The Smiths – Is It Really So Strange (Guitar)

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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 [Verse 1]
           E
I left the North

           E
I traveled South

  E
I found a tiny house

  A              B       E E E
I can't help the way I feel
[Verse 2]
A      B        E
Oh yes you can kick me

            E
And you can punch me

             E
And you can break my face

        A                B        E
But you won't change the way I feel

A                E
 'Cause I love you
[Chorus]
          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
[Verse 3]
    D D#   E
I left the South

           E
I traveled North

  E
I got confused, I killed a horse

  A              B        E E E
I can't help the way I feel
[Verse 4]
A       B        E
Oh yes, you can punch me

            E
And you can buck me

            E
And you can break my spine

        A                B       E
But you won't change the way I feel

A               E
 'Cause I love you
[Chorus]
          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
[Interlude] D D D# E E E A B [Verse 5]
           E
I left the North again

           E
I traveled South again

      E
And I got confused, I killed a nun

  A              B       E E E
I can't help the way I feel

  A              B       E E 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
[Outro]
           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 D# E
I could never, never, never go back home again