The Last And

B     7998xx     E/G#   4764xx       E      0221xx
B/E   0998xx     F#/A#  6744xx       F#/A#  698xxx
C#m9  9798xx     B      7644xx       B      7998xx
                 D#m7   064xxx
                 C#m7   042xxx

Verse 1

B                     B/E
  So I'm the first one   in again
           C#m9                         B
  With the quiet and the window growing snow
B                        B/E
  When I hear the furnace   rouse itself
           C#m9                        B
  From its slumber, somehow suddenly I know

Chorus 1

        E/G#            F#/A#               B            D#m7  C#m7
  As my eye stops on one     curled up in my lesson plan
E          F#/A#               B
  That I'm just your... little ampersand

Verse 2

B                                  B/E
  When your voice springs from the intercom
         C#m9                            B
  With announcements and reminders and a prayer
B                   B/E
  I remember how you   made me feel
        C#m9                           B
  I was funny, I was thoughtful, I was rare

Chorus 2

               E/G#                 F#/A#           B                  D#m7  C#m7
  But like the jokes about my figure,    kids think I don't understand
E            F#/A#               B
  I know I’m just your... little ampersand

Verse 3

B                    B/E
  And after Christmas   holidays
      C#m9                               B
  You never asked to drive me home again
B                   B/E
  Sometimes in the staff room I'd
  C#m9                                   B
  Catch your eye with, "why'd it have to end?"

Chorus 3

        E/G#              F#/A#        B             D#m7  C#m7
  But I know from how you worry at your wedding band
E          F#/A#               B
  That I'm just your... little ampersand

Interlude

B  B/E  C#m9  B
B  B/E  C#m9  B

Outro

         E/G#             F#/A#      B          D#m7  C#m7
  At the last conjunction after every other and
E       F#/A#               B
  I was just your... little ampersand