The Last Laugh Chords
The Last Laugh by Mark Knopfler & Van Morrison is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, C, A, F, B and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E C A F
Don't you love the sound
B G E C
Of the last laugh my friend
E C A F
Don't you love the sound
B G E C
Of the last laugh at the end
A F
Down in the guttar
B G
with the mad old soldiers
E C
Down in the scuppers
A F
with the drunken sailors
Down in the guttar
B G
with the mad old soldiers
E C B G
But the last laugh, baby is yours
A F
And don't you love the sound
B G E C
Of the last laugh going down
E C A F
Games you thought you'd learned
B G E C
You neither lost nor won
E C A F
Dreams have crashed and burned
B G E C
You still keep on keeping on
A F
Out on the highway
B G
with the road gang working
E C
Up on the mountain
A F
with the cold wind blowing
Out on the highway
B G
with the road band working
E C B G
But the last laugh, baby is yours
A F
And don't you love the sound
B G E C
Of the last laugh going down
A F
They had you crying
B G
but you came up smiling
E C
They had you crawling
A F
and you came up flying
They had you crying
B G
and you came up smiling
E C
And the last laugh,
B G
baby is yours
A F
And don't you love the sound
B G E C
Of the last laugh going down
A F
Yeh don't you love the sound
B G E C
Of the last laugh going down