The Smiths

Stop Me If You Think Youve Heard This One Before

The Smiths


Tom: Am

E7    : 020100


[Intro]
Asus2 Em C D
F# E Asus2 Em
C D F# E

[Chorus]
Asus2      Em
Stop me, oh stop me
C                           D
Stop me if you think you've heard this one before
Asus2      Em
Stop me, oh stop me
C                           D
Stop me if you think you've heard this one before

[Verse 1]
Asus2        Em                 C                    D
Nothing's changed, I still love you, oh I still love you
       Asus2          Em                  C          D
Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love

F     Am7
F     Am7

[Mini-Riff]
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--1-1p0------------------------------------------|
G|--2-2p0-------4-4-4\2---2-2-2/4---4-4-4----------|
D|--------------5-5-5\3---3-3-3/5---5-5-5----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 2]
Asus2                Em
I was delayed, I was way-laid
C                                D
An emergency stop, I smelled the last ten seconds of life
Asus2                   Em
I crashed down on the crossbar
C                                 D                     Asus2
And the pain was enough to make a shy bald buddhist reflect
                Em
And plan a mass murder
    C                 D
Who said I'd lied to her?
   Asus2                       Em
Oh, who said I'd lied because I never, I never
C                           D
Who said I'd lied because I never?

F     Am7
F     Am7

[Mini-Riff]
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--1-1p0------------------------------------------|
G|--2-2p0-------4-4-4\2---2-2-2/4---4-4-4----------|
D|--------------5-5-5\3---3-3-3/5---5-5-5----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 3]
Asus2                 Em
I was detained, I was restrained
           C                                    D
I broke my spleen and broke my knee and then he really lays into me
Asus2           Em
Friday night in outpatients
C                     D
Who said I'd lied to her?
    Asus2                     Em
Oh, who said I lied because I never, I never
C                           D
Who said I'd lied because I never?
    Asus2                Em
And so I drank one it became four
           C                         D
And when I fell on the floor I drank more

[Instrumental]
F     Am7
F     Am7

[Mini-Riff]
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--1-1p0------------------------------------------|
G|--2-2p0-------4-4-4\2---2-2-2/4---4-4-4----------|
D|--------------5-5-5\3---3-3-3/5---5-5-5----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus]
Asus2      Em
Stop me, oh stop me
C                           D
Stop me if you think you've heard this one before
Asus2      Em
Stop me, oh stop me
C                           D
Stop me if you think you've heard this one before
Asus2        Em                 C                    D
Nothing's changed, I still love you, oh I still love you
       Asus2          Em                  C          D
Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love

[Outro]
Asus2 Em C D   x3

F#   E   E7


Outro mini-riff played by a second guitar:

E|-----5/7-------3-5-7-------3-5-7------3-5-7-------------|
B|---------5---5-------5---5-------5--5-------5-5-5-3-----|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|


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