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?