• Song:

    Last Straw

  • Artist:

    Jacks Mannequin

Here's a B side that was recorded for Everything in Transit. It's one of my
favorite Jack songs. Hope you like it =]

Verse 1:

G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)          GI (320003@1)heard that you went out last night
                                 C (x32010@1)              AmAnd (x02210@1)you looked beautiful, 
               C (x32010@1)                           G (320003@1)                 
Just like a bat beneath the moonlight
C (x32010@1)             Am (x02210@1)               CI (x32010@1)stayed home, took a Vicadin
G (320003@1)                       C (x32010@1)                  AmSometimes (x02210@1)it's all that I can do 
               C (x32010@1)                           G (320003@1)            CWhen (x32010@1)I  think about the president
                                            G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)         GHow (320003@1)did he become the president?

            C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)                   GAnd (320003@1)I stayed awake for a day or two
                  C (x32010@1)                        
I thought about the world
Am (x02210@1)                     C (x32010@1)                          GDrank (320003@1)gin and watched the news
                     C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)               C (x32010@1)                  GAnd (320003@1)there are some things that I'll never understand
                 C (x32010@1)                     AmWhy (x02210@1)a country needs a God
                C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1)C (x32010@1)      FAnd (133211@1)a woman nee-ds a ma -an

Chorus:
                   C (x32010@1)                         FAnd (133211@1)you never write me letters
                   C (x32010@1)                      FAnd (133211@1)you never sent my sweaters
                    Am (x02210@1)                                       GSo (320003@1)I could stay warm when I was without you
G (320003@1)                                           GWithout (320003@1)you I don't sleep

                  C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)           CJust (x32010@1)a dream

Verse 2:

G (320003@1)                          C (x32010@1)             Am (x02210@1)          CAnd (x32010@1)I scratched these words into a black notebook
G (320003@1)                   C (x32010@1)                    Am (x02210@1)                 C (x32010@1)               GI (320003@1)wrote your name on top, I knew you'd never look
            C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)             C (x32010@1)                          GAnd (320003@1)i tried my best to fight the atmosphere
                    C (x32010@1)                         Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)                           AmTo (x02210@1)think the happy thoughts that leave the phone lines clear

       F (133211@1)                    CI (x32010@1)see Arizona stars from here
     G (320003@1)                                         FBut (133211@1)Peter Pan is miles away


Chorus:

                   C (x32010@1)                         FAnd (133211@1)you never write me letters
                   C (x32010@1)                      FAnd (133211@1)you never sent my sweaters
                    Am (x02210@1)                                GSo (320003@1)I could stay warm when I was without you
G (320003@1)                                          FWithout (133211@1)you I don't have
                           C (x32010@1)                        AmA (x02210@1)place that's safe from all the monsters
                              GThat (320003@1)hide in my head
                                    FAnd (133211@1)sing me to sleep, sleep
                      G (320003@1)   G (320003@1)     AmThis (x02210@1)is the last straw
                                    FThis (133211@1)is the last straw, She said


Bridge:

                                             CWell (x32010@1)I won't wait for you forever
                                         AmWhen (x02210@1)you run around like JFK
                                                         GAnd (320003@1)watch that poor girl waste the best years of her life 
                                           FAnd (133211@1)I'll be damned if I am going out, I will not go out that way


Instrumental:

C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)
Chorus:

                   C (x32010@1)                         FAnd (133211@1)you never write me letters
                   C (x32010@1)                      FAnd (133211@1)you never sent my sweaters
                         Am (x02210@1)                                GSo (320003@1)you could stay warm when I was gone
G (320003@1)                                          FWithout (133211@1)you I don't have
                           C (x32010@1)                        AmA (x02210@1)place that's safe from all the monsters
                              GThat (320003@1)hide in my head
                                    FAnd (133211@1)keep me 'till dawn
                                G (320003@1)
I think this is the last straw

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