Louder Than Bombs


PLEASE NOTE
The following files are the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.


Is It Really So Strange?
 (Morrissey/Marr)
 
From: Winston Campbell <jieuryli@eden.rutgers.edu>

This is a pretty standard Smiths song.  Of course Marr improvises a lot by
playing the E chord on the fourth fret while he has another guitar playing an open E chord. A note:  When playing the E chord during the verses, to get that one note drone, make sure you play the note G on the lower E string and bend it (with your pinky) to give it that bluesy flavour.
 
Intro:  E   E   E   A   B

           E
I left the North
I traveled South
I found a tiny house
  A              B        E
I can~t help the way I feel
A      B         E
oh yes you can kick me
and you can punch me
and you can break my face
        A                B        E
but you won~t change the way i feel
A             E
Cause i love you

          G#m    C#m F#m     B    E
And is it really so  strange?
          G#m    C#m F#m     B    E
Oh, is it really so  strange?
          G#m        C#m       F#m     B-Bb-A
Oh, is it really so, really so strange?
                  B
I say NO, you say YES
                    D
(but you will still change your mind)

    D-Eb-  E
I left the South
I traveled North
I got confused- I killed a horse
  A              B        E
I can~t help the way I feel
A       B        E
Oh yes, you can punch me
and you can buck me
and you can break my spine
        A                B       E
but you won~t change the way I feel
A             E
Cause I love you

          G#m    C#m F#m     B    E
And is it really so  strange?
          G#m    C#m F#m     B    E
Oh, is it really so  strange?
          G#m        C#m       F#m     B-Bb-A
Oh, is it really so, really so strange?
                  B
I say NO, you say YES
                                D
(but you will still change your mind)

D-D-Eb-E
E    E    A    B

           E
I left the North again
I left the South again
I got confused- I killed a nun
  A              B       E
I CAN~T HELP THE WAY I FEEL
  A              B       E
I CAN~T HELP THE WAY I FEEL
  A              B       E
I CAN~T HELP THE WAY I FEEL
A                         E
(I lost my bag in Newport Pagnell)

           G#m  C#m      F#m     B    E
Why is the last mile the hardest mile
   G#m        C#m           F#m         B    E
My throat was dry, with the sun in my eyes
      G#m     C#m    F#m   B-Bb-A
And I realised, I realised
That I could never
        B                   D      D-D-Eb-E
I could never, never, never go home again


Sheila Take A Bow
 
From: Mike Higgott <mah@de-montfort.ac.uk>
 
B

          E            D                  A
Is it wrong to want to live on your own?

E            A                         C#m
No, it's not wrong - but I must know

        E      D         A
How can someone so young

E    A                B
Sing words so sad?

  E            D             F#m
Sheila take a, Sheila take a bow

         C                 D          E
Boot the grime of this world in the crotch dear

                D         F#m
And don't go home tonight

                      C               D             E      C
Come out and find the one that you love and who loves you

                     D            E      B
The one that you love and who loves you, oh

          E         D               A
Is it wrong not to always be glad

E            A                      C#m
No, it's not wrong - but I must add

        E      D        A
How can someone so young

E    A               B
Sing words so sad?

   E           D             F#m
Sheila take a, Sheila take a bow

         C                 D             E
Boot the grime of this world in the crotch dear

                 D       F#m
And don't go home tonight

                      C                D            E       C
Come out and find the one that you love and who loves you

                    D             E      B
The one that you love and who loves you, oh

            E       D         F#m
Take my hand and off we stride

   C     D        E
Oh la la la la la la la la

                    D       F#m
You're a girl and I'm a boy

C     D        E      C
La la la la la la la la

      D           E
La la la la la la

            E      D          F#m
Take my hand and off we stride

   C     D        E
Oh la la la la la la la la

                   D        F#m
I'm a girl and you're a boy

C     D          E   C
La la la la la la

      D          E
La la la la la la

               D           F#m
Sheila take a, Sheila take bow

C     D        E
La la la la la la la la

                    D            F#m
Throw your homework onto the fire

     C                D               E  C
Come out and find the one that you love

                      D                Em7
Come out and find the one that you love


Shoplifters of the World Unite

From: Johnson Brett Edward <bjohnson@sobek.Colorado.EDU>
 decoded by Brett Johnson. Enjoy!

E      D  A  E          D A E
Learn to love me assemble the ways  Now today tomorrow and always
My only weakness is a listed crime       My only weakness is well nevermind
        nevermind CDG
CHORUS:
G    C              Am  C D G    C            Am   C D G
Shoplifters of the world       Unite and take over
G    C              Am   G       C             Am
Shoplifters of the world       hand it over, hand it over, hand it over

E                                 D A E         D A E
Learn to love me assemble the ways      Now today tomorrow and always
E        D A E
My only weakness is a list of crimes
E        C D G
but night the plans of a future war was all I saw on Channel 4

CHORUS  then instrumental 1st verse then instrumental chorus then ...

CHORUS (alternate words):
G            C        Am
A heartless hand on my shoulder  a push and it's over
G    C             Am
alabaster crashes down, six months is a long time
G C     Am         G          C      Am
tried living in the real world, instead of a shell but before I began
 G             C    Am   C D G
I was bored before I even began

Shoplifters of the world unite and take over (2X)
Shoplifters of the world ... hand it over.


Sweet And Tender Hooligan

Verse/Refrain : Dm - A# - Gm - Am
                A# - C - Dm
Outro: C - Dm


Half A Person

From: Fergal <u9246576@athmail1.causeway.qub.ac.uk>

Here's a song you might be interested in if you do'nt have the music for it already.

        RIFF 1

|---5-4-------------------------|
|--5----5-----------------------|
|-4-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

Bm                       E RIFF1    Bm                           E  RIFF1

Call me morbid, call me pale.       I've spent six years on your trail

Bm  A    G                E Esus4 E

six long years on your trail.

Bm                      E RIFF 1     Bm                          E RIFF 1

Call me morbid, call me pale.       I've spent six years on your trail

Bm       A           G              E Esus4 E

six full years of my life on your trail.

           Gb                   G(bar) C(bar) G       Gb                      G(bar)

And if you have five seconds to spare,     then I'll tell you the story of my life.

D                  A     Gb                   Bm  G

Sixteen clumsy and shy, I went to London and I

D                         A    Gb

I booked myself in at the Y   W    C   A

           A                 E RIFF 1           A                 E RIFF 1

I said "i like it here, can I stay?",      "i like it here, can I stay?",

Bm             A     G             E Esus4 E

Do you have a vacancy for a back scrubber?
 

Well, the song just continues from there with the same basic chord sequences,
Not a complex song, but a brilliant one.

From Fergal Boden
Queens University Belfast,

(u9246576@athmail1.causeway.qub.ac.uk)


London
 (Morrissey/Marr)

From: Winston Campbell <jieuryli@eden.rutgers.edu>

Basically, this is a very simple Smiths song (off of -Louder Than Bombs-) but highly effective.  What I will mean by the F# riff is just:

   F# riff

E ----------------------
B ----------------------
G ----------------------  (this is just the F# note being repeated over
D ----------------------   and over again, of course)
A ----------------------
E -2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-

Intro:  Feedback, F# riff

F# riff
Smoke lingers ~round your fingers
Train, heave on-to Euston
       B5                    E5                       F# riff
Do you think you~ve made the right decision this time?
  B5      E5       F# riff
Aaahhh, aaahh, aaahhh...

F# riff
Left your tired family grieving
And you think they~re said because you~re leaving
                       B5                          E5                 F# riff
But didn~t you see the Jealousy in the eyes of the ones you left behind
           B5                    E5                       F# riff
And do you think you~ve made the right decision this time?

F# riff
You left your girlfriend on the platform
With this really ragged notion that you~ll return
         B5                  E5
But she knows that when he goes
            F# riff
He really goes
           B5                    E5                       F# riff
And do you think you~ve made the right decision this time?

The ending riff goes something like this (with minor variations):

   F#m       D5  E5    C#m       D5  E5

E ---5---------------|---9---------------||
B ------7------------|------9------------||
G -6------6--7-7-9-9-|-9------9--7-7-9-9-||
D -----------7-7-9-9-|-----------7-7-9-9-||
A -------------------|-------------------||
E -------------------|-------------------||


Panic

from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com

Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15
 
C    D    Bb    F

G                         Em
Panic on the streets of London
G                          Em
Panic on the streets of Birmingham
    C         D     Bb    F
I wonder to myself
  G                 Em
Could life ever be sane again
         G                          Em
On the Leeds side streets that you slip down
    C         D     Bb    F
I wonder to myself.

  G                      Em
Hope's may rise under Grasmeres
G                         Em
But honeypie, you're not safe here
             C
So you run down
                       D    Bb    F
To the safety of the town.
              G                        Em
But there's panic on the streets of Carlisle,
  G                 Em
Dublin, Dundee, Humberside
    C         D
I wonder to myself.

Bb    F    Em    Bm    D
Bb    F    Em    Bm    D

 G             Em
Burn down the disco,
 G               Em
Hang the blessed D.J.,
              C                         D
Because the music that they constantly play,
           G                Em
It says nothing to me about my life,
 G               Em
Hang the blessed D.J.,
              C                         D     Bb    F
Because the music that they constantly play,
         G                          Em
On the Leeds side streets that you slip down,
           G                Em
On the provincial towns you jog round,
         C                              D
Hang the D.J., hang the D.J., hang the D.J.
         C                              D
Hang the D.J., hang the D.J., hang the D.J.
         C                              D
Hang the D.J., hang the D.J., hang the D.J.
 Bb   F   G             Em
Hang the D.J., hang the D.J.,
          G             Em
Hang the D.J., hang the D.J.,
         C                              D
Hang the D.J., hang the D.J., hang the D.J.
 Bb   F   G             Em
Hang the D.J., hang the D.J.,


Girl Afraid
 (The Smiths/Johnny Marr)

From: Travel1054@aol.com (James Lantos)

Intro              A.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------10-7---------------8---------8-----------------------------
------9------7------------7---7--------9-----9---9---9-----7-------------------
----9----------------7------9-------------9---7-------9-9---9-------------------
--7--------9--------7---------------------------------------------------------
---------7------7-8-------------------------------------------------------------

B.  Am  Bm  C  D C.       D.  Gmaj (7th)  D  A (bar)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------8-----8----8-----8------------------------------
------------------------------9----11----9----11-------------------------------
----------------------------10---10----10---10---------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

F.
----------------------------------------*---*-----------------------------------
---------------------10--12--10--9--9--10--12---(* reverse every other time)--
---------9--9--9--9--11--13--11--9--9--11--13---------------------------------
--------11-11-11-11--------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E.   Gmaj7  C#maj7  G#m7  A  B      G.   A   D
 
The pattern is this:   a b 3a c(*) 3a c a b a d a b a 2d e 4f g
   2a (repeat beginning at *)


William, It Was Really Nothing
 (Johnny Marr/The Smiths)

From: Travel1054@aol.com (Jim D Lantos)

G7  F#m  A  D Amaj Gmaj G F#m A  D

-7---10---9------9-------10-----------------------------------------------
-7-8------9-10---9-10----10-----------------------------------------------
-7--------9--11--9-------10-11--------------------------------------------
-7-10-----9--11--9-12----10-12--------------------------------------------
-7--------9------9-------10-----------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Repeat above 3x)

G7 G7 Dmaj    Amaj    Dmaj  Amaj
7-------2--------5--------------------------------------------
7-------0--------5-7--7------------5---------------------10---
7-------0--------5-7----7------------6--------------------9---
7-9-----0--------5-7------7------------7-----------------11---
7-------0--------5--------------------------------------------
oh no       everybodys....live their life

Bmaj       Bmaj                Dmaj    Emaj
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-(pluck)----------------------(strum)------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
God knows..Got to live mine    Got knows   Got to live mine

(repeat above 2x)

  C        G     D      A  G  A
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------13----13----15-13----12--12--12-10-12------15----17-15-14-12-14-
-----------12--------12---------12------12-----------14-------------14-12-14-
-(slide)-14-----14-----14-----12----12------------16-------16-------14-12-14-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G  D   G  A  Bm     B7
--------------7------------7--------------------------
8--10-----10--7-----7------7------7--------------------------
7--11-----9---7---7---7----7----7--7--------------------------
9--12-----11--7-9-------9--7--8------8------------------------
--------------7-9----------7--9-------------------------
--------------7------------7-------------------------------------
Wil       Wil It was...    really..

G Dmaj G A Bm B7 D E
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------7-------7------7----------
-----------------------------------7-7-----7-7----7-7------------
--------------------------------------9-------8------7--------
-----------------------------------------------------------
William  William  It was   It was you life


You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby

From: kjohn@quads.uchicago.edu (SINE QUA NON)

Note: I'm tabbing this as if it were written in the key of D, but if you want to sound like the "Louder than Bombs" version, capo at the 4th fret.  Also, if you want to hear a very different version of this song, check out Kirsty MacColl's album 'Kite.'  Marr does a reworking of his own song!
 
Intro:

    Bm        G         D
---------------------------------------------------
----2-3-2-0----3-5-5-3--7-7------------------------
---4----------4------------------------------------
--4----------5---------7-7-------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------

Verse riff:(If you want to play Chords only, play A G Em)

---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
----2-2--0-----2-2-2-0-----------------------------------------
------------2----------2---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------

End of Verse Riff

---------------------------------------------------------------
----------------4---5-4----------------------------------------
------------------4-----4--------------------------------------
----4---5-4----------------------------------------------------
------5-----5--------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus:

Bm       G           D          A
---------------------2---3-2-----------------------------------
-2--3-0-----3-5-5-3----3-----3------3-2------------------------
--4-------4-----------------------2----------------------------
--------5-----------------------2------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
 
Towards the end of the second to last Chorus, there's a bridge:(2x)

-3------1------------------------------------------------------
---3------1----------------------------------------------------
-----5------2------0------0------------------------------------
-----------------2------4---4----------------------------------
---------------3------5----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------


Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

Tom Chess version

From: kjohn@quads.uchicago.edu (SINE QUA NON)
 
intro
 
    F#maj7  Dmaj7  C#m    B
f#----7-------3-----2-----0------------------------------------------
c#----9-------5-----3-----2------------------------------------------
 a----8-------4-----4-----2------------------------------------------
 e----9-------5-----4-----2------------------------------------------
 b------------------------0------------------------------------------
f#-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
then you shuffle between these two chords
 
    B        C#
f#-------------------------------------------------------------------
c#--5-0------7-0-----------------------------------------------------
 a--6-6------8-8-----------------------------------------------------
 e--7-7------9-9-----------------------------------------------------
 b-------------------------------------------------------------------
f#-------------------------------------------------------------------
I was..
   F#maj7                 D#m
   happy in the haze of a drunken hour
f#-7--------7--------7----9-------9----------------------------------
c#-9--------9-----------9-9-------9----------------------------------
 a-8--------8-------------9-------9----------------------------------
 e-9--------9-------------11------11---------------------------------
 b-------------------------------------------------------------------
f#-------------------------------------------------------------------
       Emaj7?/G#(bass plays G#)         B   C#
   but heaven knows I'm miserable now
f#-----5----------------5---------------5----7-----------------------
c#-----7----------------7---------------5----7-----------------------
 a-----6----------------6---------------6----8-----------------------
 e-----7----------------7---------------7----9-----------------------
 b-------------------------------------------------------------------
f#-------------------------------------------------------------------
         F#maj7                       D#m
   I was looking for a job and then I found a job
f#-------7-----------7----------------9------------------------------
c#-------9-----------9----------------9------------------------------
 a-------8-----------8----------------9------------------------------
 e-------9-----------9----------------11-----------------------------
 b-------------------------------------------------------------------
f#-------------------------------------------------------------------
       Emaj7?           B
   and heaven knows I'm miserable now
f#-----5----------------0-------------0-0-0--------------------------
c#-----7----------------2-------------0-0-0--------------------------
 a-----6----------------2--------------------------------------------
 e-----7----------------2--------------------------------------------
 b----------------------0--------------------------------------------
f#-------------------------------------------------------------------
   F#maj7      B   C    F#maj7
   In my life,          why do I give valuable time
f#-7--7--------5---7-------------7-----------------------------------
c#-9--9--------5---7----9--------9------------------6-6-6-6-6-3-...--
 a-8--8--------6---8----8--------8------------------6-6-6-6-6-4-...--
 e-9--9--------7---9----9--------------------------------------------
 b-------------------------------------------------------------------
f#-------------------------------------------------------------------
      D#m                                   strum through
   to people who dnt care if I live or die
f#----4------------------------9-------------------------------------
c#----5------------------------9-------------------------------------
 a----6------------------------9------------6--8-6-4-----------------
 e----6------------------------11-----------7--9-7-6-----------------
 b-------------------------------------------------------------------
f#-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
his "solo"
 
f#--3-4-2-0-4-2-0-4--7--14-14s15-16-11-------------------------------
c#--4-4-3-2-4-3-2-4--9--14-------15-13-------------------------------
 a----------------4--9--14-------16-12-------------------------------
 e-------------------9-----------------------------------------------
 b-------------------------------------------------------------------
f#-------------------------------------------------------------------


Ask

From: shruew@cyclone.xnet.com (Johnny Mnemonic)

note:the intro on Rank is G , C C, G, much simpler than this intro
A new corrected version with the bass thrown in for fun.
 
some notes before you go on:
This tab is a two guitar song tab'd out for one guitar. It's also tabbed out in mind that not everyone (myself included) and lay just like Mr. Marr.)  For example, I _do_ know that there are three more strings on the guitar :), but I can play through this version and it sounds good.  If you can crank through it, it wont be too hard for you to round out the chords a little.  Corrections, comments etc etc to shruew@cyclone.xnet.com
 
Tom Chess
   
~ = bend, tremolo bar, whatever
s = slide to next notes            |-->I'm partiularly shaky about
                                |  | @ |  what happens here
              |          tab-A  |      |  | tab B|
e-5-3-5-10~---|-7-10-----12----------8----|------|
b-7-5-7-12~---|-8-----8------------8---10-|-8s10-|
g-7-5-7-12~---|-------9----------9-----11-|-9s11-|
d-7-5-7-12~---|---------------10-------12-|------|
a-------------|---------------------------|------|
e-------------|---------------------------|------|
                                          |
g------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------0---------
a---------------------0-------3------------------
e-----5s3-s0----3---3----------------------------
 
 
    Shyness is nice      and shyness can stop you from
e-7-7--5----7--7-----10------7--7----7---10---10--8----
b-8-8--5-------8-----10--10--8---8-------9----10-------
g------5-------9-----11------7---7-------9----11-------
d------------------------------------------------------
a------------------------------------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------
 
g------------------------------------------------------
d--------------------0---------------------------0-----
a-----0------------3------------0----------3-----------
e-3-3----------------------3--3------------------------
 
(that's pretty much how the bass goes so I'm gonna stop writing it
out.  There may may a feww notes missing from it anyway, but that's
the general idea of it).
 
  do-ing all the things in life you'd like to
e-10-12--10--8---8------7--5----------7----
b-12-----10------8---------7----8----------
g-12-----9-------9---------7---------------  intro tab A and B
d------------------------------------------
a------------------------------------------
e------------------------------------------
 
Repeat for shyness is nice... then again for then again for coyness,
but now we have the So, if there's something part so end only with
tab A and go to...
 
  So if there's something you'd like to try
e-10-10-10------10--10----10----12---10-10-----
b---------------12--12----12----13------7---10-
g---------------12--12----12----14------7---11-
d---------------------------------------------- x2
a----------------------------------------------
e---------------------------------Z------------
 
  ask me, I won't say no, how could I?
e-10--7---7-7-----7---3---7---7-----
b-12--------------8---5---8---------
g-12--------------9---5---9---------  tab A and B
d-----------------------------------
a-----------------------------------
e-----------------------------------
   
then it makes its way to the Spening warm summer days apart...
 
         Spending warm summer days indoors
e-----8--7---7----7----5--7---7----5-7------5-3-
b-5-8----7---7----8----------------7--------5-5-
g-5------7---7----7----------------7--------5-5-
d-----------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------
 
  writing frightening verse   to a  bucktoothed girl in Luxemburg
e-5--7----10------7---7----10-10-10-10--10------7--3-3--3--5-7---
b-7-------12---12-8---8----10-------12--12------5-------5----7---
g-7-------12------9---9----11-------12--12------5-------5----7---
d----------------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------
 
  Ask me, ask me, ask me.
e-10--7---10--7---10--7----8--8--
b-8-------8-------8---7----8--8--
g---------------------7----9--9-- twice, but the second time instead
d--------------------------10-10- of the C C go...
a--------------------------------
e--------------------------------
 
    because if it's not love then it's the bomb, the bomb
e-7-5-3--2--3--5----7---7----8----7----5---3-----5---7-----
b-7-7-5--3--0--5----8---8---------7--------0---------8-----
g-7-7-5--2--0--5----7---7---------7--------0---------7-----
d--------0--0------------------------------0---------------
a----------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------
 
   the bomb, the bomb.  The bomb, the bomb the bomb
e--8---10----12--10-----12--10----8---7----8---8---
b------12--------10---------12--------8--------8---
g------12--------12---------12--------7--------9---
d--------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------
e--------------------------------------------------
 
  that will bring us together
e-7----5----5-----7--8-7---3-----5-----3-
b-----------7--------------5-----7-----5-
g-----------7--------------4-----7-----5-  strum that C till
d--------------------------------7-----5-   nature
a----------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------
 
  Nature is a language can't you read?             So
e-7-7----7--7-7--7-----3-----7---7-----5---3---2---7-  go to the:
b-8-8----8--8-8--8-----5---------8-----5---5---3---7- ask me...
g-7-7----7--7-7--7-----5---------7-----5---5---2---7-
d----------------------------------------------0----- second time:
a----------------------------------------------------continue on
e----------------------------------------------------
 
  (togeth)er               If it's not love
e---------3---5---3---2----3--5----7---7----3--
b---------3---5---5---3----------------8----5--
g---------4---5---5---2----------------7----5--
d---------------------0------------------------
a----------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------
 
  then it's the bomb     then it's the bomb that will bring us
e-3----5----7---7-----3--3----5----7---7----5----5----5-----7--
b---------------8-----5----------------8--------------7--------
g---------------7-----5----------------7--------------7--------
d--------------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------------------
e--------------------------------------------------------------
 
  together       So
e-8-7---3--5--3--7--
b-------0--5--5--7--  ask me ask me ask me part
g-------0--5--5--7--
d----------7--5-----
a-------------------
e-------------------
 
and end with
  Da da da da da da da da
e-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--
b-8--8--5-----------5--7--
g-7--7--5-----------5--7--
d-------------------------
a-------------------------
e-------------------------


Back to the Old House

Yuichi Tamano (cs75sdo@sdcc13.
This is a transcript I made of "Back to the Old House" by the Smiths.  It's from the acoustic version from "Hatfull of Hollow". The notes on the high e string are heavily emphasized and ring loudly. This should be pretty close to the recording, though there are a few notes different here and there.

Yuichi Tamano
 
PATTERN A:
------------------------|-------0----------------
-0---1-1----------------|-0---1------------------
-----------------0-2---0|-----------------0-2---0
---2-----------2-----3--|---2-----------2-----3--
-3-------3-2-0-----3----|-3-------3-2-0-----3----
------------------------|------------------------

                                            I would...
-----------------0------|-------0---------0------
-0---1---------1---1---0|-1---3---3-1-3-----1---0
-------0----------------|------------------------
---2-----------2-----3--|---2---------0-------3--
-3-------3-2-0-----3----|-3-----------------3----
------------------------|------------------------

...rather not go back to the old house...I would
   repeat Pattern A once

LEAD IN TO PATTERN B:
rather not go             back to the old house
------------------------|-------0----------------
-0---1-1----------------|-0---1------------------
-----------------0-2---0|-----------------0-2---0
---2-----------2-----3--|---2-----------2-----3--
-3-------3-2-0-----3----|-3-------3-2-0-----3----
------------------------|------------------------

PATTERN B:
     there's    too many       bad       memories
-------1---------------0|-------1----------------
-1---1-------0---1-3----|-1---1-------0---1-3---0
-2-2-------2------------|-0-0-------2------------
------------------------|------------------------
-3-----3----------------|-3-----1----------------
-------------3-----3----|-------------3-----3----

     there's too many memories  there
-------1---------------0|-----------0------------
-1---1-------0---1-3----|-------3----------------
-0-0-------2------------|-----------------0-----0
------------------------|---------------2-----2--
-3-----3----------------|-----2-------2-----3----
-------------3-----3----|-0-3---0----------------

-----------0------------|-----------0-----------0
-------3----------------|-------3-----------2----
-----------------0-----0|-----------------2------
---------------2-----2--|---------------0--------
-----2-------2-----3----|-----2-------2----------
-0-3---0----------------|-0-3---0----------------

------------------------|------------------------|-0----
-------3-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3-----3----|---3-0
-----0-0-----0-----0----|-0-----2---2-2---2-2---2|------
---0-------0-----0-----0|-----0---3-----3-----3--|------
-2-------2-----2-----2--|---2--------------------|------
------------------------|------------------------|------

repeat pattern A twice ("When you cycled by...", "And you never knew...")
lead in to pattern B ("Are you still there?"
pattern B ("Or have you..."

repeat first two bars twice (or so)
play
-----------------0------|-------0----------------
-0---1---------1---1---0|-1---3------------------
-------0----------------|-----------------0-2---0
---2-----------2-----3--|---2-----------2-----3--
-3-------3-2-0-----3----|-3-------3-2-0-----3----
------------------------|------------------------

repeat first two bars many times (about four?)
end on                  slowly
------------------------|-----------3-3-3--------
-0---1------------------|-0---1------------------
-------0---------0-2---0|-------0----------------
---2-----------2-----3--|---2--------------------
-3-------3-2-0-----3----|-3----------------------
------------------------|------------------------


Hand In Glove
 (Morrissey/Marr)

From: kjohn@quads.uchicago.edu (SINE QUA NON)

transcribed by Adam Schaffer

Notes:

This is the way Johnny would play it in concert. If anybody has the "There is a Light..." cd single or a copy of the Oxford '85 concert, this should be familiar. It's a simplified version of the studio versions.

Once again, tune up all strings two semitones or capo up two frets to F#
tuning.

Main Riff:

F#---0------------0-------------
C#-----0----1-0-----1_p_0-------
A -2------------2---------2_p_0-
E ------------------------------
B ------------------------------
F#------------------------------

F#---0------------0--------0----------
C#-----0----1-0------------3----------
A -2------------2---x_sl_4---x_sl_4-0-
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
F#------------------------------------
 
Chords:

F#m   - 022000
D     - X32010
Bm    - X02210
Bsus2 - 002200
???   - X00000
A     - 355433

F#-0-0-0-0-0---x-0---0---0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0---x-0---0---x-3-x-3-
C#-0-0-0-1-1---x-1---1---1-1---0---0-0-0-1-1---x-0---0---x-3-x-3-
A -0-0-0-0-0---x-2---2---0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0---x-2---2---x-4-x-4-
E -2-2-2-2-2---x-2---2---2-2---0---2-2-2-2-2---x-2---2---x-5-x-5-
B -2-2-2-3-3---x-0---0---3-3---0---2-2-2-3-3---x-0---0---x-5---5-
F#-0-0-0---------------------------0-0-0-------------------3---3-


Stretch Out And Wait

From: kjohn@quads.uchicago.edu (SINE QUA NON)

tab'ed by stephen cheng (cheng@utdallas.edu)
 
this one sounds rather nice on an accoustic guitar and, as there is no
instrument break, particularly suitable as a solo. the song is in 6/8
time, and each dash of each bar denotes 1/4 note, except the first and
last dash of each bar, which are used 'cos it looks nicer. the tab more
or less indicates the chord positions, so you should strum through the
song as you sing along. ..oh, and you don't need to capo! wow! ;)
 
E [-x------]
B [-x------]
G [-x------]
D [-x------]
A [-x------]
E [-x------]
 
    percussion intro: just strum along and simulate.
 
E [-0---/-7------|-4-----0------|-4-----7------|-7-5-5-5/7----]
B [-0---/-7------|-5-5-0-2------|-4-----4------|-5-5-5-5/7----]
G [-1---/-8------|-6-6-0-2------|-4-----4------|-6-6-6-6/8----]
D [-2---/-9------|-6-6-0-2------|-6-----6------|-5-5-7-7/9----]
A [-2---/-9------|-4-----0------|-6-----6------|-7-7-7-7/9----]
E [-0---/-7------|--------------|-4-----4------|-5-5-5-5/7----]
 
    on the high rise estate
    what's at the back of your mind?
    on a three-day debate
    on the high rise estate
    what's at the back of your mind?
    two icy-cold hands conducting the way
    it's the eskimo blood in my veins
    amid the concrete and clay
    and general decay
    nature must still find a way
    so ignore all the codes of the day
    let your juvenile impulses sway
    this way and that way and
    this way and that way
    god, how sex implores you
 
E [-3-----------|--------------]
B [-5-----------|--------------]
G [-5-----------|--------------]
D [-5-----------|--------------]
A [-3-----------|--------------]
E [-------------|--------------]
 
    to let yourself loose yourself
 
E [-4-----4------|-4-----7------|-4-----4------|-7-5-5-5/7----]
B [-5---5-5------|-5-----7------|-5---5-5------|-5-5-5-5/7----]
G [-6---4-6------|-6-----8------|-6---4-6------|-6-6-6-6/8----]
D [-6---6-6------|-6-----9------|-6---6-6------|-5-5-7-7/9----]
A [-4---4-7------|-4-----9------|-4---4-7------|-7-7-7-7/9----]
E [--------------|-------7------|--------------|-5-5-5-5/7----]
 
    stretch out and wait
    stretch out and wait
    let your puny body lie down, let down
 
E [-0------------|-2------------|-4------------|-4------------]
B [-0------------|-2------------|-5------------|-5------------]
G [-2------------|-4------------|-6------------|-6------------]
D [-2------------|-4------------|-6------------|-6------------]
A [-0------------|-2------------|-4------------|-7------------]
E [--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------]
 
    as we lie you say
    as we lie you say
    stretch out and
 
E [-4-----4------|-4-----7------|-4-----4------|-7-5-5-5/7----]
B [-5---5-5------|-5-----7------|-5---5-5------|-5-5-5-5/7----]
G [-6---4-6------|-6-----8------|-6---4-6------|-6-6-6-6/8----]
D [-6---6-6------|-6-----9------|-6---6-6------|-5-5-7-7/9----]
A [-4---4-7------|-4-----9------|-4---4-7------|-7-7-7-7/9----]
E [--------------|-------7------|--------------|-5-5-5-5/7----]
 
    stretch out and wait
    stretch out and wait
    let your puny body lie down, lie down
 
E [-0------------|-2------------|-4------------|-2------------]
B [-0------------|-2------------|-5------------|-2------------]
G [-2------------|-4------------|-6------------|-3------------]
D [-2------------|-4------------|-6------------|-4------------]
A [-0------------|-2------------|-4------------|-4------------]
E [--------------|--------------|--------------|-2------------]
 
    as we lie you say:
    will the world end in the night time?
    (i really don't know)
    or will the world end in the day time?
    (i really don't know)
    and is there any point in ever having children?
 
E [-0------------|-2------------|-2------------|-0-----2------]
B [-2------------|-2------------|-2------------|-0-----2------]
G [-2------------|-4------------|-3------------|-2-----4------]
D [-0------------|-4------------|-4------------|-2-----4------]
A [-0------------|-2------------|-4------------|-0-----2------]
E [--------------|--------------|-2------------|--------------]
 
    no, i don't know
    what i do know is we're here and it's now, so
 
E [-0---/-7------|-4-----0------|-4-----7------|-7-5-5-5/7----]
B [-0---/-7------|-5-5-0-2------|-4-----4------|-5-5-5-5/7----]
G [-1---/-8------|-6-6-0-2------|-4-----4------|-6-6-6-6/8----]
D [-2---/-9------|-6-6-0-2------|-6-----6------|-5-5-7-7/9----]
A [-2---/-9------|-4-----0------|-6-----6------|-7-7-7-7/9----]
E [-0---/-7------|--------------|-4-----4------|-5-5-5-5/7----]
 
    stretch out and wait
    stretch out and wait
    there's no debate, no debate, no debate
    how can you consciously contemplate
    when there's no debate, no debate
    stretch out and wait
 
 
E [-0---/-7------|-4-----0------]
B [-0---/-7------|-5-5-0-2------]
G [-1---/-8------|-6-6-0-2------]
D [-2---/-9------|-6-6-0-2------]
A [-2---/-9------|-4-----0------]
E [-0---/-7------|--------------]
 
    stretch out and wait
    stretch out and wait
    wait, wait, wait, etc.
 
E [-4------------|-2------------|-0------------]
B [-5------------|-2---------0--|-2------------]
G [-6------------|-3---------0--|-2------------]
D [-6------------|-4---------0--|-2------------]
A [-4------------|-4---------0--|-0------------]
E [--------------|-2------------|--------------]


Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

From: kjohn@quads.uchicago.edu (SINE QUA NON)

w/capo on 2nd fret
 
 Dmaj7 A5  D   A5 F#m G/F# A5  ?   A   G   A5
E -2---5---2---5---2---2---5---5---5---3---5---
B -2---5---3---5---2---3---5---3---2---3---5---
G -2---2---2---2---2---4---2---2---2---4---2---
D -4---2---4---2---4---5---2---2---2---5---2---
A -5---X---5---X---4---5---X---X---X---5---X---
E -----5---2---5---2---3---5---5---5---3---5---

               G/F#    A5
E --------------2---2--5-
B --------------3---2--5-
G -----2-----2--4---4--2-
D ---4-----2----5---5--2-
A -5-----4------5---5--X-
E --------------3---3--5-

   |------------play twice------|                    Dmaj7
E -------------------------------------------------5---2-
B -3-p-2--3-p-2--3-sl-5-sl-3--2----7-5-3-5---3-2-------2-
G -4-p-2--4-p-2--4-sl-6-sl-4--2-2----------4-----2-----2-
D ------------------------------4----------------------4-
A -----------------------------------------------------5-
E -------------------------------------------------------

ending:

  F#5                      Bm  Bm          G       A5
E -----4---2---2---2---2---2---7---9--10---3---2---5---|
B -----2---2---5---3---2---3---7---7---7---3---2---5---|
G -----2---2---2---2---2---4---7---7---7---4---4---2---|
D -4---4---4---4---4---4---4---9---9---9---5---5---2---|
A -4---4---4---4---4---4---2---9---9---9---5---5---X---|
E -2---2---2---2---2---2-------7---7---7---3---3---5---|


This Night Has Opened My Eyes

From: ROESSER@gmr.com
  
2-----7----2----7----7--\--2---2-----7--\---2-2
2-----7----2----7----7--\--2---2-----7--\---2-2
2-----7----2----7----7--\--2---2-----7--\---2-2 (repeat)

------7--7--------7--7--9---7------7------7-----
8--8--7--7--8--8--7--7--------7-------10----10
------7--7--------7--7-----------7 (back to the first bar)
------------------------------------2nd time continues

(a)

7---\--2---2-----2---2----------------------------------
7---\--2-----2---2---2---3---2-----8--8--7 ---7--8----7-
7---\--2---------2---2---------2----------7------7-----9
--------------------------------------------------------
7---\--2---2-----2---2-----------------------------------
7---\--2------2--2---2----3----2----8--8---7----7--8--7--
7---\--2---------2---2-----------2-----------7------7---9
---------------------------------------------------------
8---8---7----7---8---7----7-----a shoeless child..etc.
----------7-------7--------9----goes back to the beginning
--------------------------------after all words go back to
(a) and repeat last three bars

Questions,comments,concerns,and Smiths fans with anything to share, by all means  e-mail to roesser@gmr.com
                                                  -Jerry


Unloveable

From: peterc@cats.ucsc.edu (Peter Anthony Cowan)

Don't know for sure, but I'd be willing to bet dollar for a dime that
it's words by Morrissey, and Music by Johhny Marr. Have fun.

All the chords you need in this song:

D, C, G, A, F#m, Em, and Bm.  I've been playing them all open, except for
the Bm - G - A sequence, where I barre them, but you might be able to play
the song more accurately using all barred chords.  *shrug*  Don't ask me,
I jsut like to strum and sing along. =)

Intro:

D, C, G, A (twice)

I know I'm unloveable,
D   C         G       A      D

you don't have to tell me,
C                  G       A

I don't have much in my life,
         D         C   G

but take it it's yours..
   A             D C G A

* I don't have much in my life,
        D         C   G

but take it it's yours.
   A   D C G  A

I know I'm unloveable,
D  C          G       A     D

You don't have to tell me,
C           G     A

for message received loud and clear, loud and clear,
   F#m      G    Em

message received...
        Bm,  G,  A-A

I don't have much in my life,
D       C    G

but take it it's yours.
   A   D C G A

I don't have much in my life, but take it it's yours....
      D          C G   A             D  C  G  A

(repeat from *, then continue on)

I wear black on the outside, because
 D            C

black is how i feel on the inside.
G     A    D  C  G  A

I wear black on the outside, because
        D            C

black is how i feel on the inside.
G                 A         D  C  G  A

And if i seem a little strange,
   D     C   G

well that's because i am.
     A                D C  G  A

And if i seem a little strange, well
          D       C   G

that's because I am.
A   D  C  G  A

I know that you would like me,
F#m         G

if only you could see me,

If only you would meet me.
Em     Bm  G  A-A

I don't have much in my life,
D          C          G

but take it it's yours...
   A              D  C  G  A

I don't have much in my life,
       D       C  G

but take it it's yours
    A             D  C  G  A

F#m,  G,  Em,     Bm  G  A-A(and on and on....)
*the end*

I think I left out one or two musical interludes(maybe not),  but you'll
figure them out, they have the same progressions as the rest of the song.  If you don't know the song well, good luck getting the words to fit over the chords right!  Sorry, I tried to make it as close as possible, but morrissey has a habit of stretching, and smashing syllables, so one word could be 8 bars(I don't have much in my li -i -ha -ha -ha -ife..) or even more. Good luck.


Asleep

From: Mike Higgott <mah@de-montfort.ac.uk>
 
C          FM7
Sing me to sleep

Am         FM7
Sing me to sleep

    G          G7  G6
I'm tired and I

  FM7
I want to go to bed

C          FM7
Sing me to sleep

Am         FM7    G
Sing me to sleep

G7  G6   FM7
And then leave me alone

G
Don't try to wake me in the morning

         G7   G6 FM7    G
'Cause I will be gone

Don't feel bad for me

       G7  G6 FM7
I want you to know

G
Deep in the cell of my heart

              FM7
I will feel so glad to go

C          FM7
Sing me to sleep

Am         FM7
Sing me to sleep

        G
I don't want to wake up

G7 G6 FM7
On my own anymore

C         FM7
Sing to me

Am        FM7
Sing to me

        G
I don't want to wake up

G7 G6 FM7          G
On my own anymore
 
Don't feel bad for me

       G7  G6 FM7
I want you to know

G
Deep in the cell of my heart

         FM7
I really want to go

          G             FM7
There is another world

           G            C
There is a better world

            FM7     Am
Well, there must be

      FM7           G
Well, there must be

C    FM7   Am   FM7   G   [repeated to fade]


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