Smiths - Half A Person

capo : 3

tabbed by : joe lamb

Fmaj7 D
call me morbid , call me pale

Fmaj7 D
i’ve spent six years on your trail

Am G F
six long years

D G
on your trail

Fmaj7 D
call me morbid , call me pale

Fmaj7 D
i’ve spent six years on your trail

Am G F D G
six full years of my life on your trail

E F C G
and if you have five seconds to spare

E F
then i’ll tell you the story of my life :

C G
sixteen , clumsy and shy

E Am F
i went to london and i

C G Em E
i booked myself in at the y . . . w . C . A .

Fmaj7 D
i said : “i like it here – can i stay ?

Fmaj7 D
i like it here – can i stay ?

Am G F
do you have a vacancy

D G
for a back – scrubber?”

she was left behind , and sour
and she wrote to me , equally dour
she said : “in the days when you were
hopelessly poor
i just liked you more . . . ”

and if you have five seconds to spare
then i’ll tell you the story of my life :
sixteen , clumsy and shy
i went to london and i
i booked myself in at the y . . . w . C . A .
i said : “i like it here – can i stay ?
i like it here – can i stay ?
and do you have a vacancy
for a back – scrubber ?”

call me morbid , call me pale
i’ve spent too long on your trail
far too long
chasing your tail
oh . . .