Last Straw

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   C              Am            C            G

I heard that you went out last night

                                 C                Am

And you looked beautiful, 

               C                             G                   

Just like a bat beneath the moonlight

C               Am                 C

I stayed home, took a Vicadin

G                         C                    Am

Sometimes it's all that I can do 

               C                             G              C

When I  think about the president

                                            G                  C           G

How did he become the president?



            C                  Am         C                     G

And I stayed awake for a day or two

                  C                          

I thought about the world

Am                       C                            G

Drank gin and watched the news

                     C                 Am                 C                    G

And there are some things that I'll never understand

                 C                       Am

Why a country needs a God

                C          G    C       Am  C        F

And a woman nee-ds a ma -an



Chorus:

                   C                           F

And you never write me letters

                   C                        F

And you never sent my sweaters

                    Am                                         G

So I could stay warm when I was without you

G                                             G

Without you I don't sleep



                  C             Am           C           G           C            Am             C

Just a dream



Verse 2:



G                            C               Am            C

And I scratched these words into a black notebook

G                     C                      Am                   C                 G

I wrote your name on top, I knew you'd never look

            C            Am               C                            G

And i tried my best to fight the atmosphere

                    C                           Am             C                             Am

To think the happy thoughts that leave the phone lines clear



       F                      C

I see Arizona stars from here

     G                                           F

But Peter Pan is miles away





Chorus:



                   C                           F

And you never write me letters

                   C                        F

And you never sent my sweaters

                    Am                                  G

So I could stay warm when I was without you

G                                            F

Without you I don't have

                           C                          Am

A place that's safe from all the monsters

                              G

That hide in my head

                                    F

And sing me to sleep, sleep

                      G     G       Am

This is the last straw

                                    F

This is the last straw, She said





Bridge:



                                             C

Well I won't wait for you forever

                                         Am

When you run around like JFK

                                                         G

And watch that poor girl waste the best years of her life 

                                           F

And I'll be damned if I am going out, I will not go out that way





Instrumental:



C       Am        G         F





Chorus:



                   C                           F

And you never write me letters

                   C                        F

And you never sent my sweaters

                         Am                                  G

So you could stay warm when I was gone

G                                            F

Without you I don't have

                           C                          Am

A place that's safe from all the monsters

                              G

That hide in my head

                                    F

And keep me 'till dawn

                                G  

I think this is the last straw