The Smiths – Back To The Old House (Guitar Acoustic)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (4)

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i have 2 different versions of this song: the first one follows the acoustic guitar in the song, which plays simple open chords the second one is more advanced. there are lots of tabs on this site which get the entire lead guitar part pretty accurately, so this is basically my attempt at finding chords which sound nice while also including lots of the lead guitar notes (the chords in the second version here aren't actually played in the song) hatful of hollow sounds maybe a 1/4 step sharper than that, you'll need to retune your guitar for it. but if you don't want to retune, capo on 3rd fret is as close as you can get ********** ver. 1 ********** chords: C x32010 Am7 x02010 Dsus2 xx0230 F xx3211 G 320033 Em 022000
Bm11   x20220
Bbmaj7 x13230 (actually a Bbmaj#11)
[Intro] C Am7 C Am7 C Am7 C [Verse 1]
Dsus2     C           Am7
I would rather not go

C           Am7       C Am7 C
Back to the old house

Dsus2     C           Am7
I would rather not go

C           Am7
Back to the old house

F     G            F      G
   There's too many   bad memories

F         G          Em   C
   Too many memories   there
Em C Em Bm11 G G Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 [Verse 2]
C           Am7
   When you cycled by

C           Am7             C
   Here began all my dreams

    Am7                C         Dsus2
The saddest thing I've ever seen

C          Am7
   And you never knew

    C                   Am7 C
How much I really liked you

                     Am7
Because I never even told you

C            Dsus2
   Oh, and I meant to

C      Am7         C   Am7  F    G       F        G
   Are you still the-e-e-re   or have you  moved away?

F     G         Em     C
   Or have you moved away?
Em C Em Bm11 G G Bbmaj7 [Verse 3]
Bbmaj7    C        Am7
I would love to go

C           Am7       C
Back to the old house

      Am7        C
But I never will

  Am7        C
I never will

  Am7    C Am7
I never will
[Outro] fades out C Am7 (x10) ********** ver. 2 ********** chords: Cmaj7 x32000 C x32010 Am7 x02010 Fmaj7/C x33210 Cadd9 x32030 Dsus2 xx0230 Fmaj7 xx3210 Fadd9 xx3213 F xx3211 G6 320030
Em7     022030
Dadd4   x54030 (actually a Dadd4add9)
Bm11 x20220
G       32003x
Bbmaj7  x13230 (actually a Bbmaj#11)
[Intro] Cmaj7 C Am7 Fmaj7/C (x3) C Cadd9 [Verse 1]
Dsus2 Fmaj7 Cmaj7    C  Am7 Fmaj7/C
I  would  rather not go

Cmaj7 C         Am7  Fmaj7/C    
Back    to the old house
Cmaj7 C Am7 Fmaj7/C C Cadd9
Dsus2 Fmaj7 Cmaj7    C  Am7 Fmaj7/C
I  would  rather not go

Cmaj7 C         Am7  Fmaj7/C    
Back    to the old house

Fadd9 F    G6       G6  Fadd9 F   G6    G6
        There's too many      bad memories

Fadd9 F     G6    G6  Em7   Em7 C Dadd4
    Too many  memories   there
Em7 Em7 C Dadd4 Em7 Em7 Bm11 Bm11 G6 G G G Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 [Verse 2]
Cmaj7 C          Am7     Fmaj7/C
        When you cycled by

Cmaj7 C         Am7      Fmaj7/C
    Here began all my dreams

Cmaj7 C     Am7        Fmaj7/C      C Cadd9   Dsus2 Fmaj7
        The saddest thing      I've ever seen

Cmaj7 C         Am7      Fmaj7/C
        And you never knew

    Cmaj7  C            Am7 Fmaj7/C
How much I really liked you

Cmaj7     C          Am7    Fmaj7/C
Because I never even told you

C   Cadd9    Dsus2  Fmaj7
   Oh, and I meant to

Cmaj7 C   Am7    Fmaj7/C   Cmaj7 C Am7  Fmaj7
      Are you still      the-e-e-e-e-re

Fadd9 F G6     G6 Fadd9 F     G6   G6
     Or have you       moved away?

Fadd9 F G6     G6 Em7 Em7    C   Dadd4
     Or have you mo-o-oved away?
Em7 Em7 C Dadd4 Em7 Em7 Bm11 Bm11 G6 G G G Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 [Verse 3]
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 Cmaj7  C Am7 Fmaj7/C
I   would   love to go

Cmaj7  C          Am7   Fmaj7/C
Ba-a-a-ack to the old house

Cmaj7 C       Am7     Fmaj7/C
        But I never will

Cmaj7 C   Am7     Fmaj7/C
        I never will

Cmaj7 C   Am7 Fmaj7/C  Cmaj7 C Am7 Fmaj7/C
        I never       wi-iii-iii-iii-ill
[Outro] fades out Cmaj7 C Am7 Fmaj7/C (x10)