The Last Great Love Song chords

by Finbar Furey
  • The Last Great Love Song was written by Gerry Fleming - a songwriter from Clonsilla, Dublin, Ireland. He won RTE's - The Hit for his song performed by Finbar Fury.
  • Finbar released the single on Aug 23, 2013 which raced to No. 1 on the Irish Charts.
  • Music: Key of D Major in 4/4 time at ~ 92 bpm
  • Chords: D, Dsus4, G, A, Asus4
  • Finbar Furey is one of the best Uilleann pipe players in Ireland, if not the world, and is sometimes referred to as The Ballfermot Piper (his place of birth).
Chart Legend
Numbered Circles: Fingers used to play chords   O: Optional Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings   R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open   X: Don't play string    B: Bass Note
D Major Dsus4 A Major Asus4 G Major
D Major Dsus4 A Major Asus4 G Major

The Last Great Love Song

Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key
             D    Dsus4   D   Dsus4    D   Dsus4    D   Dsus4
   Notes   ‖ ↕  -       |   -        |   -        |   -  (Welome to my)‖
   A B D E   F#                                                         

                  D    Dsus4
1. Wel-come to my soul  
 D                             Dsus4
   I did-n't mean to scare you 
 D                      Dsus4
   I have to show it all  
 D                              Dsus4
   Don't say I did-n't warn you 
 D                        A     Asus4
   This love is like that wall  
 A                             A       Asus4    A
   That you have to climb or | fall -        |     |

                    D                   Dsus4
Chorus: This is the last great love song
      D                   G        D   Dsus4
        That I will e-ver sing  to you 
      D                                     Dsus4
        And this is the last great love song 
      D                  G        D      Dsus4
        That I will ever bring to you 
 
 D                            Dsus4
2. Don't run I've come to call 
 D                                    Dsus4
   Breath-ing si-lent when you hear it   
 D                                Dsus4
   You crushed the damned the cold 
 D                               Dsus4
   I'll need you to bear wit-ness 
 D                        A    Asus4
   Your laugh-ter in the dark
 A                        A        Asus4     A
   Has left me cold and | stark -         |     |

                     D                  Dsus4
Chorus: This is the last great love song
      D                    G       D   Dsus4
        That I will e-ver sing to you 
      D                               A   Asus4
        You have that ex-qui-site re-move  
      A                     A        Asus4     A
        Of a lo-ver not in love  -          |     |

           D     D      Dsus4    D     G           D   Dsus4     D
Instr: ‖:     |      -        |     |     |  𝄎  |    -        |     :‖ 
                                                               (And this is the)
                         D                  Dsus4
Chorus: And this is the last great love song
      D                   G       D    Dsus4
        That I will ever sing to you 
      D                                     Dsus4
        And this is the last great love song
      D                    G           D 
        That I will ever bring...  to you...
                                       𝄑

Notes

  • This is a very easy song to play - excellent for all musicians. More advanced guitarists can play a little more around the D and A notes as there is great scope for this due to the time spent on each chord.
  • There is an anacrusis at the start of the song which means a number of notes which lead into the song.
  • The notes of the anacrusis (A-B-D-E-F#) are just before the intro with the F# falling on the first beat of the bar on the D chord. You will notice the harp player repeating these notes throughout the Intro and first verse.
  • If you change the song key, the notes of the anacrusis will change as well.
  • I have only used some bars throughout the song where I feel they're needed... and not to clutter the song sheet.
  • This is a beautiful song by one of Ireland's finest.
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