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Date: Sun, 19 Nov 95 13:20:40 EST

From: Winston Campbell

Subject: IS IT REALLY SO STRANGE? by The Smiths

Is It Really So Strange?

(Morrissey/Marr)

This is a pretty standard Smiths song.  Of course Marr improvises a lot by

playing the E chord on the fourth fret while he has another guitar playing an

open E chord.  A note:  When playing the E chord during the verses, to get

that one note drone, make sure you play the note G on the lower E string and

bend it (with your pinky) to give it that bluesy flavour.

Intro:  E   E   E   A   B

           E

I left the North

I traveled South

I found a tiny house

  A              B        E

I can~t help the way I feel

A      B         E

oh yes you can kick me

and you can punch me

and you can break my face

        A                B        E

but you won~t change the way i feel

A             E

Cause i love you

          G#m    C#m F#m     B    E

And is it really so  strange?

          G#m    C#m F#m     B    E

Oh, is it really so  strange?

          G#m        C#m       F#m     B-Bb-A

Oh, is it really so, really so strange?

                  B

I say NO, you say YES

                    D

(but you will still change your mind)

    D-Eb-  E

I left the South

I traveled North

I got confused- I killed a horse

  A              B        E

I can~t help the way I feel

A       B        E

Oh yes, you can punch me

and you can buck me

and you can break my spine

        A                B       E

but you won~t change the way I feel

A             E

Cause I love you

          G#m    C#m F#m     B    E

And is it really so  strange?

          G#m    C#m F#m     B    E

Oh, is it really so  strange?

          G#m        C#m       F#m     B-Bb-A

Oh, is it really so, really so strange?

                  B

I say NO, you say YES

                                D

(but you will still change your mind)

D-D-Eb-E

E    E    A    B

           E

I left the North again

I left the South again

I got confused- I killed a nun

  A              B       E

I CAN~T HELP THE WAY I FEEL

  A              B       E

I CAN~T HELP THE WAY I FEEL

  A              B       E

I CAN~T HELP THE WAY I FEEL

A                         E

(I lost my bag in Newport Pagnell)

           G#m  C#m      F#m     B    E

Why is the last mile the hardest mile

   G#m        C#m           F#m         B    E

My throat was dry, with the sun in my eyes

      G#m     C#m    F#m   B-Bb-A

And I realised, I realised

That I could never

        B                   D      D-D-Eb-E

I could never, never, never go home again

Questions, comments, criticisms.  Feel free to email me.  Bye-bye...

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