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Back to the Old House

Album: Hatful of Hollow

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Song: Back to the Old House by The Smiths

UKULELE CHORDS

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Intro:
   D    Bm  Bm7  D    Bm  Bm7
   D    Bm  Bm7  D    Em7  G

Verse 1:
        D            Bm  Bm7
I would rather not go
D           Bm       Bm7  D    Bm  Bm7
Back to the old house
D   Em7 G     D       Bm  Bm7
    I   would rather not go
D           Bm       Bm7
Back to the old house
G         A        G   A
  There's too many bad memories
G          A
  Too many memories
Gbm   D
There
Gbm   D
Oooh ohoooh
Gbm  Dbm    A        Cmaj7
  Ohoooh

Verse 2:
D          Bm       Bm7
  When you cycled by
D      Bm           Bm7
  Here began all my dreams
D        Bm   Bm7        D        Em7  G
  The saddest thing I've ever seen
D         Bm        Bm7
  And you never knew
    D             Bm       Bm7
How much I really liked you
D                    Bm      Bm7
Because I never even told you
D         Em7      G
Oh, and I meant to
D     Bm  Bm7   D      Bm  Bm7
  Are you still there
G    A        G      A
  Or have you moved away?
G    A        Gbm        D
  Or have you moved away?
Gbm   D
Oooh ohoooh
Gbm  Dbm    A        Cmaj7
  Ohoooh

Verse 3:
        D          Bm  Bm7
I would love to go
D           Bm       Bm7
Back to the old house
D       Bm        Bm7
  But I never will
D   Bm        Bm7
  I never will
D   Bm Bm7 D  Bm  Bm7
  I ne-ver wi-ill

Outro -x2-: D    Bm  Bm7  D    Bm  Bm7
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed. This arrangement was downloaded for free on UkuTabs.com.
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Album: Hatful of Hollow

From the same album
  1. Back to the Old House
  2. Girl Afraid
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Biography

The Smiths was a rock band which formed in 1982 in Manchester, England, United Kingdom. The band consisted of Morrissey (vocals, lyrics), Johnny Marr (guitar, music), Mike Joyce (drums) and Andy Rourke (bass). Hugely influential, The Smiths lasted all of five years from 1982 to 1987, releasing during this period four studio albums (The Smiths, Meat Is Murder, The Queen Is Dead and Strangeways, Here We Come) and three compilation albums (Hatful Of Hollow, The World Won’t Listen and Louder Than Bombs).

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