This Night Has Opened My Eyes Chords by The Smiths
Tempo:
99.25 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
G
A
F#m
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
In a river [E] of the color [Bm] of lead
He [F#m] excavated his [Bm] [F#m] head
Wrapped her up in the [E] news of the [Bm] world
[F#m]
Dumbed her on a [Bm] doorstep, [F#m] girl
[G] [A]
Then he [Bm] [Em] snatched
And he opened [Bm] my eyes
And [A] I will never sleep again
[G#] You keep him [F#m] quiet like [E] a bullet's eye
[Bm] [F#m] A grown man of [G] twenty-five
[A]
[N] Oh, he said [F#] he'd cure your [Bm] ills
[F#m] But he didn't, and [Bm] he never will
[F#m] [Bm] [A]
Oh, oh, [Em] oh, [G] oh
Save [Bm] your life
Because [A] you've only got one
[G] The dream [D] has gone, but the baby [A] is still
[G]
Oh, you did a good [Bm] [G] thing
[A] She could have [Bm] been a [F#m] poet
Thought she could have been a fool
[G] Oh, you did a [Em] bad thing
[G] And [A]
I'm [Em] not happy, [G] and I'm not [F#m] sad
[A] [B] A [F#] sheep's child on a [Bm] swing
[E] [Bm] [F#m] Reminds you of your own again
[Bm] [A] She took away [Bm] your troubles
Oh, but then again
[F#m] She left [Bm] pain
[F#m]
[Bm] [A] Oh, oh, [G] oh, oh
[Bm] Save your life
[E] Because you've only got [A] one
[D] The dream has gone, but the baby is still
[Gm] Oh, you [C#m] did a good [Em] thing
[Bm]
[G] [A] She could have been [G] a [F#m] poet
Thought she could have [A] been a fool
[D] Oh, you did a bad [Em] thing
[Bm]
[G] [A] And I'm not [Em] happy, [G] and I'm not sad
[F#m] [A]
[Bm] [F#m] [G] [F#m]
[Em] [Bm] [G] [A]
[G] [F#m] [G] [A] Oh, oh, [Em] [G] [A]
[Em] [Bm] [G] [F#m] [A]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G] [F#m] [Em] oh, oh
[G]
[A] [F#m] Save [G] your life
Oh, [C#m] [Em] you [Bm] [G]
[A] did a good thing
She could have been [Em] a poet
[Bm] Thought she could have been a fool
Oh, oh, [F#m] oh, oh
[A] [G] [D] [A] [G] [Em]
[Bm] [G] [A] [Bm] [F#m]
[G] [F#m] [Em]
[G] [A] [E] [Em]
[Bm] [G] [F#m] [A]
He [F#m] excavated his [Bm] [F#m] head
Wrapped her up in the [E] news of the [Bm] world
[F#m]
Dumbed her on a [Bm] doorstep, [F#m] girl
[G] [A]
Then he [Bm] [Em] snatched
And he opened [Bm] my eyes
And [A] I will never sleep again
[G#] You keep him [F#m] quiet like [E] a bullet's eye
[Bm] [F#m] A grown man of [G] twenty-five
[A]
[N] Oh, he said [F#] he'd cure your [Bm] ills
[F#m] But he didn't, and [Bm] he never will
[F#m] [Bm] [A]
Oh, oh, [Em] oh, [G] oh
Save [Bm] your life
Because [A] you've only got one
[G] The dream [D] has gone, but the baby [A] is still
[G]
Oh, you did a good [Bm] [G] thing
[A] She could have [Bm] been a [F#m] poet
Thought she could have been a fool
[G] Oh, you did a [Em] bad thing
[G] And [A]
I'm [Em] not happy, [G] and I'm not [F#m] sad
[A] [B] A [F#] sheep's child on a [Bm] swing
[E] [Bm] [F#m] Reminds you of your own again
[Bm] [A] She took away [Bm] your troubles
Oh, but then again
[F#m] She left [Bm] pain
[F#m]
[Bm] [A] Oh, oh, [G] oh, oh
[Bm] Save your life
[E] Because you've only got [A] one
[D] The dream has gone, but the baby is still
[Gm] Oh, you [C#m] did a good [Em] thing
[Bm]
[G] [A] She could have been [G] a [F#m] poet
Thought she could have [A] been a fool
[D] Oh, you did a bad [Em] thing
[Bm]
[G] [A] And I'm not [Em] happy, [G] and I'm not sad
[F#m] [A]
[Bm] [F#m] [G] [F#m]
[Em] [Bm] [G] [A]
[G] [F#m] [G] [A] Oh, oh, [Em] [G] [A]
[Em] [Bm] [G] [F#m] [A]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G] [F#m] [Em] oh, oh
[G]
[A] [F#m] Save [G] your life
Oh, [C#m] [Em] you [Bm] [G]
[A] did a good thing
She could have been [Em] a poet
[Bm] Thought she could have been a fool
Oh, oh, [F#m] oh, oh
[A] [G] [D] [A] [G] [Em]
[Bm] [G] [A] [Bm] [F#m]
[G] [F#m] [Em]
[G] [A] [E] [Em]
[Bm] [G] [F#m] [A]
Key:
Bm
G
A
F#m
Em
Bm
G
A
In a river [E] of the color [Bm] of lead _
He [F#m] _ excavated his [Bm] [F#m] head
Wrapped her up in the [E] news of the [Bm] world
_ [F#m]
Dumbed her on a [Bm] doorstep, [F#m] girl
_ [G] _ [A] _
Then he _ [Bm] _ [Em] snatched
And he opened [Bm] my eyes
And [A] I will never sleep again
[G#] You keep him [F#m] quiet like [E] a bullet's eye
_ [Bm] _ [F#m] A grown man of [G] twenty-five
[A] _
[N] Oh, he said [F#] he'd cure your [Bm] ills
[F#m] But he didn't, and [Bm] he never will
[F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ Oh, oh, [Em] oh, _ [G] oh
Save [Bm] your life
Because [A] you've only got one
[G] The dream [D] has gone, but the baby [A] is still
_ [G]
Oh, you did a good _ _ [Bm] _ [G] thing
[A] She could have [Bm] been a [F#m] poet
Thought she could have been a fool
[G] Oh, you did a [Em] bad thing
_ [G] And _ [A] _
I'm [Em] not happy, [G] and I'm not [F#m] sad _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] A [F#] sheep's child on a [Bm] swing
[E] _ _ [Bm] [F#m] Reminds you of your own again
[Bm] _ [A] She took away [Bm] your troubles
Oh, but then again
[F#m] She left [Bm] pain
[F#m] _ _
_ [Bm] _ [A] _ _ Oh, oh, [G] oh, oh
_ [Bm] Save your _ life
[E] Because you've only got [A] one
[D] The dream has gone, but the baby is still
[Gm] Oh, you [C#m] did a good [Em] thing
[Bm] _
_ [G] _ [A] She could have been [G] a [F#m] poet
Thought she could have [A] been a fool
[D] Oh, you did a bad [Em] thing
_ [Bm] _
[G] _ _ [A] And I'm not [Em] happy, [G] and I'm not sad
[F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _
[Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] Oh, oh, [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [F#m] [Em] oh, oh
[G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ Save [G] your life
Oh, [C#m] _ [Em] you [Bm] _ _ [G]
[A] did a good thing
She could have been [Em] a poet
[Bm] Thought she could have been a fool
Oh, oh, [F#m] oh, oh
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [Em] _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _
He [F#m] _ excavated his [Bm] [F#m] head
Wrapped her up in the [E] news of the [Bm] world
_ [F#m]
Dumbed her on a [Bm] doorstep, [F#m] girl
_ [G] _ [A] _
Then he _ [Bm] _ [Em] snatched
And he opened [Bm] my eyes
And [A] I will never sleep again
[G#] You keep him [F#m] quiet like [E] a bullet's eye
_ [Bm] _ [F#m] A grown man of [G] twenty-five
[A] _
[N] Oh, he said [F#] he'd cure your [Bm] ills
[F#m] But he didn't, and [Bm] he never will
[F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ Oh, oh, [Em] oh, _ [G] oh
Save [Bm] your life
Because [A] you've only got one
[G] The dream [D] has gone, but the baby [A] is still
_ [G]
Oh, you did a good _ _ [Bm] _ [G] thing
[A] She could have [Bm] been a [F#m] poet
Thought she could have been a fool
[G] Oh, you did a [Em] bad thing
_ [G] And _ [A] _
I'm [Em] not happy, [G] and I'm not [F#m] sad _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] A [F#] sheep's child on a [Bm] swing
[E] _ _ [Bm] [F#m] Reminds you of your own again
[Bm] _ [A] She took away [Bm] your troubles
Oh, but then again
[F#m] She left [Bm] pain
[F#m] _ _
_ [Bm] _ [A] _ _ Oh, oh, [G] oh, oh
_ [Bm] Save your _ life
[E] Because you've only got [A] one
[D] The dream has gone, but the baby is still
[Gm] Oh, you [C#m] did a good [Em] thing
[Bm] _
_ [G] _ [A] She could have been [G] a [F#m] poet
Thought she could have [A] been a fool
[D] Oh, you did a bad [Em] thing
_ [Bm] _
[G] _ _ [A] And I'm not [Em] happy, [G] and I'm not sad
[F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _
[Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] Oh, oh, [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [F#m] [Em] oh, oh
[G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ Save [G] your life
Oh, [C#m] _ [Em] you [Bm] _ _ [G]
[A] did a good thing
She could have been [Em] a poet
[Bm] Thought she could have been a fool
Oh, oh, [F#m] oh, oh
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [Em] _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _