• Song:

    Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

  • Artist:

    The Smiths

  • Album:

    The Best of the Smiths,...

Tabbed by Dom Glynn

All worked out by ear but I'm sure it's correct.

Standard tuning with a capo on 2nd.
All chords and tabs are relative to the capo.

You can use open chord shapes or the voicings I believe Johnny Marr used.

Marr's Chord voicings:

  C  G  Em  G(II) Gsus4 Fmaj7  Bm7b9  Am
E 0--0-------0---0-----0-------------0-|
B 5--0-------3---1-----1-------1-----1-|
G 5--0--0----0---0-----2-------0-----2-|
D 5--0--2----0---0-----3-------0-----2-|
A 3--2--2----2---2-------------2-----0-|
E ---3--0----3---3---------------------|


C             G              C
        Good times for a change
G                          Em
        See, the luck I've had
                    Fmaj7
        Can make a good man
               G(II)  Gsus4  G
        Turn bad

            Fmaj7        G
        So please please please
            C    Bm7b9      Fmaj7
        Let me, let me, let me
                           G
        Let me get what I want
              Am
        This time

E ----------------------------------------------3-----|
B 1-1----\3\1-0---1-1----\3\1-0--5--3-1-3--1-0------5-|
G 2-2p0h2\4\2-2---2-2p0h2\4\2-2-----------------------|
D -------------2---------------2----------------------|
A ----------------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------------|

C                      G               C
        Haven't had a dream in a long time
G                          Em
        See, the life I've had
                   Fmaj7     G(II)   Gsus4  G
        Can make a good man bad

        Fmaj7              G
        So for once in my life
            C  Bm7b9      Fmaj7
        Let me get what I want
                    G                     Am
        Lord knows, it would be the first time
E -------------------------------|
B 1-1----\3\1-0---1-1----\3\1-0--|
G 2-2p0h2\4\2-2---2-2p0h2\4\2-2--|
D -------------2---------------2-|
A -------------------------------|
E -------------------------------|

        Fmaj7       G                     Am    C    C9
        Lord knows, it would be the first time


(Mandolin Solo)

Fmaj7      G      C   Bm7b9   Fmaj7
Fmaj7      G      C   C9      Em
Em         Am     Fmaj7       G

E ------------3----3------5--7-8-3-------------------3-5-------7-8--------------|
B 6--5--3----5--1---------------------5---------------5-----5------6----5----3--|
G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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