Alma Matters Morrissey
ALMA MATERS by MORRISSEY, from the album â??MALADJUSTSEDâ?? 1997
Tabbed by Builderboy@comcast.net
Thanks to Abraha'n Garza palare@rocketmail.com for the basis of the work.
INTRO (same progression as chorus)
[A] [C#m] [D]
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[F#m] [E] [D]
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D A (fill)
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(1) So, the choices I have made
(2) So, the life I have made
[Bm] [F#m]
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may seem strange to you
may seem wrong to you
[D] [A] [A] [G#] [G]
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But, who asked you anyway
But, Iâ??ve never been surer
[Bm] [F#m] [E]
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Itâ??s my life to wreck my own way You see, to
Itâ??s my life to ruin my own way You see, to
[A] [C#m] [D]
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someone, some-where oh, yeah Alma Matters in
someone, some-where oh, yeah Alma Matters in
[F#m] [E] [D]
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Mind, Body and Soul, in part and in whole (repeat)
Mind, Body and Soul, in part and in whole (repeat) (to Bridge1)
Mind, Body and Soul, in part and in whole (repeat) (to Bridge2)
Bridge1
[G] [Bm] [F#m]
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[G] [Bm] [F#m] [E]
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(to Chorus)
Bridge 2
[F] [Am] [Em]
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[F] [Am] [Em] [D]
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(to Chorus & fade)
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