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|----|