The Smiths were a rock band which formed in 1982 in Manchester, England, United Kingdom. The band consisted of Steven 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).

The Smiths est un groupe de rock anglais créé en 1982 et séparé en 1987. C'était un quatuor musical de Manchester fondé autour de Johnny Marr (né le 31 octobre 1963) et de Steven Patrick Morrissey (né le 22 mai 1959), chanteur et parolier.  Morrissey et Marr (de son vrai nom Johnny Maher, mais il changea de nom pour ne pas être confondu avec le batteur des Buzzcocks) se sont rencontrés le 20 mai 1982 au domicile de Morrissey, à Stretford (384, Kings Road).

The Smiths waren eine britische Indie-Rock Band der 80er Jahre. Sie wurde 1982 in Manchester, UK vom Gitarristen/Songwriter Johnny Marr und Sänger/Songwriter Morrissey gegründet. Nach dem Weggang von Marr löste sich die Gruppe im September 1987 auf.  Die Smiths gelten als die Entwickler des modernen Indie-Rock und hatten vor allem auf die Britpop-Bewegung der 1990er-Jahre enormen Einfluss. In der Musik der Smiths vereinigten sich traditionelle Rockelemente mit eingängigem Pop, elegante Melodien mit kraftvollen Gitarrenriffs...

The Smiths fue una banda de rock formada en Manchester, Inglaterra en 1982 por el cantante Morrissey y el guitarrista Johnny Marr.  La banda disfrutó de un éxito considerable hasta su separación en 1987. Su música ha sido de gran influencia en la música indie.  Dos de las cosas más notables del grupo fue su polémico cantante, un avezado lector fanático de Oscar Wilde y James Dean,  con sus no menos polémicas letras repletas de poesía y la música compuesta por Marr...

E (let ring)

    A                         C#m        B
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held 
   C#m     B            E
It pays my way, and it corrodes my soul
    A                         C#m      B
I want to leave, you will not miss me 
          C#m         B      A           E    
I want to go down in musical history 


    A                        C#m         B
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, I'm a sickening wreck
    C#m           B         E 
I've got the 21st century breathing down my neck 
    A                       C#m       B
I must move fast, you understand me 
          C#m         B        A       E
I want to go down in celluloid history, Mr. Shankly 


  A              C#m     B
Fame, Fame, fatal Fame 
          C#m       B            E
It can play hideous tricks on the brain 
             A           
But still I'd rather be Famous 
      C#m           B  C#m
Than righteous or holy, any day 
B           A      E
Any day, any day 


       A                        C#m     B
But sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled 
       C#m            B                    E
Making Christmas cards with the mentally ill 
         A                      C#m     B
I want to live and I want to Love 
          C#m           B                    A           E
I want to catch something that I might be ashamed of 


    A                          C#m           B
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held 
   C#m       B              E
It pays my way and it corrodes my soul 
             A                       C#m     B
Oh, I didn't realise that you wrote poetry 
          C#m            B                  A                 E
I didn't realise you wrote such bloody awful poetry, Mr. Shankly 


    A                         C#m    B
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask 
          C#m       B           E
You are a flatulent pain in the arse 
          A                C#m    B
I do not mean to be so rude 
         C#m            B          A 
Still, I must speak frankly, Mr. Shankly 
                 E
Oh, give us your money ! 


# :)

Frankly, Mr. Shankly

# Intro:

#   Fm C# D#


# Fm D#       Fm D#   C#    G# D#
   Take me out tonight

#               Fm                D#
where there's music and there's people

#         Fm        D# C#  G# D#
who are young and alive


# Fm      D#       Fm  D#
Driving in your car

#   C#                      G#
I never never want to go home

# D#                 Fm      D# Fm D#
because I haven't got one

#    C#    G# D#
anymore


# Fm D#       Fm D#   C#    G# D#
   Take me out tonight

#           Fm          D#
because I want to see people and I

# Fm          D#      C# G# D#
want to see lights


# Fm      D#       Fm  D#
Driving in your car

#    C#                    G#
oh please don't drop me home

# D#                Fm            D#
because it's not my home, it's their

#               Fm         D#     C# G# D#
home, and I'm welcome no more


# Chorus:

#   Cm C#

#   D#        G#             Fm
  And if a double-decker bus

#   C#               D#
  crashes into us

#             G#
  to die by your side

#          C#               D#
  such a heavenly way to die


#            G#         Fm
  And if a ten ton truck

#   C#                    D#
  kills the both of us

#             G#
  to die by your side

#       C#                         D#
  the pleasure the privilege is mine


# Fm D#       Fm D#   C#    G# D#
   Take me out tonight

#            Fm                D#    Fm D# C# G# D#
oh take me anywhere, I don't care


#            Fm       D#    Fm
And in the darkened underpass

#   D#          C#                               G# D#
I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last

#             Fm           D#
(but then a strange fear gripped me and I

# Fm            D#    C# G# D#
just couldn't ask)


# Fm D#       Fm D#   C#    G# D#
   Take me out tonight

#         Fm                D#    Fm D# C# G# D#
take me anywhere, I don't care


#      Fm      D#       Fm  D#
Just driving in your car

#   C#                      G#
I never never want to go home

# D#                 Fm      D# Fm D#
because I haven't got one

#           C#       G# D#
I haven't got one


# Chorus


# Fm         D#            Fm         D#
There is a light and it never goes out

# C#                       G#          D#
There is a light and it never goes out

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

The Some Girls are Bigger Than Others Songfacts says: As with every original Smiths recording, this song's music was composed by guitarist Johnny Marr and the lyrics were written by vocalist Morrissey. Having written the instrumentation, Marr was taken aback when the singer presented him with his proposed name for the song. &quot;I was surprised when the title came about,&quot; he recalled to NME June 18, 2011, &quot;It wasn't what I expected for the music, but who would expect that.&quot;

C          Am           G
From the ice-age to the dole-age 
F                Dm
There is but one concern 
Em
I have just discovered 

Am                        F      G
Some girls are bigger than others 
Am                        F      G
Some girls are bigger than others 
F           Dm                            
Some girl's mothers are bigger than 
Em          
Other girl's mothers 

Am                        F      G
Some girls are bigger than others 
Am                        F      G
Some girls are bigger than others 
F           Dm 
Some girl's mothers are bigger than 
Em          
Other girl's mothers 

Fill Am,F,G,C*

(C) Am                 G
As Anthony said to Cleopatra 
      F                 Dm
As he opened a crate of ale 
Em
Oh, I say

Am                        F      G
Some girls are bigger than others 
Am                        F      G
Some girls are bigger than others 
F           Dm 
Some girl's mothers are bigger than 
Em          
Other girl's mothers 

Am                        F      G
Some girls are bigger than others 
Am                        F      G
Some girls are bigger than others 
F           Dm 
Some girl's mothers are bigger than 
Em          
Other girl's mothers  

Am  F           G
     Send me the pillow ... 
Am  F                G       
     The one that you dream on ... 
Am  F           G
     Send me the pillow ... 
Am  F                G             Am
     The one that you dream on ... 
  F           G        C
     And I'll send you mine

Outro:  Am,F,G

Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

The Smiths - I Know Its Over


    C                                                Am   
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
F   G        C
   and as I climb into an empty bed 
          Am
oh well, enough said
F G          F              G
  I know it's over still I cling
F                          G         F      G F
I don't know where else I can go, mother

    C                                               Am
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
F G         C
  see, the sea wants to take me

the knife wants to slit me
  Am
do you think you can help me?
F    G     C
Sad veiled bride, please be happy
                              Am
handsome groom, give her room
F     G       C
loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
                          Am
although she needs you more than she loves you
F G             F              G           
And I know it's over still I cling
F                          G  
I don't know where else I can go
F                    G               F     
it's over, it's over, it's over


            C
I know it's over
              F            
and it never really began
G               F       G       Am
but in my heart it was so real
F        G                          F G
and you even spoke to me and said:

 
C                                               Am         F G
If you're so funny then why are you on your own tonight?
C                                                 Am       F G
and if you're so clever then why are you on your own tonight?
C                                              Am          F G
if you're so very entertaining then why are you on your own tonight?
C                                                  Am    F G   
if you're so very good looking why do you sleep alone tonight?


             C                                  
I know   cause tonight is just like any other night
                           Am         F  G
that's why you're on your own tonight
             C                    
with your triumphs and your charms
         Am
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      
it takes strength to be gentle and kind
Fmaj9                G
it's over, over, over


F        G         F
It's so easy to laugh
                  G
it's so easy to hate
         F                      G
it takes guts to be gentle and kind
Fmaj9                G
it's over, over, over

         C           F   G
Love is natural and real
    F       G        Am
but not for you, my love
    F           G
not tonight my love
F G      C           F
love is natural and real
G    F              G            Em      F G
but not for such as you and I, my love
 
    C            F        G            F    G   Am  F G   FG  Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C            F        G            F    G   Am  F G   F G 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C            F        G            F    G   Am  F G   F G 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C            F        G            F    G   Am  F G   F G 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C            F        G            F    G   Am  F G   F G 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head

repeat to fade....

I Know It's Over

The boy with the thorn in his side - The Smiths

intro:  Am7 - D* - Am7 - D* - Am7 - D* - C - D

G  Gsus4  G                    Am7
 The boy with the thorn in his side
              C   Cadd9     D*
Behind the hatered there lies
G  Gsus4  G         Am7
A murderous desire
  C  Cadd9   D*
For love

              
How can they look into my eyes                    
And still they don't believe me          
How can they hear me say those words                 
Still they don't believe me

And if they don't believe me now
Will they ever believe me?
And if they don't believe me now
Will they ever believe me?

Ohhh, ohhh, ohhh, ohhh

The boy with the thorn in his side
Behind the hatered there lies
A plundering desire
For love

How can they see the love in our eyes
And still they don't believe us
And after all this time
They don't want to believe us


Chords:
D:     2225
D*:    2220
G:     0232
Gsus4: 0233
C:     0003
Cadd9: 0005
Am7:   0000

The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

Intro - D

1ST VERSE
G                            B#m         A 
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held 
   B#m     A               D
It pays my way, and it corrodes my soul
          G                   B#m      A
I want to leave, you will not miss me 
          B#m        A          G        D
I want to go down in musical history 


VERSE 2
G                           B#m       A
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, I'm a sickening wreck 
             B#m   A       D
I've got the 21st century breathing down my neck 
             G             B#m      A
I must move fast, you understand me 
             B#m     A         G
I want to go down in celluloid history, Mr. Shankly 

MIDDLE


VERSE 3
G                 B#m    A
Fame, Fame, fatal Fame 
            B#m     A             D
It can play hideous tricks on the brain
               G 
But still I'd rather be famous 
     B#m          A
Than righteous or holy 
B#m          A        G        D
Any day, any day, any day 


VERSE 4    
    G                          B#m      A
But sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled 
       B#m            A                  D
Making Christmas cards with the mentally ill 
          G                  B#m     A
I want to live and I want to Love 
          B#m                  A           G          D
I want to catch something that I might be ashamed of 


VERSE 5
G                            B#m         A
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held 
   B#m     A             D
It pays my way and it corrodes my soul 
              G                     B#m    A
Oh, I didn't realise that you wrote poetry 
         B#m               A                 G                     D
I didn't realise you wrote such bloody awful poetry, Mr. Shankly 


VERSE 6
G                            B#m    A
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask 
          B#m       A           D
You are a flatulent pain in the arse 
         G             B#m   A
I didn't mean to be so rude 
         B#m        A            G
Still, I must speak frankly, Mr. Shankly 
                 D
Oh, give us your money !

Frankly Mr Shankly

Here is some background information on &quot;Big Mouth Strikes Again&quot; from Songfacts.com:  The high-pitched voice in the background is Morrissey's altered to a higher pitch. The sleeve notes credit it to Ann Coates, but that is just a jokey reference to the Ancoats area of Manchester, The Smiths' home town.

Am  Am7     C         Dadd9        Am  Am7  
Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when
  
   F     G         Am    Am7         C      Dadd9  Am Am7 F G 
I said I'd like to smash every tooth in your head

Am   Am7   C         Dadd9      Am Am7
Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking when
  F         G         Am  Am7       C           Dadd9  Am Am7
I said by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed.


     F    G                Am Am7     C    Dadd9
And now I know how Joan of Arc felt, now I know how

        Am Am7  F  G     Am  Am7
Joan of Arc felt, as the flames rose
             C            Dadd9   Am Am7  F G
to her Roman nose and her Walkman started to melt                         

 Am  Am7        C  Dadd9  
 Bigmouth   la da da da da
 Am Am7  F     G         
 Bigmouth  la da da da
         Am Am7                        C                Dadd9
Bigmouth strikes again and I've got no right to take my place with the
Am Am7    F G
human race

Bigmouth Strikes Again

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
F                          G         F      G F
I don't know where else I can go, mother

    C                                               Am7
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
F G         C
  see, the sea wants to take me

the knife wants to slit me
  Am
do you think you can help me?
F    G     C
Sad veiled bride, please be happy
                              Am7
handsome groom, give her room
F     G       C
loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
                          Am7
although she needs you more than she loves you
F G             F              G           
And I know it's over still I cling
F                          G  
I don't know where else I can go
F                    G               F     
it's over, it's over, it's over

            C
I know it's over
              F            
and it never really began
G               F       G       Am
but in my heart it was so real
F        G                          F G
and you even spoke to me and said:

 
C                                               Am7         F G
"If you're so funny then why are you on your own tonight?


C                                                 Am7         F G
and if you're so clever then why are you on your own tonight?
C                                                        Am7         F G
if you're so very entertaining then why are you on your own tonight?
C                                                  Am7    
if you're so very good looking why do you sleep alone tonight?


     F G        C                                  
I know   cause 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      
it takes strength to be gentle and kind
Fmaj9                G
it's over, over, over


F        G         F
It's so easy to laugh
                  G
it's so easy to hate
         F                      G
it takes guts to be gentle and kind
Fmaj9                G
it's over, over, over

         C           F   G
Love is natural and real
    F       G        Am
but not for you, my love
    F           G
not tonight my love
F G      C           F
love is natural and real
G    F              G            Em      F G
but not for such as you and I, my love
 
    C            F        G            F    G   Am  F G   F G      
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C            F        G            F    G   Am  F G   F G 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C            F        G            F    G   Am  F G   F G 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C            F        G            F    G   Am  F G   F G 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C            F        G            F    G   Am  F G   F G 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head

I Know Its Over

According to the Frankly, Mr Shankly Songfacts, it is reputed that the song addresses Geoff Travis, the head of the Smiths' record label Rough Trade. Travis acknowledged in an interview with Mojo April 2011 that a line in the song about &quot;bloody awful poetry&quot; was a reference to a poem he had written for Morrissey.

VERSE 1
G                            Bm         A 
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held 

   Bm     A               D
It pays my way, and it corrodes my soul

          G                   Bm      A
I want to leave, you will not miss me 

          Bm        A          G        D
I want to go down in musical history 


VERSE 2
G                           Bm       A
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, I'm a sickening wreck 

             Bm   A       D
I've got the 21st century breathing down my neck 

             G             Bm      A
I must move fast, you understand me 

             Bm     A         G
I want to go down in celluloid history, Mr. Shankly 



VERSE 3
G                 Bm    A
Fame, Fame, fatal Fame 

            Bm     A             D
It can play hideous tricks on the brain

               G 
But still I'd rather be famous 

     Bm          A
Than righteous or holy 

Bm          A        G        D
Any day, any day, any day 


VERSE 4    
    G                          Bm      A
But sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled 

       Bm            A                  D
Making Christmas cards with the mentally ill 

          G                  Bm     A
I want to live and I want to Love 

          Bm                  A           G          D
I want to catch something that I might be ashamed of 


VERSE 5
G                            Bm         A
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held 

   Bm     A             D
It pays my way and it corrodes my soul 

              G                     Bm    A
Oh, I didn't realize that you wrote poetry 

         Bm               A                 G                     D
I didn't realize you wrote such bloody awful poetry, Mr. Shankly 


VERSE 6

G                            Bm    A
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask 

          Bm       A           D
You are a flatulent pain in the arse 

         G             Bm   A
I didn't mean to be so rude 

         Bm        A            G
Still, I must speak frankly, Mr. Shankly 

                 D
Oh, give us your money !

Frankly Mr. Shankly

The Queen Is Dead

G               G               G               G  
              

G               D       C       D          G       D       C       D
Girlfriend in a coma, I know, I know, it's serious
G               D       C       D          G       D       C       D
Girlfriend in a coma, I know, I know, it's really serious


G                      D          C   D       G       D       C       D
There were times when I could have murdered her
           D           G      D       C           D       G        D
but you know I would hate anything to happen to her
      C             D
Now I don't want to see her


       Em           D      C             D
Do you really think she'll pull through?
       Em                  D      C      D
Do you really think she'll pull through?
       Em           D      C             D


G               D       C       D          G       D       C       D
Girlfriend in a coma, I know, I know, it's serious
G       D       C       D          G       D       C       D
My, my, my, my, my, my, my baby goodbye
           G            D           C    D    G       D       C       D
There were times when I could have strangled her
           D           G      D       C           D       G        D
but you know I would hate anything to happen to her
          C             D
Would you please let me see her?


       Em           D      C             D
Do you really think she'll pull through?
       Em                  D    C        D
Do you really think she'll pull through?
       Em           D      C             D

       G          D            C
Let me whisper my last goodbyes
  D         G
I know it's serious.
  D         G

Girlfriend In A Coma

Am        C    D   Em            Am      C    D   Em

G  Am				    C
  The lanes were silent, there was nothing no-one
 D		    Em      G
Nothing around for miles
  Am				   C           D
I danced a friendly venture with a hard-faced, 3-word gesture


Chorus
Bm
I started something, and forced you to a zone
	       C      D             Em
And you were clearly never meant to go
Bm
Hair brushed & parted, typical me, typical me, typical me
          C		  D		 Em
I started something, and now I'm not too sure


I grabbed you by the gilded beams... grrrrr...
That's what tradition means
And I danced another venture with a gesture
That was absolutely violent

Chorus

I grabbed you by the gilded beams... grrrrr...
That's what tradition means
And now 18 months hard labour
seems..... fair enough......

Chorus

I Started Something

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.


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

Paint A Vulgar Picture

Verses/Chorus 
A               Em    
Stop me oh oh oh stop me...

C                               D 
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before

A        Em                   C                    D
Nothings changed, I still love you oh I still love you

        A             Em                  C                        D
Only slightly, Only slightly less than I used to, My love 

Nothing's changed 
I still love you, oh, I still love you 
...Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love 


I was delayed, I was way-laid 
An emergency stop 
I smelt the last ten seconds of life 
I crashed down on the crossbar 
And the pain was enough to make 
A shy, bald, buddhist reflect 
And plan a mass murder 
Who said lied I'd to her ? 


Oh, who said I'd lied because I never ? I never ! 
Who said I'd lied because I never ? 
I was detained, I was restrained 
And broke my spleen 
And broke my knee 
(and then he really laced into me) 
Friday night in Out-patients 
Who said I'd lied to her ? 


Oh, who said I'd lied ? - because I never, I never 
Who said I'd lied ? - because I never 


Oh, so I drank one 
It became four 
And when I fell on the floor ... 
...I drank more 


Stop me, oh, stop me 
Stop me if you think that you've 
Heard this one before 
Stop me, oh, stop me 
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before 


Nothing's changed 
I still love you, oh, I still love you 
...Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before

Dm                  Bb       Dm              Bb                Dm
  i am the ghost of troubled joe hung by his pretty white neck
                       Bb
some eighteen months ago
                 Dm            Bb                      Dm
i travelled to a mystical time zone but i missed my bed
                Bb
so i soon came home, they said:
         Dm                       Bb
there's too much caffeine in your blood stream
      Dm                          Bb
and a lack of real spice in your life

i said:
           Dm                 Bb
leave me alone, because i~m alright, dad
         Dm                Bb
just surprised to be on my own...

Eb                     Dm
ooh, but don~t mention love
             Eb                  Dm
i~d hate the strain of the pain again

   Dm                      Bb                      Dm
a rush and a push and the land that we stand on is ours
               Bb                  Dm
it has been before so i shall be again
                    Bb                 Dm
and people who are uglier than you and i
                    Bb         
they take what they need and just leave

Eb                     Dm
ooh, but don~t mention love
             Eb                           Dm
i~d hate the pain of the strain all over again

   Dm                      Bb                      Dm
a rush and a push and the land that we stand on is ours
              Bb                      Dm
it has been before so why can~t it be now?
                     Bb                Dm
and people who are weaker than you and i
                    Bb
they take what they want from life

Eb                     Dm
ooh, but don~t mention love
Eb                    Dm
no, no- don~t mention love

   Dm                     Bb                        Dm                   
a rush and a push and the land that we stand on is ours
                  Bb                           Dm
your youth may be gone but you~re still a young man
Bb
so phone me, phone me, phone me
Dm
phone me, phone me, phone me

Eb                  Dm
ooh, i think i~m in love...

A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours

Strangeways, Here We Come

   INTRO: Gmaj7  E7


	   Gmaj7	   E7
   Call me morbid, call me pale
              Gmaj7	        E7
   I've spent six years on your trail
   Bm  A6   G
   Six long years
           E7     A
   On your trail

	   Gmaj7           E7
   Call me morbid, call me pale
	      Gmaj7             E7
   I've spent six years on your trail
   Bm       A6          G		 E7  A
   Six full years of my life on your trail


	      F#			G  D  A
   And if you have five seconds to spare
	     F#			      G    C  G6
   Then I'll tell you the story of my life :
   D		       A
   Sixteen, clumsy and shy
F#			 Bm G
   I went to London and I
     D                       A     F#m  F#
   I booked myself in at the Y ... W.C.A.
               Gmaj7                E7
   I said : "I like it here - can I stay ?
     Gmaj7                E7
   I like it here - can I stay ?
   Bm            A6      G
   Do you have a vacancy
                   E7    A
   For a Back-scrubber?"

   She was left behind, and sour
   And she wrote to me, equally dour
   She said : "In the days when you were
   Hopelessly poor
   I just liked you more..."

   And if you have five seconds to spare
   Then I'll tell you the story of my life :
   Sixteen, clumsy and shy
   I went to London and I
   I booked myself in at the Y ... W.C.A.
   I said : "I like it here - can I stay ?
   I like it here - can I stay ?
   And do you have a vacancy
   For a Back-scrubber ?"


   Call me morbid, call me pale
   I've spent too long on your trail
   Far too long
   Chasing your tail
   Oh ...

     
              F#                       G  D  A
   And if you have five seconds to spare
             F#                       G    C  G6
   Then I'll tell you the story of my life :
   D                   A
   Sixteen, clumsy and shy
F#                     Bm     G  
   That's the story of my life
   D                   A
   Sixteen, clumsy and shy
       F#m         F#    
   The story of my life
              Gmaj7          E7
   That's the story of my life
Gmaj7                      E7
   That's the story of my life
Gmaj7                     E7
   That's the story of my life
Gmaj7                 E7..... 
   The story of my life

(repeat Gmaj7/E7 until end)
   That's the story of my life
   That's the story of my life
   That's the story of my life
   That's the story of my life
   That's the story of my life
   That's the story ... 

Half A Person

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.,

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Subject: /s/Smiths/Asleep.crd

ASLEEP  by The Smiths from 'Louder Than Bombs'
        Arranged for guitar by Mike Higgott, mah@dmu.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]

Asleep

G   Am     C   D
Shyness is nice and
G   Am      C   D
Shyness can stop you
     G     Am      C         D
From doing all the things in life
            G   Am   C   D
You'd like to

G Am C D 
Shyness is nice and
Shyness can stop you
From doing all the things in life
You'd like to

G Am C D 
So, if there's something you'd like to try
If there's something you'd like to try
Ask me I wont say no, how could I?

G Am C D 
Coyness is nice, and
Coyness can stop you
From saying all the things in
Life you'd like to

G Am C D 
So, if there's something you'd like to try
If there's something you'd like to try
Ask me I wont say no, how could I?

G Am C D 
Spending warm Summer days indoors
Writing frightening verse
To a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg

G       G       G            C
Ask me, ask me, ask me
G       G       G
Ask me, ask me, ask me

        G     Am    C    D
Because if it's not Love
              G      Am       C
Then it's the bomb, the bomb, the bomb,
   D        G        Am       C
the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb
          D              Em   D   C       Em   D   C
That will bring us together

G      Am    C     D   G   Am  C  D
Nature is a language - can't you read ?
Nature is a language - can't you read ?

    G       G       G           C
So, ask me, ask me, ask me,
G       G       G
Ask me, ask me, ask me

G Am C D 
Because if it's not Love
Then it's the bomb, the bomb, the bomb,
the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb
That will bring us together

(G Am C D 
If it's not Love
Then it's the bomb
Then it's the bomb
That will bring us together
    
    G       G       G          C
So, ask me, ask me, ask me,
G       G       G
Ask me, ask me, ask me

G Am C D 
Oh, la...

G Am C D

Louder Than Bombs

|:   Am    F  G/D   F       Am   F       Am   F  :|

Am    F            G/D  F           Am      F   Am    F
     Heifer whines ...    could be human cries 
Am    F   G/D  F      Am             F      Am   F
Closer,  comes   the screaming knife
F                                          D7
This beautiful creature must die ... this beautiful creature must die 
    F                        G                      Am
A death for no reason, and death for no reason is murder
         F                                    D7
And the flesh you so fancifully fry, is not succulent, tasty, or kind
      F          F/E          F/D                 F      Am         D/A
It's death for no reason, and death for no reason is murder
        F             F/E            F/D     F      Am        D/A
And the calf that you carve with a smile ... is murder
          F           F/E      F/D     F      Am     C
And the turkey you festively slice ... is murder
         B                      Am   F   G/D   F
  Do you know how animals die?
  
Am     F     Am   F               F                   D7          
Kitchen aroma's ...  aren't very homely... It's not comforting, cheery, or kind
     F         F/E           F/D      F         Am         D/A
It's sizzling blood, and the unholy stench of MURDER
         F                                 D7
It's not natural, normal, or kind ... the flesh you so fancifully fry
    F             F/E        F/D          F          Am         D/A
The meat in your mouth as you savor the flavor of murder
F   F/E  F/D  F          Am  D/A    F   F/E  F/D  F           Am    C
No,  no,  no ... it's murder...     no,  no,  no ...  it's murder
       B                         
Who hears when animals cry?

|:   Am   F   G/D   F        Am   F     Am   F   :| repeat to fade

Meat Is Murder


INTRO  Bm7 D A A

VERSE 1 
 N.C      Bm7
Punctured bicycle
      D                 A
on a hill side desolate,
                             Bm7         D
will nature make a man of me yet
            A
when this charming car 
           Bm7    D 
this charming man
     A
why pamper lifes complexity

when the leather runs smooth
                  Bm7   D
on the passengers seat______


PRE CHORUS
           A
I would go out tonight
                             Bm7   D
but i havent got a stitch to wear
     A
this man said its gruesome
                                Bm7   D
that someone so handsome should care______

CHORUS
   Dmaj9  E6              F#m7
Ah!    a jumped up pantry boy
    B9             Dmaj9
who never knew his place
   B9     F#m7
he said return the ring
   Dmaj9           E6          F#m7   B9
he knows so much a-bout these things
   Dmaj9           E6          F#m7  
he knows so much a-bout these things

PRE CHORUS 2
 N.C        A
I would go out tonight
                             Bm7   D
but i havent got a stitch to wear
     A  
this man said its gruesome
                                  Bm7   D
that someone so handsome should care___
       A                       Bm7      D
La la la la la la la this charming man___
     A                         Bm7      D
La la la la la la la this charming man___

CHORUS 2
  Dmaj9  E6              F#m7
Ah!    a jumped up pantry boy
    B9             Dmaj9
who never knew his place
   B9     F#m7
he said return the ring
   Dmaj9           E6          F#m7   B9
he knows so much a-bout these things
   Dmaj9           E6          F#m7  
he knows so much a-bout these things
   Dmaj9     E6    F#m7  B9            Dmaj9  B9   F#m7
he knows so much a-bout these    things_________

OUTRO   Dmaj9 E6 F#m7 B9 Dmaj9 B9 F#m7 F#m7

This Charming Man

Am                F               G
I degree today that life is simply taking and not giving
        Am      F                G
England is mine and it owes me a living
           Am            F            G
But ask me why and i'll spit in your eye
   Am           F                    G
Oh ask me why and i'll spit in your eye
    Em         Am          F           G
But we cannot cling to the old dreams anymore
   Em         Am              F          G
No we cannot cling to those dreams.
          Am        F
Does the body rule mind?
             G
or does the mind rule the body?
          Am    F   G
i dunno...
          Am    F          G
Under the iron bridge we kissed
             Am          F          G
and although i ended up with sore lips
         Em   Am            F   G
It just wasnt like the old days anymore
   Em       Am          F
No it wasnt like those days
 G          Am  F  G
Am i still ill?

Am F G

         Am             F
Does the body rule the mind
              G
or does the mind rule the body?

         Am  F G
I dunno...
       Am            F    G
Ask me why and I'll die
   Am          F        G
oh ask me why and I'll die
           Em          Am    F       G
and if you must go to work tomorrow
        Em         Am          F    G
well if I were you I wouldn't bother
                Am               F   G
for there are brighter sides to life

and I should know because I've seen them
                    Am  F G
but not very often


Am    F          G
Under the iron bridge we kissed
             Am          F          G
and although i ended up with sore lips
         Em   Am            F   G
It just wasnt like the old days anymore
   Em       Am          F
No it wasnt like those days
 G          Am  F  G
Am i still ill?

Am F G

Still Ill

Smiths - What Difference Does it make?

A               C                 D                  A           
all men have secrets and here is mine so let it be known

                      C                         D             A
we have been through hell and high tide i can surely rely on you

              C                      D                   A
and yet you start to recoil heavy words are so lightly thrown

                     C            D
but still id leap infront of a flying bullet for you 

A           D               E
so what difference does it make 

A        D                 E
so what difference does it make

F#m       D         F#m         D
it makes none but now you have gone

    F#m                  D          A
and you must be looking very old tonight

A          C                  D            A
the devil will find work for idle hands to do

              C              D                  A
I stole and I lied and why because you asked me to

                     C                           D            A
but now you make me feel so ashamed because Ive only got two hands

                        C    D
well I'm still fond of you oh oo oo oo  oo

A         D                E      A        D                E
so what difference does it make, so what difference does it make

F#m        D   F#m               D
it makes none but now you have gone

      F#m                 D          A
and your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight

A            C                   D            A
oh the devil will find work for idle hands to do

                    C          D                  A
I stole and then I lied just because you asked me to

                       C                      D         A
but now you know the truth about me you won't see me anymore

                        C       D
well I'm still fond of you wo ho oo oo oo

A     D            E   A     D        E
but no more apologies, no more apologies 

F#m          D    F#m          D   
oh I'm too tired I'm so very tried 

         F#m           D            A
and I'm feeling very sick and ill today

                       C          D
but I'm still fond of you who ho oo oo

What Difference Does It Make?

Intro:-  Dsus2 C G   Dsus2 C G

Verse 1
 Em7       A7sus2  C
  Hand in glove
    Em7                     A7sus2   Cmaj7
the sun shines out of our behinds
       Em7                 A7sus2
no its not like any other love
C           Em7                    A7sus2 Cmaj7
this one is different because its us!

Hand In Glove

A               C                 D                  A           
all men have secrets and here is mine so let it be known

                      C                         D             A
we have been through hell and high tide i can surely rely on you

              C                      D                   A
and yet you start to recoil heavy words are so lightly thrown

                     C            D
but still id leap infront of a flying bullet for you 

A           D               E
so what difference does it make 

A        D                 E
so what difference does it make

F#m       D         F#m         D
it makes none but now you have gone

    F#m                  D          A
and you must be looking very old tonight

A          C                  D            A
the devil will find work for idle hands to do

              C              D                  A
I stole and I lied and why because you asked me to

                     C                           D            A
but now you make me feel so ashamed because Ive only got two hands

                        C    D
well I'm still fond of you oh oo oo oo  oo

A         D                E      A        D                E
so what difference does it make, so what difference does it make

F#m        D   F#m               D
it makes none but now you have gone

      F#m                 D          A
and your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight

A            C                   D            A
oh the devil will find work for idle hands to do

                    C          D                  A
I stole and then I lied just because you asked me to

                       C                      D         A
but now you know the truth about me you won't see me anymore

                        C       D
well I'm still fond of you wo ho oo oo oo

A     D            E   A     D        E
but no more apologies, no more apologies 

F#m          D    F#m          D   
oh I'm too tired I'm so very tried 

         F#m           D            A
and I'm feeling very sick and ill today

                       C          D
but I'm still fond of you who ho oo oo

What Difference Does It Make

A|--0-3---2----3-2-2------|
E|----0---0----0----------|
C|------4----0-----2------|
G|----2---0----0---0------|
                                      P        
A|--2-------2-0--------2----2----2---5-2-----|
E|-----2--0-------0--0----3----0---3---------|
C|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|                               
A|----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
E|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00------|
C|----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------|
G|--------------------------|
             H      H         H       H        H       H        
A|--------------7---------------------------------7-----------|
E|-------------------------------3----------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2----5--4-5--5-4-5----5--4-5--5--4-5---5--4-5--5--4-5-----|       H           ~   ~   P      P         H    ~      P      
A|---2-5---5---------5---5-2----5-2----5--2-5--5----5-5-2---|
E|---------0-------------2-0----2-0------0----------2-2-0---|
C|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--1----1----1--1------------------------1-----------------|
                              P               
A|-----2-2--2-----5---2---2-2---2----5---2--|
E|------0--0-0--0---0------2-3-2-2-0---0----|
C|---4---------0---------4--------0---------|
G|--------0------0-0-0-0------------0-0-0-0-|

Pretty Girls Make Graves

The Smiths

# Dmaj7.   A.                 D.         A
#       Good Times For A Change
#                             F#m.                      G.                        A.   Asus4.  A
# See The Look I've Had Could Make A Good Man Turn Bad
#      G.                    A.                 D.         A.          Gmaj7          
# So Please, Please, Please... Let Me, Let Me, Let Me...
#                               A                         Bm.    Gmaj7.    A
# Let Me Get What I Want This Time
# 
# Dmaj7.                        A.                         D.    A
#            Havn't Had A Dream In A Long Time        
#                           F#m.                       G.                A.   Asus4.  A
# See The Life I've Had Could Make A Good Man Bad
#     G.                         A.         D.     A.            Gmaj7
# So For Once In My Life Let Me... Get What I Want
#                     A.                                Bm
# Lord Knows It Would Be The First Time
#                     A.                                  D.    D7
# Lord Knows It Would Be The First Time
# 
# Instrumental Outro
# G.  A.  D.  A.  Dmaj7
# G.  A.  D.  D7.  F#m.  Bm
# G.  Dmaj7.  A
# ---

Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want

Intro:
Cmaj7 Cm    Gm7 F
F G F G

      Cmaj7                  Am
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
    Dm              F         G
But heaven knows I'm miserable now
      Cmaj7                          Am
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
    Dm             F          G
And heaven knows I'm miserable now

Cmaj7      F G
In my life
Cmaj7                       F/A   G
Why do I give valuable time
   C                    Am C       F/A G/B
To people who don't care if   I   live or die ?

F/A G
C C   Am C
F G


   Cmaj7            Am
Two lovers entwined pass me by
    Dm   Dm          F         G
And heaven knows I'm miserable now
      Cmaj7                          Am
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
    Dm             F          G
And heaven knows I'm miserable now

Cmaj7   Am
In my life
Dm                      F  G
Why do I give valuable time
   Cmaj7                     Am       Dm       F  G
To people who don't care if   I   live  or die ?

Cmaj7 Cm    Gm7 F
F G F G

         Cmaj7              Am
What she asked of me at the end of the day
 Dm     Dm         F       G
Caligula would have blushed
           Cmaj7                  Am
"Oh, you've been in the house too long" she said
    Dm                  F   G
And  I     na - turally fled

Cmaj7      F G
In my life
Cmaj7    F/A   G
Why do I smile
   C                     Am C       F/A G/B   
At people who I'd much rather kick in the  eye ?

F/A G
C C Am C
F G

      Cmaj7                  Am
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
    Dm             F         G
But heaven knows I'm miserable now
           Cmaj7                  Am
"Oh, you've been in the house too long" she said
    Dm                  F   G
And  I     na - turally fled

Cmaj7   Am
In my life
Dm                      F  G
Why do I give valuable time
   Cmaj7                     Am       Dm       F  G
To people who don't care if   I   live  or die ?

Cmaj7 Am Dm F G
Cmaj7 Cm    Gm7 F

Heaven Knows Im Miserable Now

Intro: A7 C D  x2

A7
I am the son and the heir
     C               D          A7
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar 

I am the son and heir
                           C    D   Fmaj7
Of nothing in particular 

              C
You shut your mouth 
            G
How can you say 
                      A7
I go about things the wrong way 
     Fmaj7                  C
I am Human and I need to be loved 
G                                   A7
Just like everybody else does 

A7 C D  x2

A7
I am the son and the heir
     C               D          A7
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar 

I am the son and heir
                           C    D   Fmaj7
Of nothing in particular 

              C
You shut your mouth 
            G
How can you say 
                      A7
I go about things the wrong way 
     Fmaj7                  C
I am Human and I need to be loved 
G                                   A7
Just like everybody else does 

A7 C D  x4

Fmaj7
                                 C
There's a club, if you'd like to go 
                       G           A7
You could meet somebody who really loves you 
       Fmaj7                     C
So you go, and you stand on your own 
                      G
And you leave on your own 

And you go home 

And you cry 
                A7
And you want to die 

A7 C D  x4

Fmaj7
                               C     G
When you say it's gonna happen now, 
                             A7
Well, when exactly do you mean?  
         Fmaj7              C       G
See I've already waited too long 
                   A7
And all my hope is gone

A7 C D  x4

Fmaj C G A7  x2

A7

A7 C D  x4

Fmaj7

              C
You shut your mouth 
            G
How can you say 
                      A7
I go about things the wrong way 
     Fmaj7                  C
I am Human and I need to be loved 
G                                   A7
Just like everybody else does

How Soon Is Now

Hatful Of Hollow

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

C#
There's a portrait
     Ab
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent 
              B
And gaze for hours on
    Bbm                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         Ab
Of some imaginary friend

F# Ab F#

        C#
So how about it 
        Ab
Show me please 
           F#
How I will look in twenty years
           C#
And let me please 
          B
Interpret history 
       Bbm        F#
In every line and scar 
               Ab                  
That's painted there in front of me

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

           C#
It doesn't matter
         Ab
What I'm thinking
       F#
What I tell myself to do
         C#      F#
I end up calling

       C#
I stay in to
                   Ab
Defrost the fridge
        F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
             C#
A feeling of dread
              B         
At least when she's around
    Bbm
The trouble's there
     F#                        Ab
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

       C#
Listen Johnny
              F#
You're like a mother
       C#                     F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

       C#
Listen Johnny
              Ab
You're like a mother
       F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

            B
And if they come tonight
       Bbm
You'll roll up tight
     F#             Ab
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# Ab to end.

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