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From: Stark 



This is how I play Morrissey's My Love Life, the KROQ live version at
least.  The studio version skips the part guitar I plays in the intro,
and goes straight into the main riff.  On the version Alain Whyte and co.
play live, the main riff is played alot more freely (strummed more).
I realize there are a lot of inaccuracies in my tab, but I just
tried to produce a rough sketch.  I would appreciate it if anybody
could mail me, or post, corrections.

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My Love Life - from the KROQ recording session

Intro:
Guitar I:
 G                 C                 A                 D
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---5-5---5-5---5-|---5-5-5---5---5-|---7-7---7-7---7-|---7-7-7---7---7-|
|------------5----|-3-------3---3---|-------------7---|-5-------5---5---|
|-3----3----------|-----------------|-5-----5---------|-----------------|

Guitar II:                          *
 G                 C                 A                 D
|-3------------3--|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
|-3------------3--|-5------4--------|-3---------------|-----------------|
|-4------------4--|-5------4--------|-3---------------|-----------------|
|-5------------5--|-5------4--------|-3---------------|-----------------|
|-5------------5--|-3------2--------|-0---------------|-----------------|
|-3------------3--|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
* Note: every other time instead this is played, I think...
				     A                 D
				    |-----------------|-----------------|
				    |-7---------------|-----------------|
				    |-7---------------|-----------------|
				    |-7---------------|-----------------|
				    |-5---------------|-----------------|
				    |-----------------|-----------------|

Main riff, something sort of like this:
 G                 C                 A                 D
|---3-3-3---3---3-|---3-3-3---3---3-|---5-5-5---5---5-|---5-5-5---5---5-|
|-3-------3---3---|---------5---5---|-7-------7---7---|-7-------7---7---|
|-----------------|-5---------------|-7---------------|-7---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

For the chorus(?) part, I use this shape to play all the chords, sliding
the chords:

 E A D G B E
|-----------|
|--*--------|
|-----------|
|----*-*-*--|

Here's the song:

Intro times 4
Repeat main riff until chorus

come on to my house
come on and do something new
I know you love, one person
but why can't you love two?

(chorus)
E    G                D        C  D
       give a little something
E    G                D       *C  D     * note: pick with first three strings
       give a little something                  and slide chords

(main riff)
to my love life
my love life
my love life
oh..

I know you love one person
why don't you love two?

etc...

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Someone else please post more Smiths/Morrissey, Pixies, J&M Chain,
Sex Pistols, Lush, or anything else slightly "alternative", that
guitar magazines fail to comprehend.

Good night, and thank you,

Jerry, (jarnail@sfu.ca)