Last American Waltz
Recorded by Old Crow Medicine Show
Album: Single (2026)

(Non Capo)

(Intro.)
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(Verse)
(D)Come out, come out, wher-(A)ever you roam
There's (G)time enough for (D)one last song (A)
So (D)gather in close be-(A)fore the music fades (G) / (Bm)(A)
(D)Kick up your heels, (A)lay down your stones
(G)Roll over backwards in your (D)sweet baby's (A)arms
And (D)rise like Lazarus, the (A)band is beginning to play (G)
The (Bm)last A-(A)merican (D)Waltz / / / (G) / /

(Vesre)
We were (D)young when we carved out our (A)names in the sky
With a (G)song on our tongues and our (D)hearts on the (A)line
On an (D)unruly vessel, we (A)sailed in the perilous wind (G) / (Bm)(A)
We (D)cut through the irons, all (A)Jake-legged and numb
To the (G)mystical pounding of (D)Indian drums (A)
Now we're (D)called all together to (A)join in this motley pa-(G)rade / (Bm)(A)

(Chorus)
Oh, the (A)fire in the furnace, the fog in the air
(G)Sparks flew like tinsel all down your red hair
Making (A)desperate love where there's no hope to spare
All the (G)while hear the wild, reckless (A)tune
Is anybody (D)listening? / / / (G) / /
Can anybody (D)hear / / / (G) /
The (G)last American (A)waltz? / / / (G) / / / (A) / / / (G)(D)(G) /

(Verse)
Oh, this (D)hammer don't ring, this (A)cannon don't roar
This (G)train bound for glory don't (D)stop here no (A)more
The (D)scrap heaps are piling with (A)heroes whose ship has sailed (G) / (Bm)(A)
(D)Hush, pretty baby, (A)rally the men
The (G)patroller's sweeping all (D)over the land (A)
And he'll (D)snuff out your songs, if you (A)join in his desperate crus-(G)ade (Bm)(A)

(Chorus)
Well, (A)me, I'm not treading down no trail of tears
Just (G)going out where the air is clear
You'll (A)know by the sound of my violin
If I'm (G)ever back this way a-(A)gain
Is anybody (D)listening? (G)
Can anybody (D)hear (G)
The last American (A)waltz? / / / (G) / /
Is anybody (A)listening?
Can anybody (G)hear
The last American (D)waltz? / / / (G) / / /

(Outro.)
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