chords (in standard tuning, BTW):
verse chorus
F# A B D A C#m E
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):
|F# ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | do this twice; the second time the lead guitarist (on
tour, Johnny) plays:
E-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2 | (4/5\4) just before the rhythm guitarist (on tour,
Craig Gannon) plays the next chords
B-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2 |
G-3---3-3-3-3-3-4-3 |
D-4---4-4-4-4-2-2-2 |
A-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4 |
E-0(h)2-2-2-2-2-2-2 |
so the chord sequence for the intro and verse is:
How Soon Is Now ?
F#
I am the son and the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth, how can you say
C#m E F#I go about things the wrong way ?
D AI am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
I am the son and the heir
A B F#Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
A BOh, of nothing in particular
D A
You shut your mouth
D A
You shut your mouth, how can you say
C#m E F#I go about things the wrong way ?
I am Human and I need to be loved
C#m E F# F# F# A/B/Just like everybody else does
D A
There's a club if you'd like to go
C#m E F#You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go, and you stand on your own
AAnd you leave on your own
C#m EAnd you go home, and you cry
And you want to die
When you say it's gonna happen "now"
C#m E F#Well, when exactly do you mean?
D ASee I've already waited too long
And all my hope is gone
You shut your mouth, how can you say
C#m E F#I go about things the wrong way ?
D AI am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
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