The Smiths – This Charming Man (Intro Tab)

September 15, 2009

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This week I thought I’d tab up a few of my favourite intros, starting out with easily the best.

It’s interesting listening to this early version of This Charming Man recorded a Peel Session. The riff is intact in the verse but the intro sounds very weak compared to the final version.

The version I’ve tabbed above is in the key of the original. But it’s easier to play it two frets down as Perrecy does in his German ukulele version of the song. Here it is in that key.

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13 Responses to “The Smiths – This Charming Man (Intro Tab)”

  1. Josh on September 15th, 2009 6:51 pm

    Wow
    I’ve started really getting into The Smiths recently and this is great
    thanks!

  2. cardboardfrog on September 15th, 2009 7:21 pm

    new levels of epic ukulele playing are in my very near future,
    seriously excellent choice woodshed, Bravo!

  3. Iain on September 15th, 2009 7:21 pm

    Aha, wicked! Time for us all to dust off the Morrissey impressions.

  4. mictoboy on September 15th, 2009 8:55 pm

    lovely stuff!

  5. zym on September 15th, 2009 10:47 pm

    good choice :D

  6. nick Bardy-Chivor on September 16th, 2009 10:39 am

    AAH The Smiths…Always loved them…Any one who could dream up the lyric…”Spending warm Summer days indoors, Writing frightening verse To a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg”…is worthy of the Godlike status old Mozzer has achieved…More Smiths please Al…

  7. J-Hob on September 16th, 2009 9:58 pm

    sweet! The timing in that song is pretty tricky!

  8. jerika on September 18th, 2009 12:57 am

    I was just listening to this song a couple of days ago and was thinking how nice it would be if some one tabbed this out. Thanks for reading my mind.

  9. Andy on September 18th, 2009 6:24 am

    Fantastic. Thanks. I’ve been playing this repeatedly since it was posted, although only the most imaginative of Smiths’ fans would be able to recognise what I’m doing. Practice, practice….

  10. Woodshed on September 18th, 2009 4:39 pm

    Josh: Thanks.

    cbf: Good luck with it.

    Iain: I have been spending a certain amount of time flouncing around after playing this.

    mictoboy: Thanks.

    zym: Agreed.

    Nick: It’s a definitely possibility.

    J-Hob: It is. Not entirely sure I’ve got it right.

    jerika: It’s good to use my mind reading skills for good for once.

    Andy: Glad you’re enjoying it.

  11. emily on September 20th, 2009 12:24 am

    this made my day… i really need to learn tab so that i can spread this glee on my own.

  12. Woodshed on September 20th, 2009 5:38 pm

    emily: Good luck with the glee spreading.

  13. Madison on September 25th, 2009 12:08 am

    For Perrecy’s version… how do you do a pull-off on an open string? D:

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