The Smiths – Cemetry Gates (Guitar Tab)

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No capo. A great video guide for this is available by gellman1 at Youtube. This is a version of the song in Standard E tuning. Johnny Marr actually played it in Open G tuning. Intro

        C                    D      Gmaj7
E|------0----0--0--0----/----0-------2--2--2-----------|
B|------1----1--1--1----/----3---0---0--0--0---0-------|
G|------0----0--0--0--slide--0---0---0--0--0---0-------|  x2
D|-4~---2----2--2--2----/----4---0---0--0--0---0-------|
A|-5~---3----3--3--3----/----5---2---2--2--2---2-------|
E|-------------------------------3---------------------|

          C                    D   C             D   G
E|--------0----0--0--0---0--/--0---0---0-----0---2---3-----3--3--3--------|
B|--------1----1--1--1---3--/--5---3---1-----1---3---3-----3--3--3--------|
G|--------0----0--0--0---0--/--0---0---0-----0---2---0-----0--0--0--------|     
D|--------2----2--2--2---2--/--4---2---2-----2---0---0-----0--0--0--------|
A|--------3----3--3--3---3--/--5---3---3-----3-------2-----2--2--2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3-----3--3--3--------|

Verse – the rhythm for this descending guitar part is pretty hard to figure out. The trick is to land on the D chord on the last strum of the second G chord (7th fret) in this second “bar” and only play the D chord once, then move on to the next G chord at the 3rd fret.

     G                          G                    D
E|--10---10----10--10--10---|---7---7---7--7--7--7---5------|
B|--12---12----12--12--12---|---8---8---8--8--8--8---7------|
G|---0----0-----0---0---0---|---0---0---0--0--0--0---7------|
D|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------------|

    G         D            C        C              D
E|--3---3-----2---2---2----0---|----0---0--0--0----2---2--2--2---|
B|--3---3-----3---3---3----1---|----1---1--1--1----3---3--3--3---|
G|--4---4-----2---2---2----0---|----0---0--0--0----2---2--2--2---|
D|--5---5-----0---0---0----2---|----2---2--2--2----0---0--0--0---|
A|-------------------------3---|----3---3--3--3------------------|
E|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|

Then, this very quick bright part

      Gmaj7        D    C                D
E|----10--10--10---10---8--8--8--8--8-/--10-----------|
B|----12--12--12---10---8--8--8--8--8-/--10-----------|
G|----11--11--11---11---9--9--9--9--9-/--11-----------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

At the end of the 2nd verse, before starting the Bm-Gmaj7 section, you play this part at the end of the above “quick, bright” part.

      C                D                      G         Gadd4 G
E|----8--8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10--10-|---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3----|
B|----8--8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10--10-|---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3----|
G|----9--9--9--9--9----11--11--11--11--11-|---4--4--4--4--5--4--4--4--4--4--4----|
D|----------------------------------------|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5----|
A|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

Bm-Gmaj7...“You say, ‘ere thrice...” part

       Bm                                 Gmaj7
E|---2--------------------------------|----0--2--2--2---2---0---2---2---2--2----|
B|---3--------------------------------|----0--0--0--0---0---0---0---0---0--0----|
G|---4-------strum several times------|----0--0--0--0---0---0---0---0---0--0----|   x2
D|---4--------------------------------|----0--0--0--0---0---0---0---0---0--0----|
A|------------------------------------|----2--2--2--2---2---2---2---2---2--2----|
E|------------------------------------|----3--3--3--3---3---3---3---3---3--3----|

Then, (you can use some hammer on notes on the C and D chords)
      C                                   D
E|----0-------------------------------|---2--------------------------------|
B|----1-------------------------------|---3--------------------------------|
G|----0------- strum several times ---|---2---------- strum several times--|
D|----2-------------------------------|---0--------------------------------|
A|----3-------------------------------|---0--------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

     Em                                  F
E|---0--------------------------------|--1---------------------------------|
B|---0--------------------------------|--1---------------------------------|
G|---0--------- strum several times---|--2--------- strum several times ---|
D|---2--------------------------------|--3---------------------------------|
A|---2--------------------------------|--3---------------------------------|
E|---0--------------------------------|--1---------------------------------|

Those are all the parts. For the outro, just play the intro over and over.