The Smiths – Rusholme Ruffians (Guitar)

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[Intro] D A G# G D Bm D Bm D Bm [Verse 1]
A        G#       G   D
The last night of the fair

Bm              D       Bm
by the big wheel  generator

D                         Bm                       A
a boy is stabbed and his money is grabbed and the air hangs heavy like a

G#       G         D    Bm
dulling wine

       D                Bm       D                          Bm
She is famous she is funny  and engagement ring doesn't mean anything

     A                G#        G      D Bm D Bm D Bm
to a mind consumed by brass and money
[Chorus]
A          G#     G     D
And though I walk home alone

 Bm        D        Bm D Bm
and I walk home alone

       A                G#     G      D Bm D Bm D Bm
but my faith in love is still devout…
[Verse 2]
A        G#       G   D
The last night of the fair

Bm              D             Bm
from a seat on a whirling waltzer

    D                       Bm
her skirt ascends for a watching eye

       A                     G#       G     D
it's a hideous trait (on her mother's side)

Bm              D             Bm
from a seat on a whirling waltzer

    D                       Bm
her skirt ascends for a watching eye

       A                     G#       G
it's a hideous trait (on her mother's side)
[Chorus]
A          G#     G     D
And though I walk home alone

 Bm        D        Bm D Bm
and I walk home alone

       A                G#     G      D Bm D Bm D Bm
but my faith in love is still devout…
[Verse 3]
A    G#  G   D
then someone falls in love

Bm            D         Bm
and someone's beaten up

          D
someone's beaten up

        A            G#         G    D
and the senses being dulled are mine

Bm            D         Bm
then someone falls in love

              D         Bm
and someone's beaten up

        A            G#         G    D
and the senses being dulled are mine
[Chorus]
A          G#     G     D
And though I walk home alone

 Bm        D        Bm D Bm
and I walk home alone

       A                G#     G      D Bm D Bm D
but my faith in love is still devout…
[Verse 4]
  Bm    A        G#       G   D
this is the last night of the fair

Bm                    D
and the grease in the hair

          Bm     D     Bm
of a speedway operator

   A               G#    G        D
is all a tremulous heart requires

  Bm              D
a schoolgirl is denied

Bm             D               Bm
she said: "How quickly would I die

      A                         G#  G         D
if I jumped from the top of the parachutes?"

Bm D Bm D Bm
nanananana

     A           G#       G   D
this is the last night of the fair

Bm                    D
and the grease in the hair

          Bm     D     Bm
of a speedway operator

   A               G#    G        D
is all a tremulous heart requires

  Bm              D
a schoolgirl is denied

Bm             D               Bm
she said: "How quickly would I die

      A                         G#  G         D
if I jumped from the top of the parachutes?"

Bm D Bm D Bm A G#
nanananana
[Bridge]
G          D            Bm         D         Bm
scratch my name on your arm with a fountain pen

D       Bm  A           G#
(this means you really love me)

G          D            Bm         D         Bm
scratch my name on your arm with a fountain pen

D       Bm  A   G#      G
(this means you really love me)
[Chorus]
A          G#     G     D
And though I walk home alone

       Bm         D     Bm  D Bm
I just might walk home alone

       A                G#     G      D
but my faith in love is still devout…

  Bm         D     Bm  D Bm
I might walk home alone

       A                G#     G      D
but my faith in love is still devout…

  Bm         D     Bm  D Bm
I might walk home alone

       A                G#     G      D
but my faith in love is still devout…

D Bm D Bm D
nanananana