From: Stark
This is how I play Morrissey’s My Love Life, the KROQ live version at
least. The studio version skips the part guitar I plays in the intro,
and goes straight into the main riff. On the version Alain Whyte and co.
play live, the main riff is played alot more freely (strummed more).
I realize there are a lot of inaccuracies in my tab, but I just
tried to produce a rough sketch. I would appreciate it if anybody
could mail me, or post, corrections.
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My Love Life — from the KROQ recording session
Intro:
Guitar I:
G C A D
|——————|——————|——————|——————|
|——————|——————|——————|——————|
|——————|——————|——————|——————|
|—5-5—5-5—5-|—5-5-5—5—5-|—7-7—7-7—7-|—7-7-7—7—7-|
|————5—-|-3——-3—3—|————-7—|-5——-5—5—|
|-3—-3———-|——————|-5——5———|——————|
Guitar II: *
G C A D
|-3————3—|——————|-0—————|——————|
|-3————3—|-5——4———|-3—————|——————|
|-4————4—|-5——4———|-3—————|——————|
|-5————5—|-5——4———|-3—————|——————|
|-5————5—|-3——2———|-0—————|——————|
|-3————3—|——————|——————|——————|
* Note: every other time instead this is played, I think…
A D
|——————|——————|
|-7—————|——————|
|-7—————|——————|
|-7—————|——————|
|-5—————|——————|
|——————|——————|
Main riff, something sort of like this:
G C A D
|—3-3-3—3—3-|—3-3-3—3—3-|—5-5-5—5—5-|—5-5-5—5—5-|
|-3——-3—3—|———5—5—|-7——-7—7—|-7——-7—7—|
|——————|-5—————|-7—————|-7—————|
|——————|——————|——————|——————|
|——————|——————|——————|——————|
|——————|——————|——————|——————|
For the chorus(?) part, I use this shape to play all the chords, sliding
the chords:
E A D G B E
|————|
|—*———|
|————|
|—-*-*-*—|
Here’s the song:
Intro times 4
Repeat main riff until chorus
come on to my house
come on and do something new
I know you love, one person
but why can’t you love two?
(chorus)
E G D C D
give a little something
E G D *C D * note: pick with first three strings
give a little something and slide chords
(main riff)
to my love life
my love life
my love life
oh..
I know you love one person
why don’t you love two?
etc…
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Someone else please post more Smiths/Morrissey, Pixies, J&M Chain,
Sex Pistols, Lush, or anything else slightly «alternative», that
guitar magazines fail to comprehend.
Good night, and thank you,
Jerry, ([email protected])