This Night Has Opened My Eyes

The Smiths

  • Am*
    2
  • C*
    2
  • D*
    2
  • Dm*
    2
  • F*
    2
  • G*
    2
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Key:
Capo:
[First Part]
Am G Am G In a river the color of lead
F C F G Immerse the baby's head
Am G Wrap her up in the News Of The
Am G World
F C Dump her on a doorstep, girl
F G
Dm D Dm D This night has opened my
Am * eyes
G And I will never sleep again [Second Part]
Am G You kicked and cried like a
Am G bullied child
F C F G A grown man of twenty-five
Am G Oh, he said he'd cure your ills
Am G But he didn't and he never
F C F G will
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Dm D Dm D Am * Oh, save your life
G Because you've only got one [Chorus]
F C The dream has gone, but the baby is real
G F Dm D Oh, you did a good thing
F G F She could have been a poet or she
C could have been a fool
G F Dm D Oh, you did a bad thing
F G Dm And I'm not happy, and I'm
D F G not sad [Third Part]
Am G Am G A shoeless child on a swing
F C F Reminds you of your own again
G Am G She took away your troubles
Am G Oh, but then again, she left pain
F C F G
Dm D Dm D Am * Oh, please save your life
G Because you've only got one [Chorus]
F C The dream has gone, but the baby is real
G F Dm D Oh, you did a good thing
F G F She could have been a poet or she
C could have been a fool
G F Dm D Oh, you did a bad thing
F G Dm And I'm not happy, and I'm
D F G not sad
[Ending] F C G F
Dm D F G
F C G F
Dm D F G
Dm D F G
Song details

Composition: Morrissey and John Martin Maher

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