Biography:
The Smiths were a rock band which formed in 1982 in Manchester, England, United Kingdom. The band consisted of Morrissey (vocals, lyrics), Johnny Marr (guitar, music), Mike Joyce (drums) and Andy Rourke (bass). Hugely influential, The Smiths lasted all of five years from 1982 to 1987, releasing during this period four studio albums (The Smiths, Meat Is Murder, The Queen Is Dead and Strangeways, Here We Come) and three compilation albums (Hatful Of Hollow, The World Won't Listen and Louder Than Bombs).
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Other songs:
- A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours
- Ask
- Asleep
- Bigmouth Strikes Again
- Cemetery Gates
- Frankly Mr. Shankly
- Girlfriend In A Coma
- Hand In Glove
- Heaven Know I'm Miserable Now (alternative)
- Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
- Heaven Knows Im Miserable Now
- How Soon Is Now
- How Soon Is Now (charmed Theme)
- I Know Its Over
- Paint A Vulgar Picture
- Panic
- Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
- Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want (alt Ver)
- Pretty Girls Make Graves
- Reel Around The Fountain
- Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
- Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
- There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (easier Key)
- This Charming Man
- What Difference Does It Make
- Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
- Please, Please, Please
- Stretch Out And Wait
- Accept Yourself
- Cemetry Gates
- Death Of A Disco Dancer
- Frankly Mr Shankly
- Girl Afraid
- Golden Lights
- Half A Person
- Headmaster Ritual
- I Dont Owe You Anything
- I Started Something
- I Want The One I Cant Have
- I Wont Share You
- Is It Really So Strange
- Jeane
- Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
- Margaret On The Guillotine
- Meat Is Murder
- Money Changes Everything
- Never Had No One Ever
- Nowhere Fast
- Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
- Rubber Ring
- Rusholme Ruffians
- Shakespeares Sister
- Sheila Take A Bow
- Shelia Take A Bow
- Shoplifters Of The World Unite
- Still Ill
- Stop Me If You Think Youve Heard This One Before
- Suffer Little Children
- Sweet And Tender Hooligan
- That Joke Isnt Funny Anymore
- The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
- The Headmaster Ritual
- The Queen Is Dead
- These Things Take Time
- This Night Has Opened My Eyes
- Unhappy Birthday
- Unloveable
- Vicar In A Tutu
- Well I Wonder
- What Do You See In Him
- What She Said
- William It Was Really Nothing
- Wonderful Woman
- Work Is A Four Letter Word
- You Just Havent Earned It Yet Baby
- Youve Got Everything Now
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Tuning: Standard
No capo
[Intro]
E5 E
G C F F G C
G
Am F G F Am F G
[Verse 1]
C F G
At the record company meeting,
C F G
On their hands: a dead star.
Am F G
And ooh, the plans that they weave,
F Am F G E*
And ooh, the sickening greed.
[Verse 2]
A D E
At the record company party
A D E
On their hands: a dead star.
F#m D E
The sycophantic slags all say:
D A D E
"I knew him first, and I knew him well."
A D E
Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package!
A D E
Re-evaluate the songs,
F#m D E
Double pack with a photograph,
D A D E G
Extra track (and a tacky badge.)
[Verse 3]
C F
A-list, playlist,
G
"Please them, please them, please them!"
C F G
(Sadly, this was your life)
Am F G
But you could have said no, if you'd wanted to,
F Am F G
You could have said no, if you'd wanted to.
[Verse 4]
C F
BPI, MTV, BBC,
G
"Please them. please them!"
C F G
(Sadly, this was your life)
Am F G
But you could have said no, if you'd wanted to,
F Am F G E*
You could have walked away, couldn't you?
[Verse 5]
A D E
I touched you at the soundcheck,
A D E
You had no real way of knowing.
F#m D E D
In my heart I begged, "Take me with you.
F#m D E
I don't care where you're going."
[Verse 6]
A D
But to you I was faceless,
E
I was fawning, I was boring.
A D E
A child from those ugly new houses,
F#m D E
Who could never begin to know,
D F#m D E G
Who could never really know.
[Solo]
C F F G C F
Am F G F Am F G
F
F G C F G Am
F G F Am F G E*
[Guitar Solo]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------7-8h7---------10/12-10-8p7--------------10-8-10-8-10-12-12-10-10---|
G|7-7-9-------7-7-9-9--------------7-7-9-9-9/11----------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|10-10--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------7-8p7-------------12-10----12-10-------------------------14-14p12--|
G|------------9-9----------------------------------------9/12--------------|
D|------------------------------12-------11h12-12--17/12------14-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------10h11---11h12-12--|
G|12p11----------------------14-12-14-12-14-16-16-14-14--------------------|
D|------12-12-14-14----14h16-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 7]
A D E
Best of! Most of! Satiate the need,
A D E
Slip them into different sleeves!
F#m D E D
Buy both, and feel deceived,
F#m D E
Climber, new entry re-entry.
[Verse 8]
A D
World tour!("Media whore!")
E A
"Please the press in Belgium!"
D E
(This was your life...)
F#m D E D
And when it fails to recoup? Well, maybe:
F#m D E G
You just haven't earned it yet, baby.
[Verse 9]
C F G
I walked a pace behind you at the souundcheck.
C F G
You're just the same as I am.
Am F G
What makes most people feel happy
F Am F G
Leads us headlong into harm.
C F
So, in my bedroom in those ugly new houses,
G C F G
I dance my legs down to the knees.
Am F G F Am
G E*
But me and my true love will never meet again...
[Verse 10]
A D E
At the record company meeting,
A D E
On their hands, at last, a dead star!
F#m D E
But they can never taint you in my eyes,
D F#m D E
They can never touch you now.
A D E
No, they cannot hurt you my darling,
A D E
They cannot touch you now,
F#m D E D F#m
E
But me and my true love will never meet again.
[Outro]
G7 G7 G7 G7
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
************************************
No capo
[Intro]
E5 E
G C F F G C
G
Am F G F Am F G
[Verse 1]
C F G
At the record company meeting,
C F G
On their hands: a dead star.
Am F G
And ooh, the plans that they weave,
F Am F G E*
And ooh, the sickening greed.
[Verse 2]
A D E
At the record company party
A D E
On their hands: a dead star.
F#m D E
The sycophantic slags all say:
D A D E
"I knew him first, and I knew him well."
A D E
Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package!
A D E
Re-evaluate the songs,
F#m D E
Double pack with a photograph,
D A D E G
Extra track (and a tacky badge.)
[Verse 3]
C F
A-list, playlist,
G
"Please them, please them, please them!"
C F G
(Sadly, this was your life)
Am F G
But you could have said no, if you'd wanted to,
F Am F G
You could have said no, if you'd wanted to.
[Verse 4]
C F
BPI, MTV, BBC,
G
"Please them. please them!"
C F G
(Sadly, this was your life)
Am F G
But you could have said no, if you'd wanted to,
F Am F G E*
You could have walked away, couldn't you?
[Verse 5]
A D E
I touched you at the soundcheck,
A D E
You had no real way of knowing.
F#m D E D
In my heart I begged, "Take me with you.
F#m D E
I don't care where you're going."
[Verse 6]
A D
But to you I was faceless,
E
I was fawning, I was boring.
A D E
A child from those ugly new houses,
F#m D E
Who could never begin to know,
D F#m D E G
Who could never really know.
[Solo]
C F F G C F
Am F G F Am F G
F
F G C F G Am
F G F Am F G E*
[Guitar Solo]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------7-8h7---------10/12-10-8p7--------------10-8-10-8-10-12-12-10-10---|
G|7-7-9-------7-7-9-9--------------7-7-9-9-9/11----------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|10-10--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------7-8p7-------------12-10----12-10-------------------------14-14p12--|
G|------------9-9----------------------------------------9/12--------------|
D|------------------------------12-------11h12-12--17/12------14-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------10h11---11h12-12--|
G|12p11----------------------14-12-14-12-14-16-16-14-14--------------------|
D|------12-12-14-14----14h16-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 7]
A D E
Best of! Most of! Satiate the need,
A D E
Slip them into different sleeves!
F#m D E D
Buy both, and feel deceived,
F#m D E
Climber, new entry re-entry.
[Verse 8]
A D
World tour!("Media whore!")
E A
"Please the press in Belgium!"
D E
(This was your life...)
F#m D E D
And when it fails to recoup? Well, maybe:
F#m D E G
You just haven't earned it yet, baby.
[Verse 9]
C F G
I walked a pace behind you at the souundcheck.
C F G
You're just the same as I am.
Am F G
What makes most people feel happy
F Am F G
Leads us headlong into harm.
C F
So, in my bedroom in those ugly new houses,
G C F G
I dance my legs down to the knees.
Am F G F Am
G E*
But me and my true love will never meet again...
[Verse 10]
A D E
At the record company meeting,
A D E
On their hands, at last, a dead star!
F#m D E
But they can never taint you in my eyes,
D F#m D E
They can never touch you now.
A D E
No, they cannot hurt you my darling,
A D E
They cannot touch you now,
F#m D E D F#m
E
But me and my true love will never meet again.
[Outro]
G7 G7 G7 G7
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
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