Smiths — London Tab

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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 95 17:32:45 EST
From: Winston Campbell 


London
   (Morrissey/Marr)


Basically, this is a very simple Smiths song (off of —Louder Than Bombs—) but
highly effective.  What I will mean by the F# riff is just:

   F# riff

E ——————————————————————|
B ——————————————————————|
G ——————————————————————|  (this is just the F# note being repeated over
D ——————————————————————|   and over again, of course)
A ——————————————————————|
E —2—2—2——2—2——2—2——2—2—|


Intro:  Feedback, F# riff

F# riff
Smoke lingers ~round your fingers
Train, heave on—to Euston
       B5                    E5                       F# riff
Do you think you~ve made the right decision this time?
  B5      E5       F# riff
Aaahhh, aaahh, aaahhh...

F# riff
Left your tired family grieving
And you think they~re said because you~re leaving
                       B5                          E5                 F# riff
But didn~t you see the Jealousy in the eyes of the ones you left behind
           B5                    E5                       F# riff
And do you think you~ve made the right decision this time?

F# riff
You left your girlfriend on the platform
With this really ragged notion that you~ll return
         B5                  E5
But she knows that when he goes
            F# riff
He really goes
           B5                    E5                       F# riff
And do you think you~ve made the right decision this time?


The ending riff goes something like this (with minor variations):

   F#m       D5  E5    C#m       D5  E5

E ———5———————————————|———9———————————————||
B ——————7————————————|——————9————————————||
G —6——————6——7—7—9—9—|—9——————9——7—7—9—9—||
D ———————————7—7—9—9—|———————————7—7—9—9—||
A ———————————————————|———————————————————||
E ———————————————————|———————————————————||


and the song fades out (and into PANIC!!)