The Last Straw

From: James Osgood

Transcribed by James Osgood - *

Legend

10b12 means bend from the tenth fret to the twelfth.
(10)b12 means pre-bend
20r18 means release bend

~ indicates vibrato.
/ means slide
\/ means dive with whammy bar.
p indicates pull off, and
h indicates hammer on
q indicates quarter tone bend.

Intro and Verse - Clean guitar with Chorus and Delay
e-----------------------------------------------| 
B-----1--3--1h3p1p0-----0-h-1--0----------------| 
G-----2--------------2------------2--2-p-0--0---| 
D-----2-----------------------------------------| 
A--0--0-----------------------------------------| 
E-----------------------------------------------| 

e--------------------------------2-- 
B-----1--3--1h3p1p0-----1--------3-- 
G-----2--------------2-----0-----2-- 
D-----2-----------------------3--0-- 
A--0--0----------------------------- 
E----------------------------------- 

There are slight fills at the end of this, which are different
for the two verses. They are

The bits between verses are just Eb and F chords played as
follows

    Eb    F

e---6---------| 
B---8----10---| 
G---8----10---| 
D---8----10---| 
A---6----8----| 
E-------------| 

It goes Eb - F - Eb - F - Eb - F -Eb - F - F - F.

SR arpeggiates the chords second time around.

After the second 'chorus' he whips on a capo at the third fret
and plays an arpeggiated Cm7 as follows.
e------------------6--| 
B-----------4p3h4-----| 
G--------5------------| 
D-----5---------------| 
A--3------------------| 
E---------------------| 

He plays this repeadedly until the solo (There are various odd
bits of guitar under it but I haven't bothered to work them out)

somewhere that he improvised it!!
E--------------------------------------------------------| 
B--(16)b18~---11--9--11--(11)b13~------------------------| 
G--------------------------------------------------------| 
D---------------------------------------3--6--3--8/10\8--| 
A--------------------------------------------------------| 
E--------------------------------------------------------| 

             dive with bar
e----------------------------------------------------13--| 
B-----------------------16-p-13--16~--16p13--(16)b18-----| 
G--------------------------------------------------------| 
D--8p6p3--3--6q\----/------------------------------------| 
A---------------\--/-------------------------------------| 
E----------------\/--------------------------------------| 

e--(15)b16~-16--(15)b16--16--18--(18)b20~------16p13-----|    
B-------------------------------------------13-----------|    
G--------------------------------------------------------|    
D--------------------------------------------------------|    
A--------------------------------------------------------|    
E--------------------------------------------------------|    

e----------------------------------------------------------| 
B--(16)b18-------------------------------------------------| 
G-----------13--13~--13h15p13--13~\------------------------| 
D------------------------------------6~-3--6h8-6-8/10--10~-| 
A----------------------------------------------------------| 
E----------------------------------------------------------| 

e----------------------------------------------16-18-(18)b20~| 
B-----------------------------------16-(16)b18---------------| 
G--10\-------------------------------------------------------| 
D-------6~-8--6--8/10--8~--10-6p5p3--------------------------| 
A------------------------------------------------------------| 
E------------------------------------------------------------| 

Then this bit which is great fun - still distorted.
e-----3---------------------3--3-----------------| 
B-----4--3------------------4-----4-----6--------| 
G-----5-----3-----5---------5--------3--5--------| 
D-----5--------3--6---------5-----------3--------| 
A--3--3-----------6------3--3--------------------| 
E-----------------4------------------------------| 

This chord sequence is used until the end. Steve solos over it
after a while, using the same melodic ideas as the solo, but
now in Cm as opposed to Fm.