Chords for The Smiths-There is a Light That Never Goes Out-Guitar Lesson-Allison Bennett

[G#m] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [G#m] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G#m] _
[E] Hey, Allison here.
Today I'm going to show you how I play There is a Light That Never
Goes Out.
It's in standard tuning, need a capo on the fourth fret.
And there's only
three main parts, the intro, [F#m] the verse, and the chorus.
Here's the intro.
_ _ [A] [B] It _ _ starts with
a standard fifth string root bar chord on the fifth fret relative to the capo.
You can
count the dots, 1, 3, 5.
First finger on the fifth string, _ [C#] third finger on the fourth
string.
Pinky right underneath the third finger on the third string.
Second finger on the
second string.
First finger is barring.
I like to mute the sixth string with the top
of my first finger so it does not ring out open.
_ [F#m] Strum it one time.
[E] Then we're going
to an F major seventh over C.
First finger on the second string, first fret.
Second finger
on the third string, second fret.
Third finger on the fifth string, third fret.
Pinky right
underneath it on the fourth string, third fret.
I like to mute the sixth string with
my thumb on this one so it doesn't ring out open.
[A] _ _
_ _ _ [A#] Then we head to a G6.
You only need
one finger for this.
Third finger on the third fret, sixth string.
You want to mute
the fifth string with your third finger.
So lay the finger down [B] on the pad of the finger
_ so that it can touch the fifth string lightly to mute it.
And then the other strings are
all going to be ringing out open.
[F] And we're [B] going _ on the G6.
So all together [F#m] again.
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _
Here's
the verse.
[C#m] _ [B] _ [E] _ [B] Starting [A] _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ _
with an A minor seventh chord.
First finger on the first fret, second
string.
Second finger on the fourth string, second fret.
And a pinky, yeah, pinky on the
[C#m] first string, third fret.
_ Strummed from the fifth string down.
_ And then [G#m] lift up and just
strum the top three or four [C#m] strings open, which is technically a G6.
_ And you're going
to do that on your way to the next chord, which is the Gsus4.
_ [B] _ _ Gsus4, you've got your
third finger on the third fret, sixth string.
You're muting the fifth string. _
Open, open,
and then first fret, second string, [E] and [B] muting the first string.
_ _ _ _ _ We're going from a Gsus4
to a regular G without the first string ringing out.
So it's not a G6 anymore, it's a regular
G.
So, [E] from the top.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ Alright, next we go back to the A [C#m] minor seventh.
_ [B] Little G6. _
Gsus4 again.
_ G again.
So it's the same chords but the strumming's a little bit different.
[C#m] All together from the top
of the verse.
[B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ Next [Em] we're going to an F over C.
Barring strings one and two on the first fret,
second finger, third string, second fret.
Third finger, fifth string, third fret,
a pinky right underneath that.
Fourth string, third fret.
[A] _ _ _ _ Then, lift up your first finger so
you're not barring anymore and it's open.
_ F major seventh over C like we did in the intro.
_ _ [E] Then we
go to a regular old C chord _ [B] _ _ _ to a _ G6.
Remember, we're muting that fifth string.
_ [C#m] So, the whole verse slowly.
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _
_ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _
_ _ And it just repeats over and [E] over and over again for the verse.
I didn't include the strums because
that would take a long time to explain but hopefully you can see what I'm doing.
A lot
of the chords are moving on an upstroke or an offbeat.
Here's the chorus.
_ _ _ [C#m] So [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
before the actual
chorus starts, you go back to that intro part.
_ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ [E] And then it goes into the chorus there.
So it's a C
chord.
_ _ _ [C#m] The next chord is an A minor seventh.
[E] A different voicing than the one before.
All you
do is you lift your third finger off of the C [C#m] and strum from the fifth string down.
_ Then we have that
F major seventh over C [A] again.
_ _ _ _ [B] Next chord is G6.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ And then an F over C so we're barring this time.
[A] _ _
And then finally a D minor seventh.
And what you do is you just lift up your third and fourth
[F#m] _ _ fingers from the F [C#] over C.
It's an easy transition.
So with the strumming it sounds like [E] this.
_ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] You _
[E] _ just repeat it and that's it.
And there you have it.
That's There is a Light.
It's one of the
easier Smith's tunes to learn.
I don't know if I'm playing it exactly like they did on the recording
but doing my best.
Just watch out for those upstroke changes.
There were some in the
chorus as well.
So I hope this helps.
Good luck mastering the song.
I'll see you next time. _