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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 95 17:32:45 EST
From: Winston Campbell
London
(Morrissey/Marr)
Basically, this is a very simple Smiths song (off of -Louder Than Bombs-) but
highly effective. What I will mean by the F# riff is just:
F# riff
E ----------------------|
B ----------------------|
G ----------------------| (this is just the F# note being repeated over
D ----------------------| and over again, of course)
A ----------------------|
E -2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-|
Intro: Feedback, F# riff
F# riff
Smoke lingers ~round your fingers
Train, heave on-to Euston
B5 E5 F# riff
Do you think you~ve made the right decision this time?
B5 E5 F# riff
Aaahhh, aaahh, aaahhh...
F# riff
Left your tired family grieving
And you think they~re said because you~re leaving
B5 E5 F# riff
But didn~t you see the Jealousy in the eyes of the ones you left behind
B5 E5 F# riff
And do you think you~ve made the right decision this time?
F# riff
You left your girlfriend on the platform
With this really ragged notion that you~ll return
B5 E5
But she knows that when he goes
F# riff
He really goes
B5 E5 F# riff
And do you think you~ve made the right decision this time?
The ending riff goes something like this (with minor variations):
F#m D5 E5 C#m D5 E5
E ---5---------------|---9---------------||
B ------7------------|------9------------||
G -6------6--7-7-9-9-|-9------9--7-7-9-9-||
D -----------7-7-9-9-|-----------7-7-9-9-||
A -------------------|-------------------||
E -------------------|-------------------||
and the song fades out (and into PANIC!!)
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Jer Average |
#1 by Jer at Mar 31, 1980 at 2:25 PM EST |
| I think it might be about leaving everything in London because you hate the city but your waiting there guilty because your leaving family, friends etc. alone in the town. | |
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Jon Lead Player |
#2 by Jon Shuffler at Feb 13, 1983 at 4:18 PM EST |
| The Smiths were from Manchester. When the got signed to Rough Trade they moved to London. I think this is a story about that move and, in many ways, leaving their lives in Manchester behind. The line, ""with this really ragged notion that you'll return," is more likely directed to his Manchester self, lamenting that you can "never go home again," which is a lyric from another song, but I can't recall which. | |
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Nathan Average |
#3 by Nathan Delvecchio at Aug 8, 1983 at 1:44 PM EST |
| "..because you notice the jealousy of those that stay at home..." -By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept, by Elizabeth Smart | |
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nick Wanna Be |
#4 by nick at Oct 3, 1984 at 11:24 PM EST |
| It's about someone from the North of England (an area which is generally quite poor and working class) to go to live in the South, which is often seen as being far richer and more middle-upper class. Euston is a train station in London where the trains from Manchester pull into. His family and girlfriend can't afford to come with him, and he's striving for independence anyway. But as it happens, he already knows he's destined for failure. Anyway, great song. | |
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Venti Average |
#5 by Venti at Apr 12, 1986 at 9:54 AM EST |
| Hm. I am rather surprised to see no comments...I'd think most younger Smiths fans would have heard this song, seeing as it's on LTB. Anyways, I know it's not Morrissey's best lyrically, but whenever I think about the friends I left when I moved back here from college (wrong school for me, blah blah blah), this strikes a cord with me..."Do you think you've made the right decision this time?" And as always, stellar guitar work, Johnny. | |
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by fires light Rhythm Player |
#6 by by fires light she cried at Oct 9, 1999 at 1:41 PM EST |
| probably the most ferocious Smiths song all over in 2 minutes, agree not one of morrisseys most thought provoking lyrics but musically is the Smiths at their best | |
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The Crow Rhythm Player |
#7 by The Crow at Aug 19, 2003 at 8:32 AM EST |
| I love the line about leaving your girlfriend on the platform "with this really ragged notion that you'll return." I'm doing exactly that at the moment in London :[ | |
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Chris Average |
#8 by Chris H... at Nov 10, 2004 at 5:04 AM EST |
| I feel this song is basically pretty straight-forward. The second person point of view is pretty cool. I think it is talking about making a rash decision you are so sure is right at the time, and then all the doubts and confusion which come later. The people around you are jealous you can give everything up (including them) and not look back, while they do not have the self-confidence nor independence to do the same. | |
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