William It Was Really Nothing chords by The Smiths

*This file is all my own work.

William It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths
from the album Hatful Of Hollow


Tabbed by Craig Johnson (c.a.johnson@hull.ac.uk)


This will allow you to play this track on one guitar and
it sounds pretty damn impressive - great party piece!

Here are the chords you'll need, get comfortable with them
first as you need to move between them pretty freely. The stretch to
the fifth fret on the Gadd9 is essential (its the add 9!) but most
of the other chords can be played wherever, but this is where I play it

NB: a number with a () means an optional note.

Gadd9     DMaj7    Fmin7    Bmin    Gmaj7     A     BMaj7     B13     E6 Dmaj9

E)---5---------5--------8-------2--------3-------0-------2--------4-------0-----
B)--(3)--------7--------9-------3--------3-------2-------4--------2-------2----4
G)---0---------6--------8-------4--------4-------2-------3--------2-------1----6
D)---0---------7-------10-------4--------4-------2-------4--------1-------2----4
A)---2---------5--------8-------2--------5-------0-------2--------2-------2----5
E)---3-----------------------------------3--------------------------------0-----

     E       Gsus2      G     Dsus2     A6    F#minb13*  Bmin9     E9

E)---0---------3--------3-------0--------3-------2---------0--------7-
B)---0-------- 3-------(3)------3--------3-------3---------2--------7-
G)---1---------5--------0-------2--------4-------2---------2--------7-
D)---2---------5--------0-------0--------2-------4---------0--------6-
A)---2---------3--------2----------------0-------4---------2--------7-
E)---0---------3--------3------------------------2-----------------(0)-

* I think thats what this chord would be called :)

And now the track itself:

        Gadd9      Dmaj7     Fmin7   Bmin
    The Rain Falls hard on a humdrum town

    Gadd9          Dmaj7     Fmin7   Bmin
    This......

           Gadd9      Dmaj7     Fmin7   Bmin
    Oh the rain.......

    Gadd9                     Gmaj7
    This town has dragged you down

    Dmaj7        A
    oh......     ooo oo ohh......

        Gadd9             A
    and everybody's......

        Bmaj7                      B13
    and God knows..............

        Dmaj7      E6          Bmaj7    B13
    God knows I've got to live mine.........


    Dmaj9      E



The chords to play under Johnny's guitar break:

    Gsus2     -    G      -  Dsus2   -    A6  -  G  - A6


Chorus:

    Gadd9    Dmaj7     Gadd9     A6        Bmin    F#minb13     (Twice)
    William....        William   it was    really  nothing


    Bmin9                  E9
    ...    its was your    eyes.....


Guitar break Chords again here but between the G and Dsus2 Morrissey comes
back
in e.g:

   Gsus2       G                Dsus2                           A6       G
A6
                    how can you stay with a fat girl who'll say oooooohh oh
oh oh

Then you're back to the chorus chords:


   Gadd9                   Dmaj7           Gadd9                A6
   would you......                         like                 ring

   Bmin                F#minb13      Bmin9         E9
   I don't dream about anyone,  .....except  my----self

Then its just 'round in circles Guitar break chords/Chorus chords

The outro is just the end bit of the chorus chords......

   Bmin        F#minb13       Bmin9    E9
   ohhhh       ohhhhh         ohhhhh   ohhhhhh

Then some wierd reverse tape effects?