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"The Last Shot"
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album _Legendary Hearts_
(Lou Reed, 1983)
written by Lou Reed
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Last shot sure killed me
pour another drink
Let's drink to the last shot
and the blood on the dishes in the sink
Blood inside the coffee cup
blood on the table top
But when you quit, you quit, but you always wish
that you knew it was your last shot
When you quit, you quit, but you always wish
that you knew it was your last shot
I shot blood at the fly on the wall
my heart almost stopped hardly there at all
I broke the mirror with my fall, with my -
- Fall-fall-fall
fall-fall-fall
Gimmie a double, give yourself one, too
gimmie a short beer, and one for you, too
And a toast to everything that doesn't move
that doesn't move
But when you quit, you quit, but you always wish
that you knew it was your last shot
When you quit, you quit, but you always wish
that you knew it was your last shot
Whiskey, bourbon, vodka, scotch
I don't care what it is you've got
I just want to know that it's my last shot
My last shot
I remember when I quit pretty good
see this here's where I chipped my tooth
Shot a vein in my neck and I coughed up a Quaalude
On my last shot
my last shot
Here's a toast to all that's good and -
- here's a toast to hate
And here's a toast to toasting and I'm not boasting
When I say I'm getting straight
when I say I'm getting straight
But when you quit, you quit, but you always wish
that you knew it was your last shot
When you quit, you quit, but you always wish
that you knew it was your last shot
* Lou Reed (right channel): standard-tuning
intro /x.C} bass
{G}{D}{G}{D}
{G}{D}{G}{D}
{G}{D}{G}{D} (Last shot sure killed me ...)
{G}{D}{G}{D} (Let's drink to the last ...)
{G}{D}{G}{D} (Blood inside the coffee ...)
chorus {C/G}{C/G}{C/G.D}{G} (- quit, you quit, but you ...)
{C/G}{C/G}{C/G.D} (- quit, you quit, but you ...)
{G}{D}{G}{D} (- shot)
{G}{D}{G}{D} (I shot blood at the fly on ...)
{G}{D} (I broke the mirror with my ...)
{G/C}{D}{G/C}{D} (- Fall-fall-fall, fall-fall-fall)
{G}{D}{G}{D} (Gimmie a double ...)
{G}{D}{G}{D} (And a toast to everything ...)
chorus {C/G}{C/G}{C/G.D}{G} (- quit, you quit, but you ...)
{C/G}{C/G}{C/G.D} (- quit, you quit, but you ...)
{G}{D}{G}{D} (- shot)
{G}{D}{G}{D} (Whiskey, bourbon, vodka, ...)
{G}{D} (I just want to know that ...)
{G/C}{D} (My last shot)
{G}{D}{G}{D} (I remember when I quit ...)
{G}{D} (Shot a vein in my neck ...)
{G/C}{D}{G/C}{D} (On my last shot, my last shot)
{G}{D}{G}{D} (Here's a toast to all ...)
{G}{D} (And here's a toast to ...)
{G}{D}{G}{D} (- say I'm getting straight ...)
chorus {C/G}{C/G}{C/G.D}{G} (- quit, you quit, but you ...)
{C/G}{C/G}{C/G.D}{G... (- quit, you quit, but you ...)
* intro and riff (standard-tuning)
{G} {D}
1e --3---3-3--x-3-x-----2-----------------
2B --0---0-1--x-0-x-----3-----------------
3G --0---0-0--x-0-x-----2----------------- ...
4D --0---0-0--x-0-x-----0-----------------
5A --2---2-2--x-2-x-----------------------
6E --3---3-3--x-3-x-----------------------
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
* Robert Quine (left channel): D-tuning
(all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)
1d ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from e to d)
2A ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from B to A)
3F ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from G to F)
4C ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from D to C)
5G ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from A to G)
6D ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from E to D)
intro /x.D} bass
{A}{E}{A}{E}
{A}{E}{A}{E}
{A}{E}{A}{E} (Last shot sure killed me ...)
{A}{E}{A}{E} (Let's drink to the last ...)
{A}{E}{A}{E} (Blood inside the coffee ...)
chorus {D/A}{D/A}{D/A.E}{A} (- quit, you quit, but you ...)
{D/A}{D/A}{D/A.E} (- quit, you quit, but you ...)
{A}{E}{A}{E} (- shot)
{A}{E}{A}{E} (I shot blood at the fly on ...)
{A}{E} (I broke the mirror with my ...)
{A/D}{E}{A/D}{E} (- Fall-fall-fall, fall-fall-fall)
{A}{E}{A}{E} (Gimmie a double ...)
{A}{E}{A}{E} (And a toast to everything ...)
chorus {D/A}{D/A}{D/A.E}{A} (- quit, you quit, but you ...)
{D/A}{D/A}{D/A.E} (- quit, you quit, but you ...)
{A}{E}{A}{E} (- shot)
{A}{E}{A}{E} (Whiskey, bourbon, vodka, ...)
{A}{E} (I just want to know that ...)
{A/D}{E} (My last shot)
{A}{E}{A}{E} (I remember when I quit ...)
{A}{E} (Shot a vein in my neck ...)
{A/D}{E}{A/D}{E} (On my last shot, my last shot)
{A}{E}{A}{E} (Here's a toast to all ...)
{A}{E} (And here's a toast to ...)
{A}{E}{A}{E} (- say I'm getting straight ...)
chorus {D/A}{D/A}{D/A.E}{A} (- quit, you quit, but you ...)
{D/A}{D/A}{D/A.E}{A... (- quit, you quit, but you ...)
* intro (all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)
{A} {E}
*1d ---------------------0-----------------
*2A --2-3-2-3--x-2-x-----0-----------------
*3F --2-2-2-2--x-2-x-----1----------------- ...
*4C --2-2-2-2--x-2-x-----2-----------------
*5G ---------------------2-----------------
*6D ---------------------0-----------------
* riff (all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)
Last shot sure killed me ...
{A} {E}
*1d -------------2-x-----0-----------------
*2A --2-3-2-3--x-2-x-----0-----------------
*3F --2-2-2-2--x-2-x-----1----------------- ...
*4C --2-2-2-2--x-2-x-----2-----------------
*5G ---------------------2-----------------
*6D ---------------------0-----------------
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thanks: Kerry or Lindsey Nice (nice@mscd.edu)
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@SONG: The Last Shot
Last shot sure killed me
Pour another drink
Let's drink to the last shot
And the blood on the dishes in the sink
Blood inside the coffee cup
Blood on the table top
But when you quit, you quit
But you always wish
That you knew that it was your last shot
When you quit, you quit
But you always wish
That you knew that it was your last shot
I shot blood at the fly on the wall
My heart almost stopped, hardly there at all
I broke the mirrow with my fall
With my fall fall fall
Fall fall fall
Give me a double, give yourself one two
Give me a short beer, one for you too
And a toast to everything that doesn't move
That doesn't move
But when you quit, you quit
But you always wish
That you knew that it was your last shot
When you quit, you quit
But you always wish
That you knew that it was your last shot
Whisky, bourbon, vodka, scotch
I don't care what it is you've got
I just want to know that it's my last shot
My last shot
I remember when I quit pretty good
See this here, this is where I chipped my tooth
Shot of pain in my neck and I coughed up a qualude
On my last shot
My last shot
Here's a toast to all that is good
And here's a toast to hate
Here's a toast to toasting and I'm not boasting
When I say I'm getting straight
When I say i'm getting straight
But when you quit, you quit
But you always wish
That you knew that it was your last shot
When you quit, you quit
But you always wish
That you knew that it was your last shot
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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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