The Last Great American chords by Five For Fighting

Key: Ab

🎸 Intro:

Ab Eb/G Fm Eb Db Eb



🎸 Verse:

Ab  Eb/G  Fm           Eb         Db                    Eb
Mr. Merry cries in his coffin for days he says he can remember
Ab              Eb/G     Fm          Eb       Db
And through the town the pallbearers sing old songs
                          Eb
Of a beautiful and purple mountain
Db         Eb                 F               Db          Eb
From every walk of life we've come to see the Last Great American

🎸 Verse 2:

Ab       Eb/G   Fm           Eb      Db
So may I now present you the speaker friend
                       Eb     Ab
He was a man of men, a man of gold
         Eb/G       Fm      Eb        Db
He had a how do you say ethical like sense
                                     Eb
That's when the President started to giggle


🎸 Bridge:

         Db                    Ab
Then the children gave the blessing
           Db                   Ab
Though the service weren't half done
Db           Eb             F
Each of them sued the other one
        Db   Eb         Ab Gb Fm E
For the last great American
     Ab Gb Fm E
American
     Ab Gb Fm E
American


🎸 Verse 3:

Ab   Eb/G    Fm        Eb      Db
Mary reaches up and we bow our heads
                                Eb       Ab
He pulls the lid on down as his stone is read
              Eb/G      Fm           Eb       Db
Here lies our Merry the man with the heart so spent
                                    Eb
That in this day and age is sick of living


Coda:

     Db          Ab
And judges argue letters
    Db             Ab
And fabric comes undone
Db        Eb             F
For every daughter every son
       Db   Eb         Ab  Eb/G Fm Eb
Of the Last Great American
Db        Eb             F
For every daughter every son
       Db   Eb         Ab  Eb/G Fm Eb Db Eb Ab
Of the Last Great American