William, It Was Really Nothing Bass Tab

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Great song, great voice, great sound.

Verse
G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|-4-------4----------------------|
A |---------------5---5---3-5-3-5--|---------------2---2-4---2------|
E |-3-------3----------------------|-----------------------------2--|

G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A |---------------5---5-5---5------|-------------0-2---2---4-2------|
E |-3~~----------------------------|-2~~-------------------------2--|

Verse End A
G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|-5-------5-----4---4-5-----4----|
A |--------------------------------|-----------------------------5--|
E |-3-------3-----3---3-3---3---2--|--------------------------------|

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

G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|-0-------0-----0---0-0---0---1--|
E |-3-------3-----3---3-3---3---2--|--------------------------------|

Verse End B (God knows I've got to live mine)
G |--------------------------------|/7-------------6----------------|
D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A |-2-------------2---2-2---2------|------------------------(7)-(9)-|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| (When played 2nd time stop at last bar)
A |-5-------------5---5-5---5------|-7-------------7---7-7---7------|  
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Insrtrumental Bridge
G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |---------5-----------5^7^5------|---------5----------------------|
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |-3-------------3-------------2--|-3-------------3---3-3---3---4--|

G |----------------------------6^7^|-6------------------------------|
D |---------7----------------------|-----------------5-------7------|
A |--------------------------------|------(stop)--------------------|
E |-5-------------5-----5----------|--------------------------------|

Chorus
G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A |---------------5---5-5---5------|--------------------------------|
E |-3-------3----------------------|-3-------3-----5---5-5---5---6--|

G |--------------------------------|---------11--------------11-----|
D |---------9--------------9-10-11-|--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|-9-------------9-----9-------9--|
E |-7-------------7----------------|--------------------------------|

Chorus End
G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |---------9---------9--7---------|--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------9--7~~|~-----------------------------/-|
E |-7-------------7----------------|--------------------------------|


Enjoy!

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/s/smiths,_the/140830.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Sir Slinky Lead Player	#1 by Sir Slinky at Apr 9, 2006 at 7:11 PM EST
	"William" is a typical working class boy in a typical 80s working class town. Morrissey is commenting on the expected life William must follow and urges him to move away from that, push himself and do something with his life.

No Picture David Average	#2 by David White at Apr 13, 2006 at 8:47 PM EST
	When Morrissey wrote this song, he looked around and noticed that all the songs about not getting married were by females, to females, "don't get married, stay single and free, have fun" etc etc, so he wrote this song in order to reverse the role, a man saying to a man, "don't get married", that in fact marriage was "really nothing". "everyone has to live their life, and god knows i've got to live mine, i'm not here to judge you, but why get married? it won't solve anything, yes life has been crap to you, but this isn't the answer, and all you're doing is setting yourself up to be taken advantage of, in the end marriage is really nothing at all"

No Picture Jimmy Wanna Be	#3 by Jimmy Withrow at May 19, 2006 at 9:22 AM EST
	"The rain is pouring on the foreign town, the bullets cannots cut you down." -This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us, by Sparks The theme of this song is borrowed from "Billy Liar" by Keith Waterhouse

No Picture FUCK Average	#4 by FUCK at Jul 27, 2006 at 8:15 PM EST
	i think this song is about NOT having a normal life, about hating everithing that could look usual and look for more.

No Picture Ganondorf Average	#5 by Ganondorf Dragmire at Dec 7, 2006 at 1:35 PM EST
	This song seems to be anti marrige. I know morrisey makes many references to fat girls, maybe he just finds them unattractive. Anyways, this song is about settling and giving in. The first verse is about giving into the town and the second is kinda like giving in compleatly by getting married to a fat girl, as opposed to looking for someone more attractive and living your life.

No Picture GRIM Professional	#6 by GRIM at Dec 9, 2006 at 5:28 AM EST
	Does Morrisey dig opera? Cause he could do it. My friend pissed me off by saying he thought it was Boy George. This is SOOOOO not Boy George. Right?

No Picture Tommy Wanna Be	#7 by Tommy Déry at Jan 26, 2007 at 6:09 PM EST
	this is one of the first smiths songs i fell in love with instantly...it's so boppy and catchy..."would you like to marry me and if you want you can buy the ring..."

No Picture Paul Wanna Be	#8 by Paul at Jun 15, 2007 at 7:42 PM EST
	Morrissey said himself this song was about a man trying to persuade his friend not to waste his life by getting married to someone he doesn't love.