Last Year Chords
by Alt-J
Last Year by Alt-J is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, A, D, Em, F#m, E, D/A and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
G A D
January came and took my heart away
D Em D A G
Feb-ru-a-ry felt the same
F#m Em D
March, my hugs became hold ons
D A G
April, I huffed like porridge on the boil
G A D
Morning May, I'm downwind from your shampoo
D Em D A G Em
Ichi, ni, san, go, roku, nana, hachi, kyuu, jyuu
D A G
June, I learned to count to ten in Japanese
G A D
Dry July, like wiping skin from my skull
D Em D A G
Instead, I visited family
F#m Em
They told me I'm special
A G
Hmm
verse 2
G A D
Augustus came and stabilised me with my father's pain
D Em D A G
Relieving drug, diazepam
F#m E D
Life floats away
D A G
October, I swam back for my birthday
G A D
Firework display in a cafeteria of my old school
D Em D A G F#m Em
Happ-i-er my cold, black sleep in my cold, deep bed
D A G
December, you sang at my funeral
B-section
D/A Bm D A
If it's depths to your rivers, I've picked one for you
D/A Bm D A
Oh, greedy with Ss but equalled by Is
D/A Bm D A
If it's stones for your pockets, I've collected a few
D/A Bm
To hold you down
D A
To hold you down
G A D G
Mississippi, come back to me
G A D G
Oh, Mississippi, your cold, black sleep
G A D G
Oh, Mississippi
D A D
Oh, oh, oh
Break
D/A Bm D A
D/A Bm D A
D/A Bm D A
D/A Bm D A
G A D G
Mississippi, come back to me
G A D G
Come, Mississippi, from your cold, black sleep
G A D G
Oh, Mississippi
D A D
Hmm
D A D
Hmm