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Is It Really So Strange? Chords

Music by: The Smiths · 1987
Genre Rock Tone E major BPM 140 Views 1310
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[Intro 1]
[C][C][C][F][G]

[Verse 1]
I left the [C]North
I traveled South
I [C]found a tiny house
And I [F]can't help the [G]way I feel
[C][C][C]
[F]Oh yes, [G]you can [C]kick me
And you can punch me
And you can [C]break my face
But you [F]won't change the [G]way I [C]feel
[F]'Cause I love you[C], oh

[Chorus 1]
And is it [Em]really [Am]so st[Dm]range?[G][C]
Oh, is it [Em]really [Am]so st[Dm]rang[G]e?[C]
Oh, is it [Em]really so, [Am]really so [Dm]strange?[G][F#]
[F]I say "No", you say[F#] "Yes[G]"
And you [A]will [Bb]change your mind
I [B]left the

[Verse 2]
[C]South
I traveled North
I [C]got confused, I killed a horse
I [F]can't help the [G]way I feel
[C][C][C]
[F]Oh yes, [G]you can [C]punch me
And you can butt me
And you can [C]break my spine
But you [F]won't change the [G]way I [C]feel
[F]'Cause I love you[C], oh

[Chorus 2]
And if it [Em]really [Am]so st[Dm]range?[G][C]
Oh, is it [Em]really [Am]so st[Dm]rang[G]e?[C]
Oh, is it [Em]really so, [Am]really so [Dm]strange?[G][F#]
[F]I say "No", you say[F#] "Yes[G]"
But you will change your [A]mind[Bb][B]

[Interlude 1]
[C][C][C][F][G]

[Verse 3]
I left the [C]North again
I traveled South again
And I [C]got confused, I killed a nun
I [F]can't help the [G]way I feel
[C][C][C]
I [F]can't help the [G]way I feel
[C][C][C]
I [F]can't help the [G]way I feel
[C]I l[F]ost my bag in Newport Pagnel[C]l

[Chorus 3]
Why is the [Em]last [Am]mile
the [Dm]hardest [G]mile?[C]
My [Em]throat was [Am]dry,
with the [Dm]sun in my e[G]yes[C]
And I [Em]realized, [Am]I realized[Dm][G][F#]
[F]I could never, I cou[F#]ld never[G],
never, [A]never, [Bb]go back home aga[B]in[C]
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