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Hold on to Your Friends

Morrissey
Tab
★4.3(7)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Capo 4th fret

Intro (relative to capo):

e|------------------------------------0----------|
B|----------------------------3------------0-----|
G|--------0---------0----------------------------|  Repeat this three times
D|-----5---------4---------2---------------------|
A|--7---------5---------3---------3--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Then, fourth time

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------3-----|
G|--------0---------0-----------------0----------|
D|-----5---------4---------0---2---4-------------|
A|--7---------5---------3------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

*Verse 1(All chord names relative of capo):

Firstly, Am7b5 is used in this song. Here's the fingering:

e|----3-------------|
B|----1-------------|
G|----0-------------|
D|----1-------------|
A|----0-------------|
E|------------------|

*Now for the Verse..

e|------------0-------------------0---------------|
B|---------------3-------------------3------------|
G|--------0---------0---------0---------0---------|
D|-----4------------------4-----------------------|
A|--2------------------3--------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

A bond of trust.....

e|------------0-------------------0---------------|
B|---------------3-------------------3------------|
G|--------0---------0---------0---------0---------|
D|-----4------------------4-----------------------|
A|--2------------------3--------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

Has been abused.....

Am D G

Something of value

G C

May be lost

Am7b5 G

Give up your job

G C Am7b5

Squander your cash - be rash

Am D

Just hold on to your friends

*Back to Intro

*Verse 2 - Same Chords as Verse 1:

There are more than enough

To fight and oppose

Why waste good time

Fighting the people you like

Who will fall defending your name

Oh, don't feel so ashamed..

* Back to Intro over this line

To have friends

*Verse 3 - Same chords again

But now you only call me

When you're feeling depressed

When you feel happy I'm

So far from your mind

My patience is stretched

My loyalty vexed

Oh, you're losing all..

*Back to Intro over this line

of your friends

G C

Hold on to your friends

Am7b5 G

Hold on to your friends

G C

Resist - or move on

Am7b5 G

Be mad, be rash

G C

Smoke and explode

Am7b5 G

Sell all of your clothes

G C

Just bear in mind :

Am7b5 Am D

Oh, there just might come a time..

*Intro over this line

When you need some friends

Outro gets all electrified so I haven't done this..

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