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Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want Tab

by Dream Academy


The Smiths - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want

Words by Morrissey
Music by Johnny Marr

No capo.
This tab was derived from the The Smiths tab provided by Aaron Rother. I added the oboe 
and the different verse arrangement. --Arthur Marks

Chords:
     Dmaj7 D    F#m G opt Bm   A  
 Gmaj7
E------2---2----2---3-3---2----0---0------2-----------------|
B------2---3----2---3-3---3----2---3------0-----------------|
G------2---2----2---4-0---4----2---2------0-----------------|
D------0---0----4---5-0---4----2---2------0-----------------|
A------0---0----4---5-2---2----0---0------2-----------------|
E------x---x----2---3-3---2----0---0------3-----------------|


Intro/Outro:

D chord played with this bass
    D
E---------------------|
B---------------------|
G---------------------|
D---0-----------------|
A-----4-2-0-----------|
E-----------3-2-0-----|


Dmaj7      A            D       A
       Good times for a change.

                  F#m              G             A  Asus4-A
See the luck I've had could make a good man turn bad.

    G             A             D        A        Gmaj7
So  please please please  let me   let me   let me....let me

        A                 Bm       Gmaj7  A
get what I want this time.

Brief Instrumental:

 (Gmaj7          A    Dmaj7 Haven’t had…)
E----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G-11-9----9-----------11p9h11------|
D------12---9-12-11----------------|
A-------------------12-------------|
E----------------------------------|


Dmaj7                A          D       A
      Haven't had a dream in a long time.

                  F#m              G        A  Asus4-A
See the life I've had could make a good man bad.

  G                 A        D  A          Gmaj7
So for once in my life let me   get what I want.

           A                          Bm x2
Lord knows it would be the first time.

Gmaj7      A                          D  D7
Lord knows it would be the first time.

Oboe Instramental

    G     A        D  A Gmaj7 G    
  A   (Dmaj7 Haven’t had…)
E----------------5----5-------7--9-10---------------------|
B---8--7--5----7----5-----------------10------------------|
G------------------7-7---------------------11p9h11--------|
D---------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------|


Repeat second verse.


Oboe Instrumental: (same)

G   A   D A Gmaj7  G   A  
Dmaj7


  G             A          D   A        Gmaj7
Please please please  let me   get what I want.

Gmaj7      A
Lord knows it would be the first time

 D        A        Gmaj7
let me   let me   let me   let me

        A (one strum)  D (outro)
get what I want this time.