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I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris - Morrissey
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Tuning: Standard, but all guitars Capo on second fret, so all chords/notes are relative
that.
Music by Boz Boorer, Lyrics by Morrissey.
Here is the main piano part adapted for the guitar.
I stumbled across it by accident when fiddling about with the barre chords Jesse Tobias
it sound okay to my ear!
X 3
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3-------5---6-----6--5-----5-----------------------------------------|
G|----4---4---5---5---5-------5----------------------------------------------|
D|--5-------7-----------7-------7--------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
X 1
e|-----------0----------------0----------------------------------------------|
B|-------3-----3-----------1----1--------------------------------------------|
G|-----4---------4-------2--------2------------------------------------------|
D|---5-----5-------5-S-3-----3------3----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This is the part Jesse Tobias plays on the electric guitar, with some distortion.
It is the same as above, except the individual arpeggio style picking is replaced by a
slide up the fret board.
If you can’t get it, watch the video on Youtube and you can see what happens:
G Am F Am
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-Slide--5------------6------5---------------------------------|
G|-----------4--------5------------5------5---------------------------------|
D|-----------5--------7------------7------7---------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The chords played by Boz Boorer on the acoustic guitar are as follows, remember, capo on
fret.
The rhythm and timing is pretty simple really.
Verse:
G Am F Am X 3
G
“I have decided…”
Chorus:
C Am D7 F/ E7
“I’m throwing my arms around, around Paris,
Am C E F
Because, only stone and steel, accept my love”
Hope this is okay, I don’t think I’ve missed anything out.
Any feedback or corrections are appreciated.
