The Last Nail chords by Dan Fogelberg

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

The Last Nail from "Captured Angel" (1975)
Standard tuning - Capo 0

Intro:
| C majorC | D MajorD FF | C majorC | D MajorD FF | C majorC | D MajorD FF | C majorC | D MajorD FF |

Verse:
|C majorC      Am7Am7   |E minor 7Em7       |
 . I saw you running ahead of the crowd
|Fmaj7Fmaj7              |C majorC     G+G |
 . I chased but never thought I'd catch you ..
|C majorC       Am7Am7       |E minor 7Em7
 . You said you loved me, but you had to be free
   |Fmaj7Fmaj7   |C majorC      G+G    |
 And I let you ... . Why did I let you?

Verse:
|C majorC       Am7Am7        |E minor 7Em7        |
 . We walked together through the gardens and graves
|Fmaj7Fmaj7            |C majorC   G+G |
 . I watched you grow to be a woman ..
|C majorC      Am7Am7     |E minor 7Em7
 . Living on promises that nobody gave
  |Fmaj7Fmaj7   |Fmaj7Fmaj7         |C majorC   C/BC/B |
 To no one ... ... They were given to no one ..

Bridge:
| Am7Am7 | D MajorD | Am7Am7 | D MajorD |

Verse:
|C majorC      Am7Am7       |E minor 7Em7        |
 . I started listening to the wind and the rain
|Fmaj7Fmaj7                 |C majorC    G+G |
 . You strained your ears but could hear nothin' ..
|C majorC       Am7Am7         |E minor 7Em7
 . One night I thought I heard them whisper my name
      |Fmaj7Fmaj7   |Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G |
 And I went runnin' ... ...  .

Verse:
|C majorC     Am7Am7        |E minor 7Em7       |
 . I left a trail of footprints deep in the snow
|Fmaj7Fmaj7           |C majorC     G+G |
 . I swore one day I would retrace them ..
|C majorC      Am7Am7      |E minor 7Em7
 . But when I turned around I found that the wind
   |Fmaj7Fmaj7     |Fmaj7Fmaj7        |C majorC     C/BC/B |
 Had erased them ... ... Now I'll never replace them ..

Bridge:
| Am7Am7 | D MajorD | Am7Am7 | D MajorD ... E minor 7Em7 |

Chorus:
|G+G   E minor 7Em7       |A augmentedA    C majorC  |
 . Fly away my sweet bird over the land
|G+G   E minor 7Em7       |A augmentedA      C majorC  |
 . Take life for all the freedom you can
|G+G   E minor 7Em7    |A augmentedA       C majorC       |A augmentedA      C majorC   |
 . But if you ever should need a man, well, the offer still stands

Break:
| C majorC | D MajorD FF | C majorC | A augmentedA | C majorC | D MajorD FF | C majorC | D MajorD |

Verse:
|C majorC        Am7Am7    |E minor 7Em7       |
 . I hear you've taken on a husband and child
|Fmaj7Fmaj7             |C majorC   G+G |
 . And live somewhere in Pennsylvania ..
|C majorC     Am7Am7        |E minor 7Em7
 . I never thought you'd ever sever the string
      |Fmaj7Fmaj7     |Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G |
 But I can't blame you none ..  ..

Verse:
|C majorC      Am7Am7      |E minor 7Em7        |
 . So let the ashes fall and lay where they will
|Fmaj7Fmaj7              |C majorC    G+G |
 . Just say that once you used to know me ..
|C majorC        Am7Am7        |E minor 7Em7
 . One last time sing that old song we used to know
  |Fmaj7Fmaj7      |Fmaj7Fmaj7
 But this time sing . (This time sing)
  |Fmaj7Fmaj7            |C majorC   C/BC/B |
 Oh, this time sing a little more slowly ..

Bridge:
| Am7Am7 | D MajorD | Am7Am7 | D MajorD ... E minor 7Em7 |

Chorus:
|G+G   E minor 7Em7       |A augmentedA    C majorC  |
 . Fly away my sweet bird over the land
|G+G   E minor 7Em7       |A augmentedA      C majorC  |
 . Take life for all the freedom you can
|G+G   E minor 7Em7    |A augmentedA       C majorC       |A augmentedA      C majorC   |
 . But if you ever should need a man, well, the offer still stands

Outro:
| G+G | A augmentedA C/GC/G | G+G | A augmentedA C/GC/G | G+G | A augmentedA C/GC/G | A augmentedA C/GC/G | A augmentedA C/GC/G | G+G |

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Built on a solid foundation laid by 71 Deluxe 41 in 2014.