Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths
Song: Girlfriend in A Coma
Artist: The Smiths
Tabbed by: Matt Taylor
I've seen a few versions of this on the net, all close, but not quite right. This is
a great song, I had to try to fix it. I love how Marr's happy little guitar part
with Morrissey's disturbing lyrics. Here's how I play it which I think is fairly spot on:
There are basically two parts, the verse chord progeression:
[G] [Gmaj7] [C] [D]
e|---3-3------3-3-3----0-0------2-2-2h3-----------------------------| B|---3-3------3-3-3----1-1------3-3-3-------------------------------| G|---0-0------3-3-3----0-0------2-2-2-------------------------------| D|---0-0------4-4-4----2-2------0-0-0-------------------------------| A|---2-2------5-5-5----3-3------0-0-0-------------------------------| E|---3-3------3-3-3----x-x------x-x-x-------------------------------|
Paly around with the rhythm, I throw in open strings between chords and hammer-ons here
there just to mix it up. Also, that Gmaj7 can be played several ways, try differet
to see which suits you best.
Throughout the verses, Marr throws in a little lead something like this:
e|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|--9-9-7-7-10-10-9-7------7---| D|--------------------9h10-----| A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| e|-------------------------------------| B|--12-12-10-10-13-13-12-10-------10---| G|--------------------------11h12------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------|
And the Chorus (Do you really think...):
[Em] [Em7] [C] [Cadd9]
e|----0-0-0----3-3----0-0-0----3-3----------------------------------| B|----0-0-0----3-3----1-1-1----3-3----------------------------------| G|----0-0-0----0-0----0-0-0----0-0----------------------------------| D|----2-2-2----2-2----2-2-2----2-2----------------------------------| A|----2-2-2----2-2----3-3-3----3-3----------------------------------| E|----0-0-0----0-0----x-x-x----x-x----------------------------------|
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