Cemetry Gates - The Smiths
Tuning: , E A D G B E
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
A dreaded su
nny day
So I meet you
at the cemeter
y gates
Keats and Yeat
s are on your
side
A dreaded su
nny day
So I meet you
at the cemeter
y gates
Keats and Yeat
s are on your
side
While Wilde is
on mine
[Verse 2]
So we go ins
ide and we gra
vely read the
stones
All those peop
le, all those
lives
Where are they
now?
With loves and
hates
And passions j
ust like mine
They were born
And then they
lived
And then they
died
Seems so unfai
r
I want to cry
[Chorus]
You say: "Ere
thrice the sun
done
Salutation to
the dawn"
And you claim
these words as
your own
But I've read
well, and I've
heard them sa
id
A hundred time
s, maybe less,
maybe more
[Verse 3]
If you must wr
ite prose and
poems
The words you
use should be
your own
Don't plagiari
se or take "on
loan"
'Cause there's
always someon
e, somewhere
With a big nos
e, who knows
And trips you
up and laughs
When you fall
Who'll trip yo
u up and laugh
When you fall
[Chorus]
You say: "Ere
long done do d
oes did"
Words which co
uld only be yo
ur own
And then produ
ce the text
From whence wa
s ripped
Some dizzy who
re, 1804
[Verse 4]
A dreaded sunn
y day
So let's go where we're happy
And I meet you
at the cemete
ry gates
Oh, Keats and
Yeats are on y
our side
A dreaded sunn
y day
So let's go where we're wanted
And I meet you
at the cemete
ry gates
Keats and Yeat
s are on your
side, but you
lose
'Cause weird l
over Wilde is
on mine
[Outro]
(Repeat and fade out)