• Song:

    I Started Something

  • Artist:

    The Smiths

~ THE SMITHS ~
~ I STARTED SOMETHING I COULDN'T FINISH ~
~ Strangeways, Here We Come ~

Arranged for one guitar by Sam Hastings (sam.hastings@gmail.com)

CHORDS:
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       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

TUNING: Standard (EADGBE)
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INTRO:
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    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

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 Bb5 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:
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Bsus2          Bm
The lanes were silent

          Dsus2              Esus2                   F# A5 Bb5 Bsus2
There was nothing, no one, nothing around for miles

                         Bsus2
I doused our friendly venture

       Dsus2      Esus2
With a hard-faced three-word gesture


CHORUS:
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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# A5 Bb5 Bsus2
And now I'm not too sure


[Repeat Intro/Chorus chords for outro]
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