The Queen Is Dead

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The Queen Is Dead

From: Lee Eugene T <et-lee@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu>

THE QUEEN IS DEAD (6.24)

INTRO: G A G#m G
         B
Farewell to this land's cheerless marches
hemmed in like a boar between arches
her very Lowness with her head in a sling
                           D                     E
I'm truly sorry but it sounds like a wonderful thing
B
I say Charles don't you ever crave
to appear on the front of the Daily Mail
D                         E             G    A   G#m   G
dressed in your Mother's bridal veil?

         B
And so I checked all the registered historical facts
and I was shocked into shame to discover
how I'm the 18th pale descendent
           D           E
of some old queen or other
    B
Oh has the world changed, or have I changed?
oh has the world changed, or have I changed?
some nine year old tough who peddles drugs
                           D                            E G A G#m G
I swear to God, I swear I never even knew what drugs were
     B
So I broke into the Palace
with a sponge and a rusty spanner
she said: "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"
                                      D          E
I said: "that's nothing - you should hear me play piano"
     B
We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
and talk about precious things
but when you are tied to your mother's apron
         D              E     G   A   G#m G
no-one talks about castration
   B
We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
and talk about precious things
like love and law and poverty
D                      E
these are the things that kill me

(same as above)
We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
and talk about precious things
but the rain that flattens my hair
these are the things that kill me
            B
Passed the pub that saps your body
and the church who'll snatch your money
             D
the Queen is dead, boys
            E
and it's so lonely on a limb

Pass the pub that wrecks your body
and the church, all they want is your money
the Queen is dead, boys
and it's so lonely on a limb
B D E
Life is very long, when you're lonely
life is very long, when you're lonely
life is very long, when you're lonely
life is very long, when you're lonely

I Know It's Over

From: I dream of genelee <et-lee@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu>

    C                                                Am7
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
F   G     C
and as I climb into an empty bed
          Am7
oh well, enough said
F G          F              G
I know it's over still I cling
   Em                         G         F         G
I don't know where else I can go, mother

(SAME AS ABOVE)
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
see, the sea wants to take me
the knife wants to slit me
do you think you can help me?

Sad veiled bride, please be happy
handsome groom, give her room
loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
although she needs you more than she loves you

And I know it's over
still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
it's over, it's over, it's over

I know it's over
              F
and it never really began
B               F       G       Am
but in my heart it was so real
F        G                          F G
and you even spoke to me and said:

"If you're so funny
then why are you on your own tonight?
and if you're so clever
then why are you on your own tonight?
if you're so very entertaining
then why are you on your own tonight?
if you're so very good looking
why do you sleep alone tonight?
                  C
I know because tonight is just like any other night
                            Am7         F G
that's why you're on your own tonight
              C
with your triumphs and your charms
         Am7
while they are in each other's arms"

F         G        F
It's so easy to laugh
                  G
it's so easy to hate
             F                      G      Fmaj9 G
it takes strength to be gentle and kind

it's over, over, over
It's so easy to laugh
it's so easy to hate
it takes guts to be gentle and kind
it's over, over, over

Love is natural and real
but not for you, my love
not tonight my love
F G C F
love is natural and real
G F G Em
but not for such as you and I, my love

Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head

I SAW THIS REQUESTED A WHILE AGO.
SO THIS IS PRETTY ROUGH BUT SHOULD BE ACCURATE. BASICALLY IT'S THE VERSE
PATTERN AND CHORUS PATTERN OVER AND OVER. THE Am7 HERE IS X02213.

GENE
et-lee@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu

Cemetery Gates by The Smiths

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

Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15

C   D   G   Gmaj7
C   D   G   Gmaj7
C   D   G   Gmaj7
C   D   G   Gmaj7

G
A dreaded sunny day
                                C
So I meet you at the cemetery gates
            D           Em       D   C
Keats and Yeats are on your side
G
A dreaded sunny day
                                C
So I meet you at the cemetery gates
            D           Em       D   C
Keats and Yeats are on your side
        D          G
While Wilde is on mine

G                                         C
So we go inside and we gravely read the stones
                             D
All those people all those lives
              Em D C
Where are they now?
       G
With loves, with hates
                        C
And passions just like mine

They were born
D
And then they lived
Em D C
And then they died

Which seems so unfair
D G
And I want to cry

               Bm
You say: "ere thrice the sun hath door
                   G
Salutation to the dawn"
         Bm                        G
And you claim these words as your own
     C                   D
But I'm well read, have heard them said
           Em                       C
A hundred times (maybe less, maybe more)

        G
If you must write prose and poems
                                  C
The words you use should be your own
                     D      Em D C
Don't plagiarise or take "on loan"
                  G
There's always someone, somwhere
                       C
With a big nose, who knows
                           D
And who trips you up and laughs
        Em D C
When you fall
                         D
Who'll trip you up and laugh
          G
When you fall

               Bm                G
You say: "ere long done do does did"
Bm                             G
Words which could only be your own
     C
You then produce the text
       D
From whence was ripped
             Em     C
(some dizzy whore, 1804)

G
A dreaded sunny day

So let's go where we're happy
                                C
And I meet you at the cemetery gates
            D           Em       D   C
Keats and Yeats are on your side
            G
A dreaded sunny day

So let's go where we're wanted
                                 C
And I meet you at the cemetery gates
            D           Em       D   C
Keats and Yeats are on your side - but you lose
        D          G
While Wilde is on mine

Bigmouth Strikes Again

Joe Palumbos jmp@moscom.com

{rit,tropix,ur-valhalla}!moscom!jmp
--0--0--0--0--0--0--0
C#m                 E              F#            C#m
       Sweet---ness,     sweet---ness, I____was only jok - ing when I
          A            B       C#m                     E
F#
     said   I'd   like___to    smash every tooth in ___your head.

(repeat: same chords ...Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking when
I said by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed.

A                B                 C#m               E            F#
    And now I    know how Joan of   Arc felt,     Now_____ I   Know
how
              C#m            A        B                 C#m
   Joan of    Arc felt,                       As the   Flames rose

                   E                   F#           C#m
   to her Roman    nose    and her     Walk-man     start-ed

(hear-ing aid)

A B
to melt.

Instrumentally bit filler padding chordy section!!!!!!!

C#m E F# C#m A B (repeated twice!!!)

C#m E

     Big - mouth   la da da__________ da da

   F#      C#m                         A         B
           Big--mouth la da da da               Big mouth strikes

C#m E F#
again andd I've got no right to take my place with

C#m
the human race

A B C#m E

Oh, oh, oh oh oh Big mouth la da da da da

F# C# A B C#m
Big mouth la da da da, Big mouth strikes again

E F#
and I've got no right to take my place with the

C#m
Human race.

then play A B G#m F# G#m ad nauseum and sing over the "and now I know how Joan of Arc felt....." section if you wish!!!

I hope this is if help.........the chords are sound, but what I have trouble with is the rythm of the song, It's difficult to keep smooth, which is why I've posted all the chord changes.(I haven't got this record so I can't remember exactly how it goes which is my problem).

Brian.
bfrrelly@unix2.tcd.ie

The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

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

As usual, dont quote me on the bass part as I dont pay too too much
attention to it.

intro (i'm just showing the chords, i'm too lazy to tab out each
time he strums the chord)

C   D         C Cmaj7 Dsus4C D
e-3---2---     -3---3----3----0--2--
b-5---3---     -5---5----3----1--3--
g-5---2---     -5---4----2----0--2--
d-5---0--- x2 -5---5----0----2--0--
a---------     ---------------3-----
e---------     ---------------------

g---------     ---------------------
d-----0---     ----------0--0----0--
a-3-----0-     -3-------------3-----
e---------     ----3--0-------------

The song repeats the following pattern, then ends with the intro, then back through it again. Also again, i dont tab out all the strumming (which insnt to be confused with the times he is actually holding the notes)

G           Am                              C/Am
              The   boy with the thorn in his side      behind the
e-7-----7-7----8-8--5-------------------------8-------------------
b-8-----8-8----1010-7-------------------------8-------------------
g-7-----7-7----9-9--7-------------------------9-------------------
d-------------------7---------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------

g-----------------------------------------2-----------------------
d-------------------0----------0-0-----4--------------------2-----
a---------------------------------------------0--3-0------3-------
e-3-------3-------------------------------------------------------

C      D
hatred there lies
e-10-----5-----------
b-8------7-----------    you go though that twice then change the
g-9------7-----------    last C to a 3 one for the rest of the song
d-10-----7-----------                5
a--------------------                5
e--------------------                5

g--------------------
d--------0-----------
a-3------------0---0-
e----------------2---

end with the intro

Tom
shruew@cyclone.xnet.com

Vicar In A Tutu
(Morrissey/Marr)

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

Basically this song (off of the luxurious Queen Is Dead album) is all simple chords with that Johnny Marr touch. The E chord during the verse, for example, is played by stroking the high E string and then moving up with the stroke. It is not that difficult. Here it is:

E
I was minding my business lifting some lead off
E
The roof of the Holy Name Church
E
It was worthwhile living a laughable life
E
Just to set my eyes on a blistering sight
C#m
Of a vicar in a tutu

He~s not strange
A B
He just wants to live his life this way

E
A scanty bit of a thing with a decorative ring
E
That wouldn~t cover the head of a child
E
As Rose collects the money in the cannister
E
Who comes sliding down the banister
C#m
The vicar in a tutu

He~s not strange
A B
He just wants to live his life this way

E
The monkish monsignor with a head full of plaster
E
Said, -my man, get your vile soul dry-cleaned-
E
As Rose counts the money in the cannister
E
As natural as rain he dances again
C#m
Vicar in a tutu

Oh yeah
A B
Oh yeah...

E E E E

C#m
Vicar in a tutu

Oh yeah
A B
Oh yeah...

E
The next day in the pulpit with freedom and ease
E
Combating ignorance, dust and disease
E
As Rose counts the money in the cannister
E
As natural as raihe dances again and again and again
C#m
And the fabric of a tutu

Any man could get used to
A B
And I am a living sign

C#m A B
I~m a living sign....
C#m A B
I~m a living sign....

that is basically the song in it~s entirety...

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

From: "John S. Jacob" <jsjacob@soda.berkeley.edu>

Transcribed by John S. Jacob (jsjacob@soda.berkeley.edu)

The lyrics are right out of the insert to "The Smiths I Best..."
Yes, the chords sound picked, but I prefer to pound out (strum)
the chords and sing along. I mean, aren't these lyrics so
uplifting?! ;-)

As for rhythm, I always say go find a recording -- it's much
easier than trying to get it from a transcription (or to put
it into one, for that matter...)

##Capo up to the fourth fret (This song is really in the key of E).

Intro:

Am F G
Am G       Am G   F    C G
   Take me out tonight
              Am                G
where there's music and there's people
        Am        G F C G
who are young and alive
Am      G       Am G
Driving in your car
F                      C
I never never want to go home
G                 Am      G Am G
because I haven't got one
   F    C G
anymore
Am G       Am G   F    C G
   Take me out tonight
          Am          G
because I want to see people and I
Am          G      F C G
want to see lights
Am      G       Am G
Driving in your car
   F                    C
oh please don't drop me home
G                Am            G
because it's not my home, it's their
              Am         G     F C G
home, and I'm welcome no more

Chorus:

Em F
G        C             Am
And if a double-decker bus
F               G
crashes into us
            C
to die by your side
         F               G
such a heavenly way to die
           C         Am
And if a ten ton truck
F                    G
kills the both of us
            C
to die by your side
      F                         G
the pleasure the privilege is mine
Am G       Am G   F    C G
   Take me out tonight
           Am                G    Am G F C G
oh take me anywhere, I don't care
           Am       G    Am
And in the darkened underpass
G          F                               C G
I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last
            Am           G
(but then a strange fear gripped me and I
Am            G    F C G
just couldn't ask)
Am G       Am G   F    C G
   Take me out tonight
        Am                G    Am G F C G
take me anywhere, I don't care
     Am      G       Am G
Just driving in your car
F                      C
I never never want to go home
G                 Am      G Am G
because I haven't got one
          F       C G
I haven't got one

Chorus

Am G Am G
There is a light and it never goes out
F C G
There is a light and it never goes out

Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
(Johnny Marr/The Smiths)

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

(Capoed on the 4th fret for Queen is Dead
or 6th fret for a Brixton concert version, I believe)

(plucked in a very rapid banjoish sort of way with
liberal use of a digital delay)

A.

(C form)
-------------------------------------------------------------0--------
----1-------------1-----------0--1-------0-1-0-----0-1-0------0-------
-------0-------------0--0^2--------------------0^2-------0-0---0------
--2--2---2--2^0-0--0--0-----2--2---2^0-0----------2-2-------2---------
-0--------------------------------------------------------------------

B.

C F G
----0-------------------------------------------------------
------1^0-------1-------3---------------------------------------
----------0-------2-------4-----------------------------------
--0---------2^3-----3^5-----5------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------

[[A B A B A B B B (play C)] x 3] B ...variation on B until fade

For anyone interested, I read somewhere that the extra lyrics to
the Brixton concert go something like:

On the shop floor
there's a calender
as obvious as snow
...as if we didn't know

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