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Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees
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Tabbed by: Robb Anagnostis
This chord chart includes tab for the "GUITAR ARPEGGIO INSTRUMENTAL for 2 guitars" below the chart.
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Tuning: Standard
[INTRO]
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----0-----------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-3-----2-----0---| (play these 2 measures 2x for [INTRO])
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-3---------------|-----------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
"G-Riff" = Main riff (Rhythmic Figure)
(play these 2 measures everywhere "G-Riff" is placed below)
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----0-----0--(0)| (B in parentheses is played sometimes)
G|-----0-----------|---0-----0-------|
D|-----------------|-3-----2-----0---| (play these 2 measures 2x for [INTRO])
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-3---------------|-----------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
[VERSE 1]
G-Riff
Take the last train to Clarksville,
G-Riff
And I'll meet you at the station,
G-Riff
you can be here by 4:30,
G-Riff
'Cause I've made your reservation,
C7* (stop)
don't be slow, Oh, no, no, no! Oh, no, no, no___!
(C7* = add the root/five bassline by alternating with C7/G=3x2310)
[VERSE 2]
G-Riff
'Cause I'm leaving in the morning,
G-Riff
and I must see you again,
G-Riff
We'll have one more night together,
G-Riff
'Til the morning brings my train,
C7*
and I must go, Oh, no, no, no! Oh, no, no, no___!
D7*
And I don't know if I'm ever coming home!
(D7* = add the root/five bassline by alternating with D7/A=x00212)
(Play G Riff twice to lead into Verse 3)
[VERSE 3]
G-Riff
Take the last train to Clarksville,
G-Riff
I'll be waiting at the station
G-Riff
We'll have time for coffee-flavored kisses,
G-Riff
And a bit of conversation,
C7*
Oh, no, no, no! Oh, no, no, no!
[BRIDGE 1]
G
Do-do di-di di-di do-do,
G11 (bass guitar actually stays on G as guitar plays Fadd9=xx3213. Or try F/G=3x321x)
Do-do di-di di-di do-do
G G11
Do-do di-di di-di do-do, doo
[VERSE 4]
G-Riff
Take the last train to Clarksville,
G-Riff
now I must hang up the phone,
G-Riff
I can't hear you in this noisy
G-Riff
railroad station, all alone,
C7*
I'm feeling low, Oh, no, no, no! Oh, no, no, no!
D7*
And I don't know if I'm ever coming home!
[INSTRUMENTAL] Guitar arpeggios (see below for tablature). Bass guitar plays G all through
| G | Fadd9 | G | Fadd9 |
Oh!
| G | Fadd9 | G | Fadd9 |
| G | Fadd9 | G | Fadd9 |
Oh________________________
| G | Fadd9 | G | stop on 1 |
___"Oh" cont'd________!
[VERSE 5] (repeat of VERSE 1)
G-Riff
Take the last train to Clarksville,
G-Riff
And I'll meet you at the station,
G-Riff
you can be here by 4:30,
G-Riff
'Cause I've made your reservation,
C7*
don't be slow, Oh, no, no, no! Oh, no, no, no!
D7*
And I don't know if I'm ever coming home!
[OUTRO]
G-Riff
Take the last train to Clarksville
[Repeat and Fade out]
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CHORD Voicings
[VERSE]
G 320003
C7 x32310
D7 xx0212 or x5453x
*C7/G 3x2310
*D7/A x00212 or 5x453x
*= optional to cover the root/five bass line
[BRIDGE]
G xx5433 or 355433
Fadd9 xx3213 (bass guitar plays G to create the G11 chord)
G11 3x321x or 3x0213 (these voicings for solo guitar to cover the bass note)
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GUITAR ARPEGGIO INSTRUMENTAL for 2 guitars.
Bass guitar plays G throughout
[INSTRUMENTAL]
Guitar 1
G arppeggio G11 arpeggio G arp. F/G arp.
e|-------3-----3---|-------3-----3---|-------3-----3---|-------5-----5---|
B|-----3-----3---3-|-----1-----1---1-|-----3-----3---3-|-----6-----6---6-|
G|-0h4-----0-------|-0h2-----2-------|-0h4-----0-------|-0h5-----5-------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G arp. F/G arp. G arp. F/G arp.
e|-------7-----7---|-------8-----8---|-------10----10--|-------8-----8---|
B|-----8-----8---8-|-----10----10--10|-----12----12--12|-----10----10--10|
G|-0h7-----7-------|-0h10----10------|-0h12----12------|-0h10----10------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G arp. F/G arp. G arp. F/G arp.
e|-------7-----7---|-------5-----5---|-------7-----7---|-------8-----8---|
B|-----8-----8---8-|-----6-----6---6-|-----8-----8---8-|-----10----10--10|
G|-0h7-----7-------|-0h5-----5-------|-0h7-----7-------|-0h10----10------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Oh__________________________________________________________________
G arp. F/G arp. G arp. (stop on beat one)
e|-------10----10--|-------12----12--|-------10----10--|-8---------------||
B|-----12----12--12|-----10----10--10|-----12----12--12|-10--------------||
G|-0h12----12------|-0h10----10------|-0h12----12------|-10--------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
___"Oh" cont'd______________________________________!
Guitar 2 (played together with Guitar 1 for GUITAR ARPEGGIO INSTRUMENTAL)
(repeat these 2 measures 7½ times, then stop on beat one of last measure)
e|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10--10--|
B|---12--12--12--12|---13--13--13--13|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
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