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JEFF BUCKLEYLAST GOODBYEWATCH AND LISTEN IN AWE, AS TGUNRAVELS THE MYSTERY OF TH E LATESONGWRITER'S TUNINGS, RHYTHMS ANDGENERAL MASTERY.. .
he first thing vou r-reed to dobefbre playing last Goodbyeis put your guitar in open Gnrning (from low to high: D
G D (ì B D). The bottleneck electricguitar plaved in the intro is includedon thc backing trach, but for thc morecurious among you, the eflèct here isàchieved v'ith a lot of reverb and movingthe . l i de r rP id l r r c ro ' r t hc s t l i r r g :elmost like a bou.. The resultant friction
against the strings gìves the ethereal'keyboard'tvpc cffcct. Be u'arned, thouqh,this is quite difficult to pull offl
Tl-re rnajn body of the song is plavedon r cou> t i ( an ( l c l c c l r i c g r r i t r r i n r r r r i r u r r .though v.e'r,e chosen to leavc thercoustic off the backing track because itfills rnore space sonically antl is theref-orethe morc dominant part.
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GEÍIING THE SOUND
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###wIn true strum-aLong fashion, a soLo performance is best sui ted to an acoust ic guitar, but don' t worry i f al [ you have
is an etectr ic because Bucktey used both etectr ic and acoust ic in fair ly equaI measures. Pictures ofJeff show himptaying both a Tetecaster and a Les Pau[ - two guitars with radicaLly different sounds. H owevet,îor Lost Goodbye,you' [ | ' need a fairLy thin tone, so a guitar with a singtecoiI pickup is best,
JEFF BUCKLEY: Last Goodbye - main riff
rcpeated without some kind of variationlThere are a huge nurnber of chordboxes to $'ork throu€ih - don't be putoff, tl-rev're not acnrally that tricky. Therhythms should corne fairly naturallyifyou use your ears and the strumrnedelectric guitar as a grride.
SCARYCHORD NAMES!Jeff [iked moving simple shapesaround the guitar - ìfyou look atthe chord boxes you'[[ see many ofthe chords contain open strÍngs,regardless of how far up the neck hewas playing. The open strings addnotes not commonly found in rockand pop music so the chord nameslook complicated, when reallythey're pretty easy.
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This is on e of the on [y repeated sections i n the track, occurri ng j ust after the intro, th en agai n at arou nd 3:30, Watch out for it i n a stightty a ttered BACKI N G - TRACK 11
form at the end of the second 'verse' section, too. Remember to have your guitar in open G tuning and be prepared to put in some work, because it'sdeceptive[y tricky!
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Main Riff (see tab)
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This is our last goodbYe
I hate to feel the love between us die
But it's over
Just hear this and then I'll go
You gave me more to live for
More than you'Il ever know.
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This is our last embrace
Must I dream and always see your face?
Why can't we overcome this wall?
Baby, maybe it is just because I didnt know you at all.
Accompanied by main riff...
Kiss me, please, kiss meBut kiss me out of desire, babe, and not consolationYou know, it makes me so angry'cause I know that in
I'll only make you cry this is our last goodbye.
Instrumental section
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Did you say, "No, this can't happen to me,"
And did you rush to the phone to call?
Was there a voice unkind in the back of your mind saying,
"Maybe you didnÌ knou him at a l l . you didnì know him at a l l "
Well, the bells out in the church tower chime
Burning clues into this heart of mine
Thinking so hard on her soft eyes and the memory
Of her sighs that, "it's over... it's over..."
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