Smiths - William It Was Really Nothing Chords & Tabs

William It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths

There are many layers of guitar in this song. These are the ones I
think you need to know if you want to play it with one guitar. It's almost
impossible to correctly tab out by ear every single note in a Smiths song,
but this is my best guess.

Capo on 2 or tune up a whole step (F#-B-E-a-C#-F#)

Intro (repeat x2)
F#-5----5--5--5-------7----7----7--7--------7----7--7--7--10---8----------|
C#-6----6--6--6-------8----8----8--8--------8----8--8--8--8---10----------|
A--5----5--5--5-------7----7----7--7--------9----9--9--9--9----9----------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#------------------------------------------------------------------------|

F#-7----5--5--------5------------------------7----------------5-----------|
C#-8----5--5--------5------------------------8----------------5-----------|
A--7----5--5--------5------------------------9----------------5-----------|
E-------------------3------------------------9----------------7-----------|
B--------------------------------------------7----------------7-----------|
F#-------------------------------------------7----------------5-----------|

Feel free to add more rhythm to the chords, I just added the bare essentials.

Then
F#-3-------------------------------------0-------------3------------------|
C#-5------------------------------------------0---------------------------|
A--4----------------------------5---------------------------------4-------|
E--5----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#------------------------------------------------------------------------|

F#---------------5----------3------------------------------3--------------|
C#-3------------------------1------------------------------3--------------|
A-------4-------------------2------------------------------4--------------|
E---------------------------3------------------------------5--------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------5--------------|
F#------------------------------------------------------------------------|

F#------------------------0--------------------0-------------------0------|
C#--------------2----------------------2-----------------0----2-----------|
A--------------------2---------2----------2---------2-------------------2-|
E---------------------------------2---------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#------------------------------------------------------------------------|

F#----------------0-------------------3---------------2----3--------------|
C#------2--0h2--------------1-----------------1-----------------3---------|
A----------------------2---------0---------0-------0-----------------2----|
E--2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#------------------------------------------------------------------------|

F#------2------------2-------3----2--------------0--------------------0---|
C#-3---------3----------3--------------2-----------------2----2-----------|
A---------------2---------------------------2---------2----------2--------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smiths/william_it_was_really_nothing_tab_ver_3.html ]
F#----------------0----------------------0-------------------3-----------|
C#------0----2-----------------2--0h2--------------1-----------------1---|
A--2-------------------2----------------------2---------0---------0------|
E-------------------------2----------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                    Then repeat this until the song ends.
F#----2----3---------2------------|---------------------------6----------|
C#--------------3----3------------|----------------------6------------6--|
A--0-----------------2------------|-----------------5--------------5-----|
E--------------------0------------|--------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
F#--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

F#--6-------------6----5---------5------------5------------5-------10p8--|
C#-------6-----6----------------------6----------6----8------------------|
A-----------5---------------5------------5-----------------------7-------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

F#----------10----8-------------8----7------------5----------7-----------|
C#-------8----------------8----------8------------6----------8-----------|
A---7------------------7-----7-------7------------5----------7-----------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


F#-----------5-----------8-------7-------------------5-------------------|
C#------6-----------------------------8---------6------------/8-------8--|
A--5--------------5/7---------7------------5--------------5--------7-----|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

F#--5--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#-------5------------------5-----------------------------5--------------|
A----------------------5---------------5-------------5---------------5---|
E-------------7-----------------------------6----------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

F#-----------5-----------8-------7-------------------5-------------------|
C#------6-----------------------------8---------6------------/8-------8--|
A--5--------------5/7---------7------------5--------------5--------7-----|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

F#--5--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#-------5------------------5-----------------------------5--------------|
A----------------------5---------------5-------------5---------------5---|
E-------------7-----------------------------6----------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

F#-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#----------------5----------------5-------------------------------------|
A------------5---------------5-----5-------------------------------------|
E----5-----------------------------4-------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

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