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Cemetry Gates

The Smiths
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
A  dreaded sunny day
 So I meet you at the cemetery gates
 Keats and Yeats  are on your  side
A  dreaded sunny day
 So I meet you at the cemetery gates
 Keats and Yeats  are on your  side
 While Wilde  is on mine
So  we go inside and we gravely read the stones
 All those people all those lives
 Where are they  now?
 With loves,  with hates
 And passions just like mine
 They were born
 And then they lived
 And then they  died
 Which seems so unfair
And  I want to cry
 You say: "ere thrice  the sun hath door
 Salutation to the dawn"
 And you claim  these words as your own
 But I'm  well read, have heard  them said
 A hundred times  (maybe less, maybe more)
 If you must  write prose and poems
 The words you use should be your own
 Don't plagiarise or take  "on  loan"
 There's always someone,  somwhere
 With a big nose, who knows
 And who trips you up and laughs
 When you  fall
 Who'll trip you up and laugh
 When you fall
 You say: "ere long  done do does did"
 Words  which could only be your own
 You then  produce the text
 From whence  was ripped
 (some dizzy whore,  1804)
 A dreaded sunny  day
 So let's go where we're happy
 And I meet you at the cemetery gates
 Keats and Yeats  are on your  side
 A dreaded sunny  day
 So let's go where we're wanted
 And I meet you at the cemetery gates
 Keats and Yeats  are on your  side -  but  you lose
 While Wilde  is on mine
 (Then it ends the same as intro)

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Readable chord sheet for Cemetry Gates by The Smiths

[C]   [D]
[C]   [D]
[C]   [D]
[C]   [D]   [G]

[G]A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at the cemetery ga[C]tes
Keats and Ye[D]ats are on y[Em]our side [D]     [C]
[G]A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at the cemetery ga[C]tes
Keats and Ye[D]ats are on y[Em]our side [D]     [C]
While Wi[D]lde is on m[G]ine

[G]So we go inside and we gravely read the st[C]ones
All those people all those li[D]ves
Where are they[Em] no[D]w?[C]
With lo[G]ves, with hates
And passions just like m[C]ine

They were born
And then they li[D]ved
And then they[Em] di[D]ed[C]

Which seems so unfair
[D]And I want to c[G]ry

You say: "ere t[Bm]hrice the sun hath door
Salutation to the d[G]awn"
And you c[Bm]laim these words as your o[G]wn
But I[C]'m well read, have h[D]eard them said
A hundred t[Em]imes (maybe less, maybe m[C]ore)

If you m[G]ust write prose and poems
The words you use should be your o[C]wn
Don't plagiarise or t[D]ake "on[Em] lo[D]an[C]"
There's always som[G]eone, somwhere
With a big nose, who kn[C]ows
And who trips you up and la[D]ughs
When you[Em] fa[D]ll[C]
Who'll trip you up and la[D]ugh
When you f[G]all

You say: "ere l[Bm]ong done do does d[G]id"
W[Bm]ords which could only be your o[G]wn
You t[C]hen produce the text
From wh[D]ence was ripped
(some dizzy w[Em]hore, 1[C]804)

A dreaded su[G]nny day

So let's go where we're happy
And I meet you at the cemetery g[C]ates
Keats and Ye[D]ats are on y[Em]our side [D]     [C]
A dreaded su[G]nny day

So let's go where we're wanted
And I meet you at the cemetery ga[C]tes
Keats and Ye[D]ats are on y[Em]our side [D]- bu[C]t you lose
While Wi[D]lde is on m[G]ine

(Then it ends the same as intro)

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