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The Last Nail Tab

by Dan Fogelberg


This is a beginning - listen to the song to get the hammer ons - not to
 difficult. Rest In Peace  Dan.

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The Last Nail                   (capo up one to match album)

Intro  - hammer on with C and  F7

                           
I saw you running ahead of the crowd 
                                              
I chased but never thought I'd catch you 
                                                 
You said you loved me but you had to be free and I let you 
                 
Why did I let you 
                                      
We walked together through the gardens and graves
                                   
I watched you grow to be a woman 
                                          
Living on promises that nobody gave to no one 
                               
They were given to no one 

Electric break   -              


I started listening to the wind and the rain 
You strained your ears but could hear nothing 
One night I thought I heard them whisper my name 
And I went running 
I left a trail of footprints deep in the snow 
I swore one day I would retrace them 
But when I turned around I found that the wind had erased them 
                                
Now I'll never replace them 
Electric break

(Chorus) 
                              
Fly away, my sweet bird, over the land
                              
Take life for all the freedom you can 
                                 
But if you ever should need a man
                     
Well, the offer still stands

break - starts with the C to F7 hammer on again.

                                
I hear you've taken on a husband and child 
And live somewhere in Pennsylvania 
I never thought you'd ever sever the string but I can't blame you none 
So let the ashes fall and lay where they will 
Just say that once you used to know me 
One last time sing that old song we used to know
                                                            
But this time sing - But this time sing a little more slowly 

(Chorus)

Ends with a hammer on from G to C

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