{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1111252,"song":"Last Leaf","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1111252-last-leaf-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1111252?type=chord","rating":4.76195,"votes":35,"content":"Artist - Tom Waits\r\nAlbum - Bad As Me\r\nSong - Last Leaf\r\n\r\nI thought Tom Waits had already written some of his most beautiful songs. I was wrong.\r\n\r\nCapo 5th\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            \r\nThe autumn took the rest [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut they won't take me [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the autumn wind blows [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey're already gone [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey flutter to the ground [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause they can't hang on [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's nothing in the world [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat I ain't seen [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI greet all the new ones that are coming in green [/tab]\r\n\r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree \r\nThe autumn took the rest but they wont take me \r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree \r\nThey say I got staying power \r\nHere on the tree \r\nBut I've been here since Eisenhower \r\nAnd I've out lived even he \r\n\r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree \r\nThe autumn took the rest but they won't take me \r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree \r\n\r\nI fight off the snow \r\nI fight off the hail \r\nNothing makes me go \r\nI'm like some vestigial tail \r\nI'll be here through eternity \r\nIf you want to know how long \r\nIf they cut down this tree \r\nI'll show up in a song \r\n\r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree \r\nThe autumn took the rest but they won't take me \r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nAlternatively, if you want to play the song capo'd on the 1st:\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] = [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]C7[/ch] = [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] = [ch]B[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] = [ch]Cm[/ch]","plain_text":"Artist - Tom Waits\nAlbum - Bad As Me\nSong - Last Leaf\n\nI thought Tom Waits had already written some of his most beautiful songs. I was wrong.\n\nCapo 5th\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI'm the last leaf on the tree \nThe autumn took the rest but they wont take me \nI'm the last leaf on the tree \nThey say I got staying power \nHere on the tree \nBut I've been here since Eisenhower \nAnd I've out lived even he \n\nI'm the last leaf on the tree \nThe autumn took the rest but they won't take me \nI'm the last leaf on the tree \n\nI fight off the snow \nI fight off the hail \nNothing makes me go \nI'm like some vestigial tail \nI'll be here through eternity \nIf you want to know how long \nIf they cut down this tree \nI'll show up in a song \n\nI'm the last leaf on the tree \nThe autumn took the rest but they won't take me \n\n\n\n\n\nAlternatively, if you want to play the song capo'd on the 1st:\n\nC = E\nC7 = E7\nG = B\nF = A\nAm = Cm","chords":["C","G","C7","F","Am","E","E7","B","A","Cm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}