Girlfriend In A Coma
The Smiths
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Tabbed by: Matt Taylor I've seen a few versions of this on the net, all close, but not quite right. This is a great song, I had to try to fix it. I love how Marr's happy little guitar part with Morrissey's disturbing lyrics. Here's how I play it which I think is fairly spot on: There are basically two parts, the verse chord progeression:Continues after the adG Gmaj7 C e|---3-3------3-3-3----0-0------2- B|---3-3------3-3-3----1-1------3- G|---0-0------3-3-3----0-0------2- D|---0-0------4-4-4----2-2------0- A|---2-2------5-5-5----3-3------0- E|---3-3------3-3-3----x-x------x- D e|2-2h3----------------------------- B|3-3------------------------------- G|2-2------------------------------- D|0-0------------------------------- A|0-0------------------------------- E|x-x-------------------------------Paly around with the rhythm, I throw in open strings between chords and hammer-ons here there just to mix it up. Also, that Gmaj7 can be played several ways, try differet to see which suits you best. Throughout the verses, Marr throws in a little lead something like this:e|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|--9-9-7-7-10-10-9-7------7---| D|--------------------9h10-----| A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| e|-------------------------------- B|--12-12-10-10-13-13-12-10------- G|--------------------------11h12- D|-------------------------------- A|-------------------------------- E|-------------------------------- e|-----| B|10---| G|-----| D|-----| A|-----| E|-----|And the Chorus (Do you really think...):Em Em7 C e|----0-0-0----3-3----0-0-0----3- B|----0-0-0----3-3----1-1-1----3- G|----0-0-0----0-0----0-0-0----0- D|----2-2-2----2-2----2-2-2----2- A|----2-2-2----2-2----3-3-3----3- E|----0-0-0----0-0----x-x-x----x- Cadd9 e|3----------------------------------| B|3----------------------------------| G|0----------------------------------| D|2----------------------------------| A|3----------------------------------| E|x----------------------------------|