The Last Straw

From: James Osgood

Transcribed by James Osgood - *

Legend

10b12 means bend from the tenth fret
 to the twelfth.
(10)b12 means pre-bend
20r18 means release bend

~ indicates vibrato.
/ means slide
\/ means dive with whammy bar.
p indicates pull off, and
h indicates hammer on
q indicates quarter tone bend.

Intro and Verse - Clean guitar with 
Chorus and Delay

e---------------------------------
B-----1--3--1h3p1p0-----0-h-1--0--
G-----2--------------2------------
D-----2---------------------------
A--0--0---------------------------
E---------------------------------

e|--------------| 
B|--------------| 
G|2--2-p-0--0---| 
D|--------------| 
A|--------------| 
E|--------------| 


e--------------------------------
B-----1--3--1h3p1p0-----1--------
G-----2--------------2-----0-----
D-----2-----------------------3--
A--0--0--------------------------
E--------------------------------

e|2-- 
B|3-- 
G|2-- 
D|0-- 
A|--- 
E|--- 

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There are slight fills at the end of
 this, which are different
for the two verses. They are

e---0h2--|--3-2---| 
B--------|--------| 
G--------|--------| 
D--------|--------| 
A--------|--------| 
E--------|--------| 

The bits between verses are just Eb 
and F chords played as
follows

    Eb    F


e---6---------| 
B---8----10---| 
G---8----10---| 
D---8----10---| 
A---6----8----| 
E-------------| 

It goes Eb - F - Eb - F - Eb - F -Eb
 - F - F - F.

SR arpeggiates the chords second 
time around.

After the second 'chorus' he whips 
on a capo at the third fret
and plays an arpeggiated Cm7 as 
follows.

e------------------6--| 
B-----------4p3h4-----| 
G--------5------------| 
D-----5---------------| 
A--3------------------| 
E---------------------| 

He plays this repeadedly until the 
solo (There are various odd
bits of guitar under it but I 
haven't bothered to work them out)

somewhere that he improvised it!!

E---------------------------------
B--(16)b18~---11--9--11--(11)b13~-
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A---------------------------------
E---------------------------------

E|-----------------------| 
B|-----------------------| 
G|-----------------------| 
D|------3--6--3--8/10\8--| 
A|-----------------------| 
E|-----------------------| 


             dive with bar

e--------------------------------
B-----------------------16-p-13--
G--------------------------------
D--8p6p3--3--6q\----/------------
A---------------\--/-------------
E----------------\/--------------

e|--------------------13--| 
B|16~--16p13--(16)b18-----| 
G|------------------------| 
D|------------------------| 
A|------------------------| 
E|------------------------| 


                                 
e--(15)b16~-16--(15)b16--16--18--
B--------------------------------
G--------------------------------
D--------------------------------
A--------------------------------
E--------------------------------

 |           |-------| rpt x 8 
e|(18)b20~------16p13-----|    
B|-----------13-----------|    
G|------------------------|    
D|------------------------|    
A|------------------------|    
------------------------|    


e------------------------------
B--(16)b18---------------------
G-----------13--13~--13h15p13--
D------------------------------
A------------------------------
E------------------------------

e|----------------------------| 
B|----------------------------| 
G|13~\------------------------| 
D|------6~-3--6h8-6-8/10--10~-| 
A|----------------------------| 
E|----------------------------| 


e-----------------------------
B-----------------------------
G--10\------------------------
D-------6~-8--6--8/10--8~--10-
A-----------------------------
E-----------------------------

e|-----------------16-18-(18)b20~| 
B|------16-(16)b18---------------| 
G|-------------------------------| 
D|6p5p3--------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------| 

Then this bit which is great fun - 
still distorted.

e-----3---------------------3--3--
B-----4--3------------------4-----
G-----5-----3-----5---------5-----
D-----5--------3--6---------5-----
A--3--3-----------6------3--3-----
E-----------------4---------------

e|---------------| 
B|4-----6--------| 
G|---3--5--------| 
D|------3--------| 
A|---------------| 
E|---------------| 

This chord sequence is used until 
the end. Steve solos over it
after a while, using the same 
melodic ideas as the solo, but
now in Cm as opposed to Fm.