Please Please Please Tab

From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Sat May 14 11:29:42 1994 Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Path: news.tcd.ie!ieunet!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!quads!kjohn Message-ID: <1994May13.212540.21305@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System) Reply-To: kjohn@midway.uchicago.edu "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" - The Smiths w/capo on 2nd fret Dmaj7 A5 D A5 F#m G/F# A5 ? A G A5 E -2---5---2---5---2---2---5---5---5---3---5--- B -2---5---3---5---2---3---5---3---2---3---5--- G -2---2---2---2---2---4---2---2---2---4---2--- D -4---2---4---2---4---5---2---2---2---5---2--- A -5---X---5---X---4---5---X---X---X---5---X--- E -----5---2---5---2---3---5---5---5---3---5--- G/F# A5 E --------------2---2--5- B --------------3---2--5- G -----2-----2--4---4--2- D ---4-----2----5---5--2- A -5-----4------5---5--X- E --------------3---3--5-

|------------play twice------| Dmaj7 E -------------------------------------------------5---2- B -3-p-2--3-p-2--3-sl-5-sl-3--2----7-5-3-5---3-2-------2- G -4-p-2--4-p-2--4-sl-6-sl-4--2-2----------4-----2-----2- D ------------------------------4----------------------4- A -----------------------------------------------------5- E ------------------------------------------------------- ending: F#5 Bm Bm G A5 E -----4---2---2---2---2---2---7---9--10---3---2---5---| B -----2---2---5---3---2---3---7---7---7---3---2---5---| G -----2---2---2---2---2---4---7---7---7---4---4---2---| D -4---4---4---4---4---4---4---9---9---9---5---5---2---| A -4---4---4---4---4---4---2---9---9---9---5---5---X---| E -2---2---2---2---2---2-------7---7---7---3---3---5---| solo from Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths played with extremely quick picking that is difficult to emulate rather than write out the exact note values for you, i'm going to assume that you can find a copy of the record to play along with. the only tricky part here is the length of time that the f# at the end of the first line is played for. it begins on beat one of a measure and is held through beat one of the next, which sounds simple, but timing the pull off afterwards can be tricky, not to mention the fact that all of this is played with mazingly controlled speed picking. note also that the solo ends on the 5th scale degree of A and not the first, which gives it an unresolved sound that will sound wrong if you play this without the backing chords. however, i can guarantee that it's right (thanks to helen and sam...). steve merlan@grinnell.edu ----------------------------------------9--10----------- ----8---7---5------7--10-----10-----12----------10----7- --------------------------7----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------9--10------------------- ----(7)----10p7-----12----7---------------8--7---5------ -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------