• Song:

    Is It Really

  • Artist:

    The Smiths

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:  E5   E5   E5   A5   B5

           E5
I left the North
I traveled South
I found a tiny house
  A5              B5        E5
I can~t help the way I feel
A5      B5         E5
oh yes you can kick me
and you can punch me
and you can break my face
        A5                B5        E5
but you won~t change the way i feel
A5             E5
Cause i love you

          Ab5    C#5 F#5     B5    E5
And is it really so  strange?
          Ab5    C#5 F#5     B5    E5
Oh, is it really so  strange?
          Ab5        C#5       F#5     B5 - Bb5 - A5
Oh, is it really so, really so strange?
                  B5
I say NO, you say YES
                    D5
(but you will still change your mind)

    D5 - Eb-  E5
I left the South
I traveled North
I got confused- I killed a horse
  A5              B5        E5
I can~t help the way I feel
A5       B5        E5
Oh yes, you can punch me
and you can buck me
and you can break my spine
        A5                B5       E5
but you won~t change the way I feel
A5             E5
Cause I love you

          Ab5    C#5 F#5     B5    E5
And is it really so  strange?
          Ab5    C#5 F#5     B5    E5
Oh, is it really so  strange?
          Ab5        C#5       F#5     B5 - Bb5 - A5
Oh, is it really so, really so strange?
                  B5
I say NO, you say YES
                                D5
(but you will still change your mind)

D5 - D5 - Eb5 - E5
E5    E5    A5    B5

           E5
I left the North again
I left the South again
I got confused- I killed a nun
  A5              B5       E5
I CAN~T HELP THE WAY I FEEL
  A5              B5       E5
I CAN~T HELP THE WAY I FEEL
  A5              B5       E5
I CAN~T HELP THE WAY I FEEL
A5                         E5
(I lost my bag in Newport Pagnell)

           Ab5  C#5      F#5     B5    E5
Why is the last mile the hardest mile
   Ab5        C#5           F#5         B5    E5
My throat was dry, with the sun in my eyes
      Ab5     C#5    F#5   B5 - Bb5 - A5
And I realised, I realised
That I could never
        B5                   D5      D5 - D5 - Eb5 - E5
I could never, never, never go home again

Questions, comments, criticisms.  Feel free to email me.  Bye-bye...
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