Chords for The Smiths-How Soon is Now?-Guitar Lesson-Allison Bennett Tutorial

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[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] [Em] Hey, Allison here, going to teach you how I play the classic Smith's tune, How Soon Is Now.
_ Here's the verse, it's throughout most of the song, and you'll notice I'm using a lot
of tremolo, and I'm also using a pre-recorded sound that I did in my RC-3 loop station,
and I'll show you how I got that sound later in the lesson.
So here it goes.
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[A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D#] Okay, so there's three chords in the verse.
E, _ so first finger, third string, [G] first fret from the capo, _ second finger, fifth string,
second fret from the capo, and third finger, fourth string, second fret.
_ The next chord is called G6, your third finger's on the third fret, sixth string, second finger's
on the second fret, fifth string, and then all of the other strings are [C] open, ringing [A] out.
_ _ [N] And then the last chord is an Asus2, you are going to strum the fifth string open, the
fourth string, second fret, third string, second fret, and then the [B] first and second strings open.
_ _ _ [G] And that's [F#] E, _ [A] _ [Em] G6, [Bm] and Asus2. _ _
_ [G] Now it's really important to get the tremolo setting right.
What you're going to do is hit the chord and then hear the tremolo bounce back two times
before you hit the next chord.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] So you see I'm only strumming every third chord that you hear.
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_ _ _ _ And see the third finger lifts off for one of them. _ _ _ _
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[E] And on that last time you lift up is when the effect comes in.
So here it is all [F#] together. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ Then the G6 comes [A] in.
_ [B] _ _ _ [Em] The G6 and the Asus2 are much quicker than the E.
[F#] So here's the whole part all together.
Hopefully you're following me. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] And that is the verse, the main part of the song.
The next part is the chorus.
[G] Now on the recording, there's definitely two guitars going, but since I'm the only guitarist
[B] in this charming band, I am doing it a little bit differently to fill out the sound of the lead part.
So I'll show you how I do it and also _ the way it is on the recording.
So here's how I do it.
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_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _
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_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [F#] _ _ Leading back to the verse. _ _
[N] You might have noticed I turned the tremolo off for that.
So if you want to do it more of the style of the recording, what you can do is just
take the top note of every power chord that I just [C#m] played and just play the top note. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ Like that.
But it doesn't sound very good live if [B] you're the only one playing.
It sounds kind of thin.
Okay, so breaking down the chorus.
I'm going to start on the 11th fret, barring strings 4 and 3.
And also on the 14th fret, 2nd string.
_ You can strum this from the open 5th string.
_ _ _ Then [C] move to the 7th, 9th, and 10th [A] frets. _ _
_ _ _ [Em] By the way, this is the 7th, 9th, and 10th frets, actual frets, [F#] not in relation to the capo.
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_ _ Play that one again.
[E] Then the pinky _ moves down a half step.
_ [C#m] Then back to the first position, but the [C#] third finger is now down.
It was like this, but now it's like this, with the third finger on the third string.
_ Strumming strings 4, 3, and 2. _
_ _ Then we're going to move [D#] to the next string group, 3, 2, and [E] 1.
_ _ So this is the 9th fret, 12th and 12th.
_ [F#] _ Move that up a whole [B] step to the 11th, and 14th, and 14th. _ _
Then go and repeat the whole thing.
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_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ And instead of ending here at the 11th [Dm] and 14th, it just cuts off right there and goes
right back to the main riff.
Just hit your [F#] tremolo and go back into the main riff verse. _ _
So again, real slow, the chorus sounds like this.
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ [G] And then there's the whole wah sound that I had pre-recorded into my pedal.
So here's how to get that sound.
What you need to do is turn on all your pedals, delay, chorus, phaser, overdrive, just so
that it's really kind of washy sounding.
You need a slide, and the second string beat is going to be tuned down a half step to B flat.
_ And then you take the slide and place it on the 3rd and 2nd strings at the 14th fret. _
Pluck it and then move down to the 13th fret.
Sounds like this.
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[F] _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ [G] All right, that's how to play How Soon Is Now.
I'm Allison, thanks for watching.
Check out my YouTube channel for more Smiths videos.
See you next [Bm] time.
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