Smiths - Nowhere Fast Chords & Tabs

 

Nowhere Fast Chords & Tabs

Smiths Chords & Tabs

Version: 1 Type: Chords

Nowhere Fast Chords

   
Intro: G - A

Verses are just Bm and Em. (With G and F#m as additional chords.)

Bm_______________________________________
I'd like to drop my trousers to the world
_______Em_______________G_____________F#m
I am a man of means (of slender means)
_____Bm__________________________________
Each household appliance
_________________________Em_____G_F#m____
Is like a new science in my town
___________Bm____________________________
And if the day came when I felt a
natural emotion
____Em____________________________G______
I'd get such a shock I'd probably jump
____________F#m__________________________
In the ocean

The 'And when a train goes by'-part is A-Bm-G (It's important you actually must play 
string apart, that part)

A________________________________________
And when a train goes by
____________Bm___________________________
It's such a sad sound
G________________________________________
No ...
A___________Bm______________G____________
It's such a sad thing

G - F#m   (You can also play this :

     _________________
     | G- 4- -2-Bend |
     | D- 5- -4-Bend |
     | A- 5- -4-Bend |
     [_______________] )
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smiths/nowhere_fast_crd.html ]
Intro (G - A)
Bm_______________________________________
I'd like to drop my trousers to the Queen
______Em__________________G_________________F#m
Every sensible child will know what this means
Bm_______________________________________
The poor and the needy
__________________________Em_______G_F#m_
Are selfish and greedy on her terms
___________Bm____________________________
And if the day came when I felt a
natural emotion
____Em____________________________G______
I'd get such a shock I'd probably jump
____________F#m__________________________
In the ocean

A________________________________________
And when a train goes by
____________Bm___________________________
It's such a sad sound
G________________________________________
No ...
A___________Bm______________G____________
It's such a sad thing

Instrumental bridge: F#m_______________G_

G - F#m (Bend)
Intro: G - A
_____________Bm__________________________
And when I'm lying in my bed
__Em_____________________________________
I think about life
__________________G____F#m
And I think about death
____Bm________________________Em_________G_F#m
And neither one particularly appeals to me

___________Bm____________________________
And if the day came when I felt a
natural emotion
____Em____________________________G_F#m__
I'd get such a shock I'd probably lie
_______Em_______________________G__F#m___
In the middle of the street and die
____Em__G_F#m____Bm______________________
I'd lie down and die ...
A___Em
Oh, oh

I saw this video on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FtKxmynpy4
You can see he plays a F#m through the Bm's in the verses.

But this tab is more like a guideline. Hope you enjoy it.