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Band: The Smiths
Song: Well I Wonder
Album: Meat is Murder
Thom Mills dustbin_man@hotmail.com
Intro:Bm7(+9) Gmaj7(+9) Bm7(+9) Gmaj7(+9) Bm7 A Bm7 GMaj7(+9)
D F#m Bm7 A Bm7
Well I wonder...do you hear me when you sleep?
Gmaj7(+9) A G A
I...hoarsely cry
D F#m Bm A Bm
Well I wonder...do you see me when we pass?
Fmaj7(+9) A G A Em
I...half die
Gmaj7(+9) A G A Em
Please keep me in mind...
Gmaj7(+9) A G A
Please keep me in mind.
Bm7(+9) Gmaj7(+9)
D F#m Bm7 Gmaj7(+9)
Gasping...but somehow still alive.
Em Gmaj7(+9) A G A D F#m
This is the fierce last stand of all I am........gasping dying
Bm7 Gmaj7(+9)
but some-how still alive
Em Gmaj7(+9) A G A Em Gmaj7(+9)
This is the final stand of all I am Please...keep me in mind...
Repeat Intro
Instrumental:D/F#m/Bm7/Gmaj7(+9)/Em/Gmaj7(+9)/A G A Repeat this bit once
Em/Gmaj7(+9)/A G A ...And Repeat this bit also
If anyone has the TAB to the solo (or a
better-sounding version of this song) please mail them as it is one of my
favorite songs and I'd like to get it right.
CHORDS:
Bm7(+9) x20222
Gmaj7(+9) 3x0202
Bm7 224232 (bar 2nd)
A x02220
D xx0232
F#m xx4222
G 320003
Bm xx4432
Em 022000
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Tony Wanna Be |
#1 by Tony Danza at Dec 7, 1971 at 2:52 PM EST |
| this is one of my all time favourites. what makes it even sadder is that he says ' do you see me when we pass' which suggests to me that the person whom he desperately loves does not even know he exists... thats the killer and also what makes it so pathetic... | |
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Flash Average |
#2 by Flash Jaxon at Jan 29, 1977 at 2:43 AM EST |
| This song, more than any other, hits so very close to home. Some would say "I know It's Over" is much harder to listen to, but having thought of myself as charming, clever or entertaing, I can much more feel the pain of unreqited, even unnoticed, love. I think they know one another - the plea to keep him in mind suggests as much - but that she is oblivious to his love. At a certain point, afaid of losing the other as even a friend, he makes the "last stand" and masks those feelings as well as he can. Yet, he wonders...when she looks at me, is that brave mask all she sees? | |
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Jon Wanna Be |
#3 by Jon Leff at Feb 13, 1977 at 8:55 PM EST |
| colin andrade i love you lots and lots | |
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sean Wanna Be |
#4 by sean bradly at Oct 18, 1978 at 3:24 AM EST |
| this song probably links with half a person in the way of being in love with someone and them not caring. plus moz said that half a person is basd on his life and he was in love with a girl for 6 years so he probably based a few songs on her | |
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Mauro Wanna Be |
#5 by Mauro Leon at Nov 18, 1978 at 5:39 PM EST |
| delial is right. I think this song can be relatedto any kind of lost in love. The lover can also be dead. | |
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john Average |
#6 by john at Oct 13, 1979 at 5:15 AM EST |
| Indescribably sad this one, this seems to be the fierce last stand of his attempt to force his will and his love on another person. I kinda get the sense too that his is a love that is not responded to or welcomed. the possibility that he might be remembered at least is the only thing keeping him slightly alive. so sad tears well up in my heart every time. | |
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Obtuse Professional |
#7 by Obtuse at Apr 28, 1983 at 5:02 AM EST |
| Following on from jobriath's reference to Elizabeth Smart, 'Do you hear me when you sleep?' is (almost) the last line of Smart's 'By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept' (it actually reads 'Do you hear me WHERE you sleep' in the book, I don't know if that's what the line actually should be in this song). Beautifully prosaic read, incidentally, I'd recommend it. The book's about a love triangle, although I don't think that's relevant; the 'unrequited love' interpretation is probably nearer the mark, though I could be wrong. | |
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isaac Average |
#8 by isaac fritsch at Dec 26, 1983 at 1:10 PM EST |
| Probably one of my favourite Smiths songs. The haunting vocals and heart reaching melody never fail to lift me into sweet melancholy. | |
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little Average |
#9 by little emo at Sep 25, 1986 at 11:27 PM EST |
| Yeah. If I was an actor I would listen to this or "Asleep" before doing a crying scene, . So sad. | |
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Jeff Average |
#10 by Jeff Berg at May 5, 1992 at 12:34 AM EST |
| gasping - dying - but somehow still alive this is the final stand of all i am thank God for elizabeth smart, urging young morrissey on to write these words down and toy with the idea of throwing them into a song with a beautiful melody. please don't forget me, keep me in mind. oh how wish they would look back on us like we do them when we sit in our room and play this song over and over, tossing and turning in our bed, wiping the tears from our face, hoping the world would just swallow us and forget us. but they can't forget us. our obsession musn't forget us. please keep us in mind. keep us in mind. oh God, it's raining outside. | |
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MelissA Average |
#11 by MelissA at Jan 25, 1993 at 2:03 PM EST |
| All this New Roman tic period stuff just rocks....gotta love this song, though.... I know that i've felt like this from time to time....being in love with someone so much anf they never know, or just don't feel the way you do....it sux to feel like that... | |
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dalton Average |
#12 by dalton hoffman at Sep 20, 1993 at 8:12 AM EST |
| This song never fails to make me teary-eyed. Beautiful music, and Morrissey singing mellifluously about unrequited love...the kind of thing that made the Smiths great. | |
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Tyler Wanna Be |
#13 by Tyler Swagar at Mar 10, 1995 at 5:34 PM EST |
| i don't even see this as a love thing anyway, to me it's a very close relationship suddenly falling apart, and you desperately want things to be good again, but the other person won't even speak to you anymore...you don't know what went wrong, and all you can do is hope somehow they still think of you, because maybe if they keep you in mind, they'll come back someday to set things right again. | |
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Aaron Wanna Be |
#14 by Aaron Howe at Apr 23, 1996 at 7:58 AM EST |
| colin doesnt like monkeys he loves fish | |
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Tyler Average |
#15 by Tyler at May 17, 1997 at 11:40 PM EST |
| I've quite recently fallen in love with this vulnerable song. | |
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HammerOffFreak Professional |
#16 by HammerOffFreak at Aug 3, 1997 at 3:23 PM EST |
| "... do you hear me where you sleep ?" "... for it is the fierce last stand of all I have." "...and cries out hoarsely my name in the night." -By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept, by Elizabeth Smart | |
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The Angel of De Lead Player |
#17 by The Angel of Death at Nov 4, 2000 at 6:16 PM EST |
| I apologize for the double post ^, but these words truly do speak to me personally, as I'm sure they do for a lot of listeners. | |
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Pablo Rhythm Player |
#18 by Pablo Muņiz at Feb 24, 2003 at 3:16 PM EST |
| well i wonder | |
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Murders in the Average |
#19 by Murders in the Rue Morgue at Sep 28, 2005 at 9:58 AM EST |
| Delial hit it on the head for me. This song reminds me of the peiod after a relationship ended for me about 4 years ago. it's really hard for me to listen to this song withouth becoming very emotional. it makes me feel like im up in some storm clouds just before it's about to rain in the middle of the night. | |
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TOm Wanna Be |
#20 by TOm HIrsch at Nov 21, 2005 at 6:31 PM EST |
| I've quite recently fallen in love with this vulnerable song. | |
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Kyle Wanna Be |
#21 by Kyle Kom at Dec 19, 2005 at 6:55 AM EST |
| to me it is the saddest smiths-song... together with asleep, i guess. i don't know how many times i lay there listening to it and being depressed in a so sweet way. | |
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The Random Rock Average |
#22 by The Random Rocker at Jan 17, 2006 at 11:31 AM EST |
| this song has always made me think of Jesus. even though i know its not about him. | |
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Bobby Wanna Be |
#23 by Bobby Warneke at Apr 4, 2007 at 11:27 AM EST |
| aaaaaargh, dont mention New Romantic in the same sentence as the Smiths | |
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