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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.


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
fD     - 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-


This Charming Man (Hatful Version)

From: Travel1054@aol.com (Jim D Lantos)
 
A.
-9--9---7-7--10--9---7--7-slide---9----12-12------9--------------
-10-10--9-9--10--10--9--9-slide--10-10----------9----12----------
------------------------------------11--------9------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------

B.
------------9------------------------------------------------
------10------------10-12-------10----10-slide-12----12------
11-11----11---11-11-------11-11----11-11-------13--13---13---
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------

C.
-------------------------------------------------------
---5---------5-----5----12-12--10-10-slide-12-12-------
-6-----6-6-----6-6------13-13--1--11-------13-13-------
-----7-----7---------7---------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------

D.
-----------------------------9---------9--------------(1)-----(12)---------
-------10---------9-------10---10--------9--------10--or-----9-or--[F#m]---
----11----11----9---9--11------------9---------11-----11---9---9--[strum]--
-12----------11--------------------9--------12-----------11-------[bar-8th]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

E.
-----7--slide--9---9--9--7--7--10--9--7--7-slide-9------12--12--------
-----9--slide--10--10-10-9-9---10--10-9--9-slide-10--10---------------
-----------------------------------------------------11---------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------

The sequence goes like this

ABBCEBCBCBCBCBCBDDCBCBCBCCDDD  (roughly..you'll get the drift)

Walking Andy Rourke bass goes like this:

A1.                               A2.     (A1 + A2 = A)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------2-2--------------------4-6----------------------------------------------
-----------2-4-2-------2-2-2--------------------4-6---------------4-2---------
-0-0-0-----------0-0-0------------2-2-2--2-2--2------5-5-5-4-4--4-------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------9---------------------
--0-------2-4-6-4------------------0-------2-4-6---4--444-2-4-4-4-4-2--
----4-2-0-----------------2-4-5-2----4-3-0-----------------------------
------------------2-4-5-4----------------------------------------------
 

A A2 A A A A A B B A A A B B B (slight variation at end)


What Difference Does It Make? - The Smiths (debut album version)
 (Morrissey/Marr)

Capo up two frets or tune up two semi tones.

  Part 1 - Main Riff

F#---------------------------------------------------------------
C#-----------------------------------------------------3---------
A ---2-------0---2---2-------0---------2-------0---2-----------0-
E -------2---------------2-----------------2-----0---0-----2-----
B -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0_h_3-3---3---3-----------0---0---
F#---------------------------------------------------------------
 
  Part 2 - "So, what difference does it make?"

F#--------5---------------10----8----8---7-7-7-7----5---5---
C#-x_sl_5-----5---x_sl_10----10---10---9-9-9-9-9--5---5---5-
A ----------4---4----------------------9-9-9-9-9------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------
F#----------------------------------------------------------

F#--------5---------------10----8----8---7-7-7-7----5---5---
C#-x_sl_5-----5---x_sl_10----10---10---9-9-9-9-9--5---5---0-
A ----------4---4----------------------9-9-9-9-9------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------
F#----------------------------------------------------------

  Part 3 - "It makes none, but now you have gone..."
  (barre 4th fret with 1st finger)

F#-------------5-4-------------5-4-----------5-4-5-4-
C#-------7---5-----------7---5-----------7---5-5-5-5-
A ---6-----6---------6-----6---------6-----6---------
E -4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-------------
B ---------------------------------------------------
F#---------------------------------------------------

  End Riff #1:

F#----------0------------0-
C#-5_p_3--1-0--5-5_p_3-1-0-
A -5_p_4--2----5-5_p_4-2---
E -------------------------
B -------------------------
F#-------------------------

  End Riff #2:

F#------------------------------------12----5_sl_x-
C#-13--12--8-10-10-------13--12--8-10-10----5_sl_x-
A -12--11--7--9--9-------12--11--7--9--9----5_sl_x-
E ------------------------------------------7_sl_x-
B ------------------------------------------7_sl_x-
F#-------------------------------------------------


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#-------------------------------------------------------------------


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


How Soon Is Now

From: john dioso <76711.2312@CompuServe.COM>

Hey, Jennifer, I've been playing this song for a good decade now, and I'll be damned if what I play matches Johnny Marr note for note. The chords, ostensibly, are F#, A, and B in the verse, and C#m, E, and F# in the chorus (the "You shut your mouth" bit).
Played straight, it sounds horrendously wrong. But with the right rhythm, you can approach Johnny-ness.
I read in a "Guitar" magazine profile of Johnny five or six years ago that he actually played this song with his guitar tuned to an open E (that is, strumming all the open strings would be an E chord; so the strings were tuned, from lowest to highest, E-B-E-G#-B-E). It's a tuning that Bo Diddley used in many of his songs, and if you listen carefully, you'll notice the "Bo Diddley beat" lurking behind this mope-rock anthem (try playing the song to the rhythm of "Born to Hand Jive" from "Grease," and you'll get the picture. Anyway, on to the song.

chords (in standard tuning, BTW):
  verse  chorus
  F# A B D A C#m E
E-2  - - - 5  4  0
B-2  2 4 7 5  5  0
G-3  2 4 7 6  6  1
D-4  2 4 7 7  6  2
A-4  0 2 5 7  4  2
E-2  - - - 5  -  0

The opening "riff" is just the F# chord (2nd fret position) with loads of
reverb, another way to get that "wavy" feeling from just playing the one chord is to position your hand to play the F# as I've shown you above, except hammer on the first-finger barre on the 2nd fret to begin the riff  (^ = downstroke. v = upstroke):

|F#  ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | do this twice; the second time the lead guitarist (on
tour, Johnny) plays:
E-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2 | (4/5\4) just before the rhythm guitarist (on tour,
Craig Gannon) plays the next chords
B-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2 |
G-3---3-3-3-3-3-4-3 |
D-4---4-4-4-4-2-2-2 |
A-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4 |
E-0(h)2-2-2-2-2-2-2 |

so the chord sequence for the intro and verse is:
|F#|F#|F#|A/B/|
 
                         How Soon Is Now?
         F#
I am the son and the heir
     A               B          F#
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
                        A B
Of nothing in particular

D             A
You shut your mouth, how can you say
C#m E                 F#
I go about things the wrong way ?
     D                      A
I am Human and I need to be loved
C#m       E             |F#|F#|F#|A/B/|
Just like everybody else does

         F#
I am the son and the heir
     A               B          F#
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
                            A B
Oh, of nothing in particular

D             A
You shut your mouth

D             A
You shut your mouth, how can you say
C#m E                 F#
I go about things the wrong way ?
     D                      A
I am Human and I need to be loved
C#m       E             |F#|F#|F#|A/B/|
Just like everybody else does

D                               A
There's a club if you'd like to go
               C#m      E          F#
You could meet somebody who really loves you
       D
So you go, and you stand on your own
A
And you leave on your own
        C#m              E
And you go home, and you cry
                |F#|F#|F#|A/B/|
And you want to die

D                              A
When you say it's gonna happen "now"
C#m          E            F#
Well, when exactly do you mean?
         D                  A
See I've already waited too long
C#m E           F#
And all my hope is gone

D             A
You shut your mouth, how can you say
C#m E                 F#
I go about things the wrong way ?
     D                      A
I am Human and I need to be loved
C#m       E             |F#|F#|F#|A/B/|
Just like everybody else does


That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
 (Marr/Morrissey)

From: aschaffe@acs.ryerson.ca (Adam Schaffer - RTAT/W94)
transcribed by Adam Schaffer

Notes:

Tune up two semitones to F# or capo on the 2nd fret. As if you didn't figure it out, the main part is played on an 12-string acoustic. For chords with asterisks (*) below them, the note on the low E string should be played using your thumb.
 
             Park the car at the side of the road
                       only      desire  is   to die  but
F#-0----0----4----0----7-----------0----------------2-
C#-5----0----0----0----5-----------0----------------2-
A -6----6----6----6----5-----------1----------------2-
E -7----7----7----7----5-----------2----------------4-
B -0----0----0----0----7-----------2----------------4-
F#---------------------------------0----------------2-
 
   you should know  time's tide with smother you
    I'm  a-fraid it doesn't  make     me       smile
F#--0----0----2-----0-----------------------------2---0-
C#--0----0----2-----0-----------------------------0---0-
A --1----1----2-----4-----------------------------4---4-
E --2----2----4-----5-----------------------------5---5-
B --2----2----4-----5-----------------------------5---5-
F#--0----0----2-----3-----------------------------3---3-
                    *                             *   *

   and I will too
    I wish I could laugh...
F#-0-----------0---0-
C#-5-----------1---0-
A -6-----------2---0-
E -7-----------3---5-
B -0-----------3---5-
F#-------------1---3-
               *   *
 
    when you laugh about people who feel so very lonely their
F#-0-----4---------------------0------------7----5---4--0-
C#-0-----0---------------------0------------0----0---0--0-
A -6-----6---------------------6------------6----6---6--6-
E -7-----7---------------------7------------X----X---X--X-
B -7-----7---------------------7------------7----7---7--7-
F#-5-----5---------------------5--------------------------
   *     *                     *

          but that joke isn't funny anymore        it's
F#-8---5-----------0----------0--0--0-------3---2-
C#-6---3-----------1----------3--1--0-------3---3-
A -0---0-----------2----------0--0--0-------0---2-
E -7---4-----------3----------2--2--2-------0---0-
B -8---5-----------3----------3--3--3-------X-----
F#-----------------1------------------------3-----
                   *

   too close......too near the bone,
F#-8--------------5----------
C#-6--------------3----------
A -0--------------0----------
E -7--------------4----------
B -8--------------5----------
F#---------------------------

   too close to home and it's too near the bone
F#-0------------0----0---0----3------------2-
C#-1------------3----1---0----3------------3-
A -2------------0----0---0----0------------2-
E -3------------2----2---2----0------------0-
B -3------------3----3---3----X--------------
F#-1--------------------------3--------------
   *
   more than you'll          ever  know
F#-----------0-------------0---0---0-----0--0-
C#-----------1-------------0---0---1-----0--0-
A -----------2-------------2---0---2-----2--0-
E -----------3-------------3---3---3-----3--3-
B -----------3-------------3---3---3-----3--3-
F#-----------1-------------1---1---1-----1--1-
             *             *   *   *     *  *
F#-0-----------0---0-
C#-5-----------0---0-
A -6-----------2---0-
E -7-----------3---5-
B -0-----------3---5-
F#-------------1---3-
               *   *
  The "I've seen this happen..." part
F#-5-----5-7--8--7---0-2--0-
C#-5-----5-5--5--5---0-0--0-
A -6-----5-5--5--5---4-4--4-
E -7-----6-6--6--6---5-5--5-
B -7-----7-7--7--7---5-5--5-
F#-5-----5-5--5--5----------

the next two chords are either:

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

or:

F#-3---5-
C#-5---7-
A -5---7-
E -5---7-
B -3---5-
F#-------


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


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


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.,


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-------------------------


Shoplifters of the World Unite

From: Johnson Brett Edward <bjohnson@sobek.Colorado.EDU>

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.


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


Girlfriend In A Coma

From: db39@oliven.bih.no (Trygve Haaland)
 
The chords are:
G /Gmaj7 /C /D [figure 1]
Em /Em -D /C /C-D [figure 2]

and the lyrics are:

[Repeat figure 1]
Girlfriend in a coma, I know, I know, it's serious
Girlfriend in a coma, I know, I know, it's really serious
There were times when I could have murdered her,
but you know I would hate anything to happen to her
Would you please let me see her

[Repeat figure 2]
Do you really think she'll pull through?
Do you really think she'll pull through?

[Figure 1]
Girlfriend in a coma, I know, I know, it's serious
My, my, my, my, my, my, my baby goodbye
There were times when I could have strangled her
but you know I would hate anything to happen to her
Would you please let me see her?

[Figure 2]
Do you really think she'll pull through?
Do you really think she'll pull through?
[Figure 1]
Let me whisper my last goodbyes
I know it's serious.

I think that should be correct, but if it isn't, it's not far away.

Trygve S Haaland, Bergen College of Engineering, Bergen, Norway
db39@oliven.bih.no or tvilsom@amanda.bbb.no


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

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