How Soon Is Now bass tab by The Smiths

Tabbed by Gladzio.

gladzio@windowslive.com

If you have ever listened to live versions of "How Soon Is Now", you could easily find
that Andy Rourke plays different riffs.

Standard tuning.
Choruses are the same to all live versions. Listen to many clips (e.g. on YouTube) for
timing.


I. Version from Madrit and Oxford, 1985:

Verse:

G|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-----------4---2|
D|------------4*---2*|------------1*--1*h2|------------4-2------|----------------|
A|-------------------|--------------------|----------------4--2-|0--2--0---------|
E|0--2--0--2---------|0--2--0--2----------|0--2--0--2-----------|----------------| x4

*-play those notes as loud as you can!


Chorus for both versions:
Play twice with different endings.

G|------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
D|------------------|----------------|-------------2--|-------------------|
A|0-0h2-0--2--0--5--|0--2-0--5-0--7--|0--4-0--7-------|--------------5--4-|
E|------------------|----------------|-----------0---0|2----0-2-0-2-------|


G|------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
D|------------------|----------------|-------------2--|-------------------|
A|0-0h2-0--2--0--5--|0--2-0--5-0--7--|0--4-0--7-------|----------------9/-|
E|------------------|----------------|-----------0---0|2----2----2--------|


II. Version from Paris, 1984. My favorite one :-)

Verse:

G|--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------(4)-4--1h2-|
D|----------------3h4-|------------1h2-0-3h4-|------------4-2-------|----------------------|
A|--------------4-----|----------------------|-----------------4--2-|0-0h2--0--------------|
E|0--2--0--2----------|0--2--0--2------------|0--2--0--2------------|----------------------|


Any questions? Ask me, ask me, ask me :-)