I Know Its Over - The Smiths
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
THE SMITHS - I KNOW IT'S OVER

C Am7
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
F G C
and as I climb into an empty bed
Am7
oh well, enough said
F G F G
I know it's over still I cling
F G F G F
I don't know where else I can go, mother

C Am7
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
F G C
see, the sea wants to take me

the knife wants to slit me
Am
do you think you can help me?
F G C
Sad veiled bride, please be happy
Am7
handsome groom, give her room
F G C
loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
Am7
although she needs you more than she loves you
F G F G
And I know it's over still I cling
F G
I don't know where else I can go
F G F
it's over, it's over, it's over

|--------------------------------------|
|-------0-1-------0-1-----0-1p0---0----|
|-----0---------2-----0---------0---0--|
|---2---------3------------------------|
|-3---------3--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------| x2
C
I know it's over
F
and it never really began
G F G Am
but in my heart it was so real
F G F G
and you even spoke to me and said:


C Am7 F G
"If you're so funny then why are you on your own tonight?

|-------15-12--|
|----13--------|
|-14-----------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|

C Am7 F G
and if you're so clever then why are you on your own tonight?
C Am7 F G
if you're so very entertaining then why are you on your own tonight?
C Am7
if you're so very good looking why do you sleep alone tonight?

|-------15-12--|
|----13--------|
|-14-----------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|

F G C
I know cause tonight is just like any other night
Am7 F G
that's why you're on your own tonight
C
with your triumphs and your charms
Am7
while they are in each other's arms"

|-------15-12--|
|----13--------|
|-14-----------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|x2

F G F
It's so easy to laugh
G
it's so easy to hate
F G
it takes strength to be gentle and kind
Fmaj9 G
it's over, over, over

|--------------------------------------|
|-------0-1-------0-1-----0-1p0---0----|
|-----0---------2-----0---------0---0--|
|---2---------3------------------------|
|-3---------3--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|x3 then

* * * *
|-0-------0-------0-------0--|
|-0---3-5-0---3-5-0---3---0--|
|-0-------0-------0-------0--|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

* can be substituted with harmonics at 12th bar.

F G F
It's so easy to laugh
G
it's so easy to hate
F G
it takes guts to be gentle and kind
Fmaj9 G
it's over, over, over

C F G
Love is natural and real
F G Am
but not for you, my love
F G
not tonight my love
F G C F
love is natural and real
G F G Em F G
but not for such as you and I, my love

C F G F G Am F G F G
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
C F G F G Am F G F G
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
C F G F G Am F G F G
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
C F G F G Am F G F G
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
C F G F G Am F G F G
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
The Smiths - I Know Its Over

If you have a volume pedal, use it for a slow fade-in

Cma7 Am F G
||-0-----(3)-(0)|--------------|-0--------3-0-|--0------------||
||-0------------|--------------|-1-------1----|3---3-1---1---0||
||-0------------|-----0------0-|-2------2-----|---------2---0-||
||-2------------|---2------0---|-2------------|--------3---0--||
||-3------------|-3------2-----|-0------------|---------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||

repeat this 1st sequence a few times, check the actual song. Throw in the (3)-(0) notes
from the second sequence on.

Then theres this transition:
Cma7 Am Fma7 G Fma7 G
||-0-------|--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0--|0-0-0----0---3|---0-----3----||
||-0-------|--------------|-1-1-1-0-0-0--|3-3-3----1---3|---1-----3----||
||-0-------|-----0-----0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2--|2-2-2----2---0|---2-----0----||
||-2-------|---2-----0----|-2-2-2-2-2-2--|2-2-2----3---0|---3-----0----||
||-3-------|-3-----2------|-0-0-0-0-0-0--|0-0-0----0---2|---0-----2----||
||---------|--------------|--------------|-------------3|---------3----||



Fma7* G F G F G Cma7 (back to 1st sequence)
||-0-------3----|1--0----------|---3----------|-0------------||
||-1-------3----|-1--1--1--0---|--3-3---1--0--|-0------------||
||-0-------0----|--2--2--2--2--|-0---0---2--0-|-0------------||
||-3-------0----|---------3--3-|0---------3--0|-2------------||
||-0-------2----|--------------|--------------|-3------------||
||---------3----|--------------|--------------|--------------||

After repeating the first sequence some more, use the transition again, but instead of
going back to Cma7, go to the Chorus

Chorus
C F G F G
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||---------0--1-|----------0--1|------0-------|-1------0-----||
||------0-------|-------2------|-0--0---0-----|---2------0---||
||---2----------|----3---------|----------0---|-----3------0-||
||3-------------|-3------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||

Am F G F G
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||---------0--1-|----------0--1|-------0------|-1------0-----||
||------2-------|-------2------|-0---0---0----|---2------0---||
||---2----------|----3---------|-----------0--|-----3------0-||
||0-------------|-3------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||


Repeat the above sequence several times. Finally, throw in the great sounding Em7 chord
into the chorus sequence,
check the actual song for when it comes up.

Em7 F G
||-------0-----0|-0------3-----||
||------3-----3-|-1------3-----||
||----0------0--|-2------0-----||
||--2-------2---|-3------0-----||
||2--------2----|-0------2-----||
||--------------|--------3-----||


Just keep repeating the chorus over and over, throwing in the Em7 when appropriate, to
end the song.
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I Know Its Over
The Smiths
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