is great fun - still distorted.
     
  • e-----3---------------------3--3-----------------|
    B-----4--3------------------4-----4-----6--------|
    G-----5-----3-----5---------5--------3--5--------|
  • D-----5--------3--6---------5-----------3--------|
    A--3--3-----------6------3--3--------------------|
    E-----------------4------------------------------|
  •  
    This chord sequence is used until the end. Steve solos over it
    after a while, using the same melodic ideas as the solo, but
  • now in Cm as opposed to Fm.
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