The Smiths – I Started Something I Couldnt Finish (Guitar)

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~ Strangeways, Here We Come ~ Arranged for one guitar by Sam Hastings ([email protected]) CHORDS:
       E A D G B E
E:     0 2 2 1 0 0
C#m7: x 4 6 4 5 4 C#7: x 4 6 4 6 4 D7: x 5 7 5 7 5 E7: x 7 9 7 9 7 F7: x 8 10 8 10 8
[Intro]
   E
e|-0-0-----0-0-0-----0-0-|
B|-0-0-----0-0-0-----0-0-|
G|-1-1-----1-1-1-----1-1-|
D|-2-2-----2-2-2-----2-2-|
A|-2-----------2---------|
E|-0-----------0---------|

   E
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|---5/7-5-| (This is the little bass fill that Andy Rourke plays)
E|-0-------|

   C#m7                   C#7
e|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----6-7-|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----5-5-|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

   D7             E7     F7
e|-5-5-5-5-5-5----7-7----8--8--|
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7----9-9----10-10-|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5----7-7----8--8--|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7----9-9----10-10-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5----7-7----8--8--|
E|-----------------------------|

   F#                    A5 A#5 Bsus2
e|-----2----2---2---2-----------2---|
B|-----2----2---2---2-----------2---|
G|-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3----2--3---4---|
D|-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-4----2--3---4---|
A|-4-4--------4---4------0--1---2---|
E|-2-2--------2---2-----------------|
[Verse 1]
Bsus2          
     The lanes were silent

          Dsus2              Esus2            F# 
There was nothing, no one, nothing around for miles

A5 A#5 Bsus2         
   I   doused our friendly venture

       Dsus2      Esus2
With a hard-faced three-word gesture
[Chorus]
C#m7                       C#7
    I started something, I forced you to a zone

             D7      E7    F7          F#
And you were clearly never meant to go

C#m7
    Hair brushed and parted

        C#7
Typical me, typical me, typical me

          D7
I started something

E7            F7      F#
  And now I'm not too sure
[Verse 2]
A5 A#5 Bsus2                              Dsus2
   I   grabbed you by the gilded beams... grrrrr...

       Esus2           F#
That's what tradition means

A5  A#5 Bsus2                         Dsus2
And I   doused another venture with a gesture

         Esus2
That was absolutely violent
[Chorus]
C#m7                       C#7
    I started something, I forced you to a zone

             D7      E7    F7          F#
And you were clearly never meant to go

C#m7
    Hair brushed and parted

        C#7
Typical me, typical me, typical me

          D7
I started something

E7            F7      F#
  And now I'm not too sure
[Interlude] F# F# [Verse 3]
A5 A#5 Bsus2                          Dsus2
   I   grabbed you by the gilded beams... grrrrr...

       Esus2           F#
That's what tradition means

A5  A#5 Bsus2                           Dsus2 Esus2
And now eighteen months hard labour seems          fair enough
[Chorus]
C#m7                           C#7
    I started something, and I forced you to a zone

             D7      E7    F7          F#
And you were clearly never meant to go

C#m7
    Hair brushed and parted

        C#7
Typical me, typical me, typical me

          D7
I started something

E7            F7       F#
  And now I'm not too sure

C#m7                   C#7                    D7 E7 F7 F#
    I started something,  I started something

        C#m7
Typical me, typical me, typical me, typical me

        C#7
Typical me, typical me, typical me

          D7
I started something

    E7      F7       F#
And now I'm not too sure
[Outro] C#m7 C#7 D7 E7 F7 F# (Fade out)