How Soon Is Now - The Smiths

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Chords (in standard tuning, BTW):

  [verse  chor
         
E- 2  -  -  - 
B- 2  2  4  7 
G- 3  2  4  7 
D- 4  2  4  7 
A- 4  0  2  5 
E- 2  -  -  - 

us]
   
 5  4  0
 5  5  0
 6  6  1
 7  6  2
 7  4  2
 5  -  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):

     ^  ^ ^
E|-----2-2-2-2
B|-----2-2-2-2
G|-3---3-3-3-3
D|-4---4-4-4-4
A|-4---4-4-4-4
E|-0(H)2-2-2-2

 ^ ^ ^            
-2-2-2 | (on tour, Johnny) plays:
-2-2-2 | (4/5\4) just before the rhythm guitarist
-3-4-3 | (on tour, Craig Gannon) plays the next chords
-2-2-2 |
-4-4-4 |
-2-2-2 |


[Verse 1]

         
I am the son a

nd the heir
             
Of a shyness t

             
hat is crimina

    
lly vulgar
I am the son and heir
              
Of nothing in 

           
particular


[Chorus]

             
You shut your 


mouth, how can

 you say
          
I go about thi

        
ngs the wrong 

way ?
             
I am Human and

              
 I need to be 


loved
          
Just like ever

            
ybody else doe

   
s


[Verse 1]

         
I am the son a

nd the heir
             
Of a shyness t

             
hat is crimina

    
lly vulgar
I am the son and heir
              
Oh, of nothing

               
 in particular


[Chorus]

             
You shut your 


mouth

             
You shut your 


mouth, how can

 you say
          
I go about thi

        
ngs the wrong 

way ?
             
I am Human and

              
 I need to be 


loved
          
Just like ever

            
ybody else doe

   
s


[Verse 2]

             
There's a club

              
 if you'd like

    
 to go
              
You could meet

          
 somebody who 

       
really loves y

ou
       
So you go, and

 you stand on 

your own

And you leave 

on your own
           
And you go hom

           
e, and you cry
              
And you want t

       
o die

             
When you say i

              
t's gonna happ

   
en "now"
          
Well, when exa

            
ctly do you me

an?
             
See I've alrea

              
dy waited too 


long
          
And all my hop

  
e is gone


[Chorus]

             
You shut your 


mouth, how can

 you say
          
I go about thi

        
ngs the wrong 

way ?
             
I am Human and

              
 I need to be 


loved
          
Just like ever

            
ybody else doe

   
s