The All-American Rejects
"The Last Song"
The All-American Rejects

I tabbed this out because none of the others are really right. What they have is good, but some stuff is 
left out. So here?s my tab. I may add lyrics guides later, since I didn?t really tell how long to play most of the chords. I've made some changes now (10/28/04) because I don't suck near as bad now. Enjoy.  

Standard tuning (from high to low): eBGDAE

Legend:
~-Let ring
PM??-Palm mute
-Slide down
/-Slide up

Intro: You?ll have to figure out the timing on your own. Its the violins and cellos and what not arranged 
on the guitar. Sounds pretty much like it if you play it clean. 
  Db  G# F   C Db   A# G# F  C Db   G# G# F   C Db G# F
-|-----------8-9-------------8-9--------------8-9-----|
-|----9-6--------9-----9-6-------9-----9-6---------9-6|
-|-6--------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------8---------------6-----------------|
-|----------------------------------------------------|
-|----------------------------------------------------|

Play that twice, then add this to the end of the second one:
  Db
-|9~|
-|--|
-|--|
-|--|
-|--|
-|--|

Verse One:I hope you can figure out how long to strum the chords? I?m too lazy to tab them all out but 
you?re smart. 
   Db5     A#5    G#5     F#5
-|-------|-------|-------|------|
-|-------|-------|-------|------|
-|-6-666-|-3-333-|-------|------|
-|-6-666-|-3-333-|-6-666-|-4444-|
-|-4-444-|-1-111-|-6-666-|-4444-|
-|-------|-------|-4-444-|-2222-|
     P.M.    P.M.    P.M.

Pre-Chorus: ("You wanted the best, it wasn't me")

Guitar one: Listen to the song to figure out exactly when to play this. I may add lyric guides later. Repeat 
as needed.

-|--------------|
-|-------1-2----|
-|-----------1--|
-|--------------|
-|---8----------|
-|-6---9--------|

Guitar two: Again listen to song for exact strumming.
  A#5 F#5 Db5 G#5
-|---|---|---|---|
-|---|---|---|---|  Play twice.
-|-3-|---|-6-|---|
-|-3-|-4-|-6-|-6-|
-|-1-|-4-|-4-|-6-|
-|---|-2-|---|-4-|

Chorus: Again, learn chord changes on your own. (Just play once, one guitar, two guitars playing 
together, whatever.)
  Db5 F#5 B5  G#5
-|---|---|---|---|
-|---|---|---|---|
-|-6-|---|-4-|---|
-|-6-|-4-|-4-|-6-|
-|-4-|-4-|-2-|-6-|
-|---|-2-|---|-4-|

Verse two: Play mostly like the first. (Guitar two)
   Db5     A#5     G#5
-|-------|-------|-------|  
-|-------|-------|-------|  
-|-6-666-|-3-333-|-------|  
-|-6-666-|-3-333-|-6-666-|           
-|-4-444-|-1-111-|-6-666-|           
-|-------|-------|-4-444-|           
     P.M.    P.M.    P.M.

Play that twice, then:
   F#5
-|------|
-|------|
-|------|
-|-4444-|
-|-4444-|
-|-2222-|

Guitar one: Listen to song to know when to play and get timing right.
Db5              A#5               G#5 
-|-999\----999\----999\----999\---|
-|-999\----999\----999\----999\---|
-|--------------------------------|  Then on G# he plays some weird barre chord arpeggio type thing I believe.
-|--------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------|
  G# chord
-|-4-|
-|-4-|
-|-5-|
-|-6-|
-|-6-|
-|-4-|

All of that is played twice throughout the verse.

(Repeat pre-chorus exactly like first.)

(Repeat chorus exactly like the first.)


Bridge:

Guitar two:
  B5
-|----|
-|----|
-|-4~-|
-|-4~-|
-|-2~-|
-|----|

Guitar one: Listen to song again for precise timing, especially on the last few notes. 
 Db  G#F C DbG#A#G#F C DbG#  G#F C Db G# Db C   A#      Db
-|-------8-9---------8-9---------8-9----9~--8~--6~--6~--9~|
-|---9-6-----9---9-6-----9---9-6-----9--------------------|
-|-6------------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------8-----------6------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar two: You play this clean when the first of those last notes start. I think this is right.
   Db    A#   G#    F#
-|-9-| |-6-| |-4-| |-2-|
-|-9-| |-6-| |-4-| |-2-|
-|-10| |-7-| |-5-| |-3-|
-|-11| |-8-| |-6-| |-4-|
-|-11| |-8-| |-6-| |-4-|
-|-9-| |-6-| |-4-| |-2-|

Then:

Guitar one: Listen for rhythm, this actually supposed to be the cellos and stuff but this still works pretty 
well. 
  Db                D#          F#          F  F# G#
-|------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------|
-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6/8 (8 times)/11 (8 times)-10-11-13-13-|
-|------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------|

Play the last G# a few more times.



Guitar two: 



Basically the same thing, just with distortion. Try playing different octaves and stuff. Palm mute.

-|---|----|----|---------|
-|---|----|----|---------|
-|-6-|-8--|----|---------|
-|-6-|-8--|-4--|-3-4-6-6-|
-|-4-|-6--|-4--|-3-4-6-6-|
-|---|----|-2--|-1-2-4-4-|  Etc.

Then you play the chorus twice just like you normally would then end with this chord:
  Db5
-|----|
-|----|
-|-6~-|
-|-6~-|
-|-4~-|
-|----|

Questions, comments, etc., e-mail to me at sirwillalot@hotmail.com. And I just thought I would add this, 
if you play all the violin, cello, stuff with a phaser, it sounds pretty kool. If I left anything out, please tell 
me. Please rate this tab.