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This Charming Man by Johnny Marr/The Smiths
This Charming Man
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
G (barre chord) | D | A Minor | C | D
When you play the chords, mute the strings a bit with your fingers. When you
watch the video you will see how
he does it. Marr doesn't play the G chord in a traditional way by barring the
entire third fret, but
instead plays it like a 'beginner F-chord' with his thumb on the third fret of
the low E.
In the link above, Johnny Marr's chord progression is something like:
G (barre chord) | D | A Minor | C | moves C up 3 frets (might even have his
pinky on the E string)
When you play the chords, mute the strings a bit with your fingers. When you
watch the video you will see how
he does it.
The difference with this video and the other is that Johnny Marr doesn't
transition from C to D, but instead
moves the C chord up 3 frets. I prefer this version much better.
E|----------------------------------------10-10-----7---------|
B|--12--12--10--10--13--12--10-/-11--11-----------7---10------|
G|--12--12--11--11--12--12--11-/-12--12---------7-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
MISSING SMALL PART HERE THAT ISN'T IN THE VIDEO, BUT IS IN THE SONG. Both the
John Peel version and the
s.t. start with the above intro, transition to the part below, play the lick I
am missing, and then go to the
part below again.
E|--------------7----------------------------------------------|
B|--------8--------------8--10----------8-----\-10-10-10-10-10-|
G|--9--9-----9-----9--9-----------9--9-----9--\-11-11-11-11-11-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3-----3--3-----5--3--------3-----7--7--3--5--|
G|-\4--------------4----------\4--------------------|
D|--------5--------------------------5--------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------7----------------------------------------------|
B|--------8--------------8--10----------8-----\-10-10-10-10-10-|
G|--9--9-----9-----9--9-----------9--9-----9--\-11-11-11-11-11-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Punctured bicycle
On a hillside desolate
Will nature make a man of me yet?
When in this charming car
This charming man
Why pamper life's complexity
When the leather runs smooth
On the passenger seat?
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said, "It's gruesome
That someone so handsome should care"
Ah, a jumped-up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said, "Return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said, "It's gruesome
That someone so handsome should care"
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, this charming man
Oh, na-na, na-na, na-na, this charming man
Ah, a jumped-up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said, "Return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
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