Last Train to Clarksville
The Monkees (Bobby Hart & Tommy Boyce, 1966)
4/4 | d - D - d - D - |
1 2 3 4
Intro Riff 4x:
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|-------3----------------|-1--------0-------------|
|------------------------|----------------2-------|
|-0----------------------|-0--------0-----0-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville and I'll | [G7] meet you at the | station
You can | [G7] be here at 4: | 30 cause I've | made my reser- | vation
don't be | [C7] slow... | oh no no | no... | oh no no | no... | [C7↓]
Cause I'm | [G7] leaving in the | morning and I | won't see you a- | gain
We'll have | one more night to- | gether, 'til the | morning brings my | train
and I must | [C7] go... | oh no no | no... | oh no no | no... | [C7↓]
and I | [D7] don't know if I'm | ever coming | [G7] home [RIFF 2x]
Intro Riff 2x: (Starts right on last chord G7)
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------3----------------|-1--------0-------------|
|------------------------|----------------2-------|
|-0----------------------|-0--------0-----0-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville. I'll be | waiting at the | station
We'll have | time for coffee | flavored kisses | and a bit of | conversation
| [C7] Oh... | oh no no | no... | oh no no | no... | [C7↓]
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville. Now I | must hang up the | phone
I can't | [G7] hear you in this | noisy railroad | station all a- | lone, I'm feelin'
| [C7] low... | oh no no | no... | oh no no | no... | [C7↓]
and I | [D7] don't know if I'm | ever coming | [G7↓] home [RIFF 2x]
Intro Riff 2x: (Starts right on last chord G7)
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------3----------------|-1--------0-------------|
|------------------------|----------------2-------|
|-0----------------------|-0--------0-----0-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville and I'll | [G7] meet you at the | station
You can | [G7] be here at 4: | 30 cause I've | made my reser- | vation
don't be | [C7] slow... | oh no no | no... | oh no no | no... | [C7↓]
and I | [D7] don't know if I'm | ever coming | [G7↓] home [RIFF 2x]
Intro Riff 2x: (Starts right on last chord G7)
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------3----------------|-1--------0-------------|
|------------------------|----------------2-------|
|-0----------------------|-0--------0-----0-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Outro
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville. | [G7] | [G7]
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville. | [G7] | [G7]
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville. | [G7↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 6/28/19 JJ
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The Monkees (Bobby Hart & Tommy Boyce, 1966)
4/4 | d - D - d - D - |
1 2 3 4
Intro Riff 4x:
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------3----------------|-1--------0-------------|
|------------------------|----------------2-------|
|-0----------------------|-0--------0-----0-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville and I'll | [G7] meet you at the | station
You can | [G7] be here at 4: | 30 cause I've | made my reser- | vation
don't be | [C7] slow... | oh no no | no... | oh no no | no... | [C7↓]
Cause I'm | [G7] leaving in the | morning and I | won't see you a- | gain
We'll have | one more night to- | gether, 'til the | morning brings my | train
and I must | [C7] go... | oh no no | no... | oh no no | no... | [C7↓]
and I | [D7] don't know if I'm | ever coming | [G7] home [RIFF 2x]
Intro Riff 2x: (Starts right on last chord G7)
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------3----------------|-1--------0-------------|
|------------------------|----------------2-------|
|-0----------------------|-0--------0-----0-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville. I'll be | waiting at the | station
We'll have | time for coffee | flavored kisses | and a bit of | conversation
| [C7] Oh... | oh no no | no... | oh no no | no... | [C7↓]
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville. Now I | must hang up the | phone
I can't | [G7] hear you in this | noisy railroad | station all a- | lone, I'm feelin'
| [C7] low... | oh no no | no... | oh no no | no... | [C7↓]
and I | [D7] don't know if I'm | ever coming | [G7↓] home [RIFF 2x]
Intro Riff 2x: (Starts right on last chord G7)
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------3----------------|-1--------0-------------|
|------------------------|----------------2-------|
|-0----------------------|-0--------0-----0-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville and I'll | [G7] meet you at the | station
You can | [G7] be here at 4: | 30 cause I've | made my reser- | vation
don't be | [C7] slow... | oh no no | no... | oh no no | no... | [C7↓]
and I | [D7] don't know if I'm | ever coming | [G7↓] home [RIFF 2x]
Intro Riff 2x: (Starts right on last chord G7)
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------3----------------|-1--------0-------------|
|------------------------|----------------2-------|
|-0----------------------|-0--------0-----0-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Outro
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville. | [G7] | [G7]
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville. | [G7] | [G7]
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville. | [G7↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 6/28/19 JJ
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