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Half A Person

The Smiths
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
A
e--2--|--0--|--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|
B--0--|--0--|--3--|--2--|--2--|--2--|
G--0--|--1--|--4--|--2--|--0--|--2--|
D--0--|--0--|--4--|--2--|--0--|--2--|
A--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|--2--|--0--|
E--3--|--0--|-----|-----|--3--|-----|
F#m
e--2--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--2--|
B--2--|--3--|--1--|--0--|--2--|
G--3--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--2--|
D--4--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--4--|
A--4--|-----|--3--|--2--|--4--|
E--2--|-----|-----|--3--|--2--|
  Call me morbid,  call me pale
  I've spent six  years on your trail
  Six long years
  On your trail
  Call me morbid,  call me pale
  I've spent six  years on your trail
  Six  full years  of my life  on your trail
  And if you have  five seconds to spare
  Then I'll tell  you the story of my life :
  Sixteen,  clumsy and shy
 I went to London and I
  I booked  myself in at the Y  ... W.C.A.
  I said : "I like  it here - can I stay  ?
  I like  it here - can I stay  ?
  Do  you have a vacancy
  For a Back-scrubber?"
  She was left behind, and sour
  And she wrote to me, equally dour
  She said : "In the days when you were
  Hopelessly poor
  I just liked you more..."
  And if you have five seconds to spare
  Then I'll tell you the story of my life :
  Sixteen, clumsy and shy
  I went to London and I
  I booked myself in at the Y ... W.C.A.
  I said : "I like it here - can I stay ?
  I like it here - can I stay ?
  And do you have a vacancy
  For a Back-scrubber ?"
  Call me morbid, call me pale
  I've spent too long on your trail
  Far too long
  Chasing your tail
  Oh ...
  And if you have  five seconds to spare
  Then I'll tell  you the story of my life :
  Sixteen,  clumsy and shy
 That's the story of my  life
  Sixteen,  clumsy and shy
  The story  of my life
  That's the story  of my life
 That's the story of my life
 That's the story of my life
 The story of my life
 (repeat /  until end)
  That's the story of my life
  That's the story of my life
  That's the story of my life
  That's the story of my life
  That's the story of my life
  That's the story ...
 Tab Chords by James P. L.

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Readable chord sheet for Half A Person by The Smiths

[Gmaj7]  [E7]    [Bm]    [A6]     [G]     [A]
e--2--|--0--|--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|
B--0--|--0--|--3--|--2--|--2--|--2--|
G--0--|--1--|--4--|--2--|--0--|--2--|
D--0--|--0--|--4--|--2--|--0--|--2--|
A--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|--2--|--0--|
E--3--|--0--|-----|-----|--3--|-----|

  [F#]     [D]     [C]    [G6]    [F#m]
e--2--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--2--|
B--2--|--3--|--1--|--0--|--2--|
G--3--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--2--|
D--4--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--4--|
A--4--|-----|--3--|--2--|--4--|
E--2--|-----|-----|--3--|--2--|

[Gmaj7]  [E7]

   Call me [Gmaj7]morbid, call me [E7]pale

   I've spent [Gmaj7]six years on your [E7]trail

   [Bm]Six [A6]long [G]years

   On your [E7]trail  [A]

   Call me [Gmaj7]morbid, call me [E7]pale

   I've spent [Gmaj7]six years on your [E7]trail

   [Bm]Six full [A6]years of my [G]life on your trai[E7]l   [A]

   And if you [F#]have five seconds to spare[G]   [D]      [A]

   Then I'll [F#]tell you the story of my [G]life [C]:  [G6]

   [D]Sixteen, clumsy and [A]shy

[F#]   I went to London and I[Bm]   [G]

   I [D]booked myself in at the [A]Y ... [F#m]W.C.A[F#].

   I said : "I [Gmaj7]like it here - can I [E7]stay ?

   I [Gmaj7]like it here - can I [E7]stay ?

   [Bm]Do you have a [A6]vacancy [G]

   For a Back-scrub[E7]ber?" [A]

   She was left behind, and sour
   And she wrote to me, equally dour
   She said : "In the days when you were
   Hopelessly poor
   I just liked you more..."

   And if you have five seconds to spare
   Then I'll tell you the story of my life :
   Sixteen, clumsy and shy
   I went to London and I
   I booked myself in at the Y ... W.C.A.
   I said : "I like it here - can I stay ?
   I like it here - can I stay ?
   And do you have a vacancy
   For a Back-scrubber ?"

   Call me morbid, call me pale
   I've spent too long on your trail
   Far too long
   Chasing your tail
   Oh ...

   And if you [F#]have five seconds to spar[G]e  [D]     [A]

   Then I'll [F#]tell you the story of my [G]life [C]:  [G6]

   [D]Sixteen, clumsy and [A]shy

[F#]   That's the story of [Bm]my life[G]

   [D]Sixteen, clumsy and [A]shy

   The [F#m]story of my [F#]life

   That's the [Gmaj7]story of my lif[E7]e

[Gmaj7]   That's the story of my l[E7]ife

[Gmaj7]   That's the story of my [E7]life

[Gmaj7]   The story of my lif[E7]e

(repeat [Gmaj7]/[E7] until end)
   That's the story of my life
   That's the story of my life
   That's the story of my life
   That's the story of my life
   That's the story of my life
   That's the story ...

Tab Chords by James P. L.

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