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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 18:54:15 -0800 (PST)
From: ABRAHA'N GARZA 
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: TAB:ALMA MATTERS by Morrissey


        "ALMA MATTERS"
 FROM MORRISSEY'S 7TH STUDIO RELEASE
         'MALADJUSTED'

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chords:A     C#m     D     Bm     F#m    E     G
       0      X      2   \  2      2     X     3
       2      X      3    \ 3      2     X     0
       2      6      2    / 4      2     1     0
       2      6      0   /  4      4     2     0
       0      4      X   \->X      4     2     2
       X      X      X  (NO 5TH)   2     0     3
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riff:#1 1|--5-4-----4-3----3-2*---------------------------------------|   *note:leave your index
        2|------5-0-----4-0---------|         finger placed on fret#2-|
        3|------------------------------------------------------------|         and add the rest of the
        4|------------------------------------------------------------|         Bm chord on the word
        5|------------------------------------------------------------|         "strange" and "wrong"
        6|------------------------------------------------------------|
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VOX:1
D                     A
SO, THE CHOICE I HAVE MADE
 (riff#1)
            Bm         F#m
MAY SEEM STRA-NGE...TO YOU
D                     A
BUT, WHO ASKED YOU ANYWAY?
  (riff#1)
      Bm         F#m       E
IT'S MY-LIFE TO WRECK...MY OWN WAY

chorus:
           A        C#m           D
YOU SEE TO SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE...oh yeah...
                F#m             E                   D
ALMA MATTERS IN MIND, BODY, AND SOUL, IN PART AND IN HOLE.
(:repeat chorus:)
VOX:2
D                  A
SO THE LIFE I HAVE MADE
 (riff#1)
           Bm       F#m
MAY SEEM WRO-NG...TO YOU
D                   A
BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN SURER
 (RIFF#1)
       Bm      F#m          E
IT'S MY-LIFE TO RUIN MY OWN WAY!!
(:chorus once:)

:SHORT BREAK:
G  Bm  F#m/\/\/(whammy)
G  Bm  F#m  E
(:repeat chorus in a slightly higher key:)
:THEN SHORT BREAK AGAIN:
ADDING THE ENDING::
G  D  E  F#m/\/\/(whammy)
.....and fade

please email me if corrections need to be made