Hey, Jennifer, I've been playing this song for a good decade now, and I'll be
damned if what I play matches Johnny Marr note for
note. The chords, ostensibly, are F#, A, and B in the verse, and C#m, E, and
F# in the chorus (the "You shut your mouth" bit).
Played straight, it sounds horrendously wrong. But with the right rhythm, you
can approach Johnny-ness.
I read in a "Guitar" magazine profile of Johnny five or six years ago that he
actually played this song with his guitar tuned to an
open E (that is, strumming all the open strings would be an E chord; so the
strings were tuned, from lowest to highest,
E-B-E-G#-B-E). It's a tuning that Bo Diddley used in many of his songs, and
if you listen carefully, you'll notice the "Bo Diddley
beat" lurking behind this mope-rock anthem (try playing the song to the
rhythm of "Born to Hand Jive" from "Grease," and you'll get
the picture. Anyway, on to the song.
chords (in standard tuning, BTW):
verse chorus
FA# LA SI RE LA DO#m MIMI-2 - - - 5 4 0
The opening "riff" is just the F# chord (2nd fret position) with loads of
reverb, another way to get that "wavy" feeling from just
playing the one chord is to position your hand to play the F# as I've shown
you above, except hammer on the first-finger barre on
the 2nd fret to begin the riff (^ = downstroke. v = upstroke):
|F# ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | do this twice; the second time the lead guitarist (on
tour, Johnny) plays:
E-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2 | (4/5\4) just before the rhythm guitarist (on tour,
Craig Gannon) plays the next chords
B-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2 |
G-3---3-3-3-3-3-4-3 |
D-4---4-4-4-4-2-2-2 |
A-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4 |
E-0(h)2-2-2-2-2-2-2 |
so the chord sequence for the intro and verse is:
FA# FA# FA# LA/SI/
How Soon Is Now ?
I am the son and the heir
LA SI FA#Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
LA SIOf nothing in particular
RE LA
You shut your mouth, how can you say
DO#m MI FA#I go about things the wrong way ?
I am Human and I need to be loved
DO#m MI FA# FA# FA# LA/SI/Just like everybody else does
FA#
I am the son and the heir
LA SI FA#Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
LA SIOh, of nothing in particular
RE LA
You shut your mouth
RE LA
You shut your mouth, how can you say
I go about things the wrong way ?
RE LAI am Human and I need to be loved
DO#m MI FA# FA# FA# LA/SI/Just like everybody else does
RE LA
There's a club if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
RESo you go, and you stand on your own
LAAnd you leave on your own
And you go home, and you cry
FA# FA# FA# LA/SI/And you want to die
RE LA
When you say it's gonna happen "now"
DO#m MI FA#Well, when exactly do you mean?
See I've already waited too long
DO#m MI FA#And all my hope is gone
RE LA
You shut your mouth, how can you say
DO#m MI FA#I go about things the wrong way ?
I am Human and I need to be loved
DO#m MI FA# FA# FA# LA/SI/Just like everybody else does
Hey, Jennifer, I've been playing
..this song for a good decade now,
..and I'll be
damned if what I play matches
..Johnny Marr note for
note. The chords, ostensibly, are
..F#, A, and B in the verse, and
..C#m, E, and
F# in the chorus (the "You shut
..your mouth" bit).
Played straight, it sounds
..horrendously wrong. But with the
..right rhythm, you
can approach Johnny-ness.
I read in a "Guitar" magazine
..profile of Johnny five or six
..years ago that he
actually played this song with his
..guitar tuned to an
open E (that is, strumming all the
..open strings would be an E
..chord; so the
strings were tuned, from lowest to
..highest,
E-B-E-G#-B-E). It's a tuning that
..Bo Diddley used in many of his
..songs, and
if you listen carefully, you'll
..notice the "Bo Diddley
beat" lurking behind this
..mope-rock anthem (try playing
..the song to the
rhythm of "Born to Hand Jive" from
.."Grease," and you'll get
the picture. Anyway, on to the
..song.
chords (in standard tuning, BTW):
verse chorus
FA# LA SI RE LA DO#m MIMI-2 - - - 5 4 0
The opening "riff" is just the F#
..chord (2nd fret position) with
..loads of
reverb, another way to get that
.."wavy" feeling from just
playing the one chord is to
..position your hand to play the
..F# as I've shown
you above, except hammer on the
..first-finger barre on
the 2nd fret to begin the riff (^
..= downstroke. v = upstroke):
|F# ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | do this
..twice; the second time the lead
..guitarist (on
tour, Johnny) plays:
E-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2 | (4/5\4) just before the rhythm guitarist (on tour,
Craig Gannon) plays the next
..chords
B-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2 |
G-3---3-3-3-3-3-4-3 |
D-4---4-4-4-4-2-2-2 |
A-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4 |
E-0(h)2-2-2-2-2-2-2 |
so the chord sequence for the
..intro and verse is:
FA# FA# FA# LA/SI/
How Soon
..Is Now ?
I am the son and the heir
LA SI FA#Of a shyness that is criminally
..vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth, how can you
..say
I go about things the wrong way ?
RE LAI am Human and I need to be loved
DO#m MIJust like everybody else does
I am the son and the heir
LA SI FA#Of a shyness that is criminally
..vulgar
I am the son and heir
Oh, of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
You shut your mouth, how can you
..say
I go about things the wrong way ?
RE LAI am Human and I need to be loved
DO#m MIJust like everybody else does
There's a club if you'd like to go
DO#m MIYou could meet somebody who really
FA#..loves you
So you go, and you stand on your
..own
And you leave on your own
DO#m MIAnd you go home, and you cry
FA# FA# FA# LA/SI/And you want to die
RE LA
When you say it's gonna happen
.."now"
DO#m MI FA#Well, when exactly do you mean?
See I've already waited too long
DO#m MI FA#And all my hope is gone
RE LA
You shut your mouth, how can you
..say
DO#m MI FA#I go about things the wrong way ?
RE LAI am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
FA# FA# FA# LA/SI/
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