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Half A Person Chords by The Smiths
This tab has correct chords with the capo on 2 the way Johnny Marr often played.
Capo: 2nd fret
Author julien111111 [a] 42.
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 Am G6/D F
e--0--|--2--|--3--|--0--|--0--|--1--|
B--1--|--3--|--3--|--1--|--0--|--1--|
G--2--|--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|--2--|
D--3--|--0--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--3--|
A--3--|-----|-----|--0--|-----|-----|
E-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
G E Em C Fsus4 G alternate
e--3--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--1--|--3--|
B--3--|--0--|--0--|--1--|--1--|--3--|
G--0--|--1--|--0--|--0--|--3--|--4--|
D--0--|--2--|--2--|--2--|--3--|--5--|
A--2--|--2--|--2--|--3--|-----|--5--|
E--3--|--0--|--0--|-----|-----|-----|
Half A Person by The Smiths
CAPO 2
Intro
Fmaj7 D
Verse
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
Call me morbid, call me pale
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
I've spent six years on your trail
Am G6/D F
Six long years
D G
On your trail
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
Call me morbid, call me pale
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
I've spent six years on your trail
Am G6/D F D G
Six full years of my life on your trail
Chorus
E F C G
And if you have five seconds to spare
E F Fsus4 F
Then I'll tell you the story of my life :
C G
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
E Am F
I went to London and I
C G Em E
I booked myself in at the Y ... W.C.A.
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
I said : "I like it here - can I stay ?
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
I like it here - can I stay ?
Am G6/D F
Do you have a vacancy
D G
For a Back-scrubber?"
Verse
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
She was left behind, and sour
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
And she wrote to me, equally dour
Am
She said : "In the days when you were
G6/D F
Hopelessly poor
D G
I just liked you more..."
Chorus
E F C G
And if you have five seconds to spare
E F Fsus4 F
Then I'll tell you the story of my life :
C G
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
E Am F
I went to London and I
C G Em E
I booked myself in at the Y ... W.C.A.
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
I said : "I like it here - can I stay ?
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
I like it here - can I stay ?
Am G6/D F
Do you have a vacancy
D G
For a Back-scrubber?"
Verse
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
Call me morbid, call me pale
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
I've spent too long on your trail
Am G6/D F
Far too long
D
Chasing your tail
G
Oh ...
Chorus/Outro
E F C G
And if you have five seconds to spare
E F Fsus4 F
Then I'll tell you the story of my life :
C G
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
E Am F
That's the story of my life
C G
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
Em E
The story of my life
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
That's the story of my life
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
That's the story of my life
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
That's the story of my life
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
That's the story of my life
Fmaj7 D Dsus4 D
That's the story of my life
**Fade out**
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From: "@large(@bold(Fergal))"
RIFF 1
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Bm E RIFF1 Bm E RIFF1
Call me morbid, call me pale. I've spent six years on your trail
Bm A G E Esus4 E
six long years on your trail.
Bm E RIFF 1 Bm E RIFF 1
Call me morbid, call me pale. I've spent six years on your trail
Bm A G E Esus4 E
six full years of my life on your trail.
Gb G(bar) C(bar) G Gb G(bar)
And if you have five seconds to spare, then I'll tell you the story of my life.
D A Gb Bm G
Sixteen clumsy and shy, I went to London and I
D A Gb
I booked myself in at the Y W C A
A E RIFF 1 A E RIFF 1
I said "i like it here, can I stay?", "i like it here, can I stay?",
Bm A G E Esus4 E
Do you have a vacancy for a back scrubber?
Well, the song just continues from there with the same basic chord sequences,
Not a complex song, but a brilliant one.
>From Fergal Boden
Queens University Belfast,
(u9246576@athmail.causeway.qub.ac.uk)