Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Monkees
LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE
the intro riff to this song is simple arpegging, in the first position G chord:
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------0----------------|----0-----------|----0-----0-----0-------------------
----------3---2---0----|------3--2--0---|--------3-----2-----0---------------
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----3------------------|--3-------------|--3---------------------------------
^
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this figure is repeated thruout the
verses, up until the chord change to
C7
[G]
take the last train to clarksville and i'll meet you at the station
you can be here at 4:30 cause i've made my reservation don't be
[C7]
slow, oh no no no, oh no no no
[G]
cause i'm leaving in the morning and i won't see you again
we'll have one more night together, til the morning brings my train and
i must
[C7]
go, oh no no no, oh no no no
[D] (i think - this is from memory right now)
and i don't know if i'm ever coming
[G]
home
the rest of the verses continue in the same way, but i still don't have the
bridge worked out yet
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Last Train To Clarksville:The Monkees.
#1 in 1966. (Album - The Monkees)
***(Here are two ways to do the riff.)***
#1. First way, using G chord. (x4)
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#2. Alternate in G chord. (x4)
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INTRO:*Riff(x2)
#1.
G
Take the last train to Clarksville,
And I'll meet you at the station.
You can be be there by four thirty,
cause I made your reservation.
C
Don't be slow, oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no.
#2.
C G
Cause I'm leavin' in the morning,
And I must see you again.
We'll have one more night together,
til the morning brings my train.
C
And I must go, oh, no, no, no.
Oh, no, no, no!
D G
And I don't know if I'm ever coming home.(Riffx2)
#3.
G
Take the last train to Clarksville.
I'll be waiting at the station.
We'll have time for coffee flavored kisses,
And a bit of conversation.
C
Oh, no, no, no...Oh, no, no, no.
(INTERLUDE:) G
#4.
C G
Take the last train to Clarksville,
Now I must hang up the phone.
I can't hear you in this noisy
C
railroad station all alone..I'm feelin low.
oh, no, no, no! Oh, no, no, no.
D G
And I don't know if I'm ever coming home.
(INTERLUDE:) G
#5.
C G
Take the last train to Clarksville,
Now I must hang up the phone.
I can't hear you in this noisy
C
railroad station all alone..I'm feelin low.
oh, no, no, no! Oh, no, no, no.
D G
And I don't know if I'm ever coming home.
(INTERLUDE:) G
#5.
G
Take the last train to Clarksville,
And I'll meet you at the station.
You can be be there by four thirty,
cause I made your reservation.
C
Don't be slow, oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no.
D G
And I don't know if I'm ever coming home.(Riff x2)
OUTRO:
G
Take the last train to Clarksville..(x3)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.