(tabbed by James Purdy. This is my first tab so send comments, corrections, or hate mail to [email protected]. This is a song I always wanted to learn but never found the chords or was able to translate the original version on piano by Morrissey. However I was able to translate an almost identical (Chord wise) acoustic version by Colin Meloy on "Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey." I found help with lyrics from "It May All End Tomorrow" at http:/www.compsac.man.ac.uk/~moz/ Help with defining chords at http://www.hatbox.lib.virginia.edu/gtrchord/gtrchord Chords used listed at the bottom. Morrissey I've Changed My Plea to Guilty from Viva Hate (UK) and My early Burglary Years Intro: C/E G6 Am/E Gb G6 (2X) Verse 1: C/E G6 Am/E Gb G6 I'm standing in the dock. With my innocent hand on my heart. F G6 C/E C7/E F G6 C C7/E I've changed my plea. I've changed my plea to guilty. F E Am/E F Gb G6 Because freedom is wasted on me. See how your rules spoil the game? Verse 2: C/E G6 Am/E Gb G6 C/E Outside there is a pain. Emotional air raids exhausted my heart, G6 Am/E Gb G6 F G6 C/E C7/E and it's safer to be inside. So, I'm changing my plea, F G6 C/E C7/E F E Am/E and no one can dissuade me. Because freedom was wasted on me. F Gb G6 See how your rules spoil the game? Verse 3: C/E G6 Am/E Gb G6 Something I have learned, if there is one thing in life I've observed, C/E G6 Am/E Gb G6 F G6 C/E C7/E it's that everybody's got somebody. Ooh no, not me. F G6 C/E C7/E F E Am/E So I've changed my plea to guilty. And reason and freedom is a waste. F Gb G6 C/E It's a lot like life. Chords used: C/E G6 Am/E Gb C7/E E F 0 x 0 x 0 x 1 1 x 1 x 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 3 2 0 0 3 2 3 x 3 x 2 x 0 1
