Lirik dan Chord Lagu Last Boat Leaving - Elvis Costello

Lagu berdurasi 3 menit 31 detik ini diciptakan sendiri olehnya dan dirilis melalui label Warner Bros Records.

“Last Boat Leaving” merupakan bagian dari album studio ke-12 Costello yang bertajuk Spike.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Last Boat Leaving” dari Elvis Costello.

[Verse]
D                            Am
Hush my little one don't cry so
B7                                   Em               A
You know your daddy was bound to go
D                           A
They took his pride they took his voice
Bm                           F#
Don't upset him now don't make a noise
G                                          Gm
They said, "You're lucky son still got the choice"
Bm            G
Last boat leaving

[Chorus]
A        D         A        D    A    D        A          D
Don't waste your tears it's not as if I'm in chains
A D               A  Bm         A                 A7/A#     Bm       E
I don't want to go now, it would be better for you too
           A                        D/F#
If you don't look back when we sail
(Last boat leaving, last boat leaving)

[Verse]
D                                 Am
Hush my dear, while I whisper it in your ear
B7                                             Em                           A
We're not going to sail tonight we're going to disappear
D                                                 A
And it feels like punishment, but I don't know what for
Bm                                                F#
Take care of your mother son it's you that she adores
G                                                         Gm
'Cause no matter how long we sail we'll never reach the shore
Bm            G
Last boat leaving

[Chorus]
A   D      A       D    A   D            A           D
So dry your tears it's not as if I'm in chains
A        D          A   Bm                      A           A7/A#   Bm       E
When you go to school son you'll read my story in history books
      A                                       D/F#
Only they won't mention my name
(Last boat leaving, last boat leaving)

[Verse]
   A                         G          D/F#
So hush now, my darling, my sweet little one
    A                     G       D/F#
I hope that you never have to do what I've done

Do you know what I've done?
               Am                          B7                      Em                 A
Why I'm going away? On the last boat leaving this stinking town
Bm            G                       Bm          E
Last boat leaving, it’s the last boat leaving

A#                                    C
You've had my innocence, you've had my heartbreak
Gm
You've taken the place where I once belonged
         C/E                          D   Bm   A#  Gm  D
Now what more can you take?