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Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths (Patreon)

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2025-11-21 16:53:44
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2025-11

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Hi everyone,

A new Smiths lesson is definitely well overdue, and I'm happy to oblige with this week's video.

This is a beautiful acoustic ballad, and easier to play than a lot of Johnny Marr stuff. What I've done here is put together an arrangement of the vocal melody on electric guitar as well so you have a nice standalone guitar version of the tune.

Hope you like it. Tab and backing can be found below. There are a couple of versions of the backing: one with just bass and drums and the other with acoustic but no lead part.

Speak soon,

-Adrian

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Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths - Guitar lesson

A Smiths classic. In this video I show you how to play the acoustic part exactly like the record. And I've also put together a guitar arrangement of the vocal part. Tab and backing track can be found on Patreon (pay what you like): https://www.patreon.com/anyonecanplayguitar My NEW Triads course: https://courses.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk My latest album: https://zodiactoys.bandcamp.com/releases SUBSCRIBE for more: https://bit.ly/3Efy0W3 Check out my website: https://www.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk Social blah: Instagram (occasionally I post here): https://www.instagram.com/acpgtr/ Hi 00:00 Performance 01:00 About the song 02:54 Strumming patterns 03:39 Verse chords 06:22 Chorus chords 11:45 Outro chords 14:38 Electric melody part 17:34 End solo 21:03 Gear used in this video 22:11 Bye 25:02

Comments

Henry Gascon

Outstanding Adrian, as always. If you listen to Johnny's solo versions, he added a third verse in live sets, same as the first. The acoustic version on his Look Out Live LP is especially superb with a new arpeggiated intro. I prefer it over the original Smiths version.

Tony Pinkham

I’ve been playing this incorrectly, too! Couple of different ways of playing the chords makes all the difference. Thanks, Adrian. Always enjoy your Smiths lessons, mate!

hugh hales-tooke

You mentioned song composition. Isn’t the change to A minor rather than C (at 13:10) a classic example of a deceptive cadence?

Doc Vinegar

Love that Look Out Live version too, I deciphered the score this week ! 😊

Virginia Harabin

Thanks for this! Please, please, please do some JFM stuff for us! Have no fear!

anyonecanplayguitar

Yes, I think that's right. If I remember correctly a deceptive cadence is where the dominant chord unexpectedly goes to somewhere other than the tonic. So the G going to Am fits that. Maybe the C7 to Em is another example but with a secondary dominant going somewhere unexpected.

anyonecanplayguitar

Yes, I always used to just do C to G twice the same way, but the proper way gives you that lovely melody within the chords.

anyonecanplayguitar

Yes, I did check out a few solo versions whilst preparing this video and some of them are amazing. I love the way the parts on the original have changed and evolved.

Stephen Swarbrick

Hi Adrian. Your melody arrangement is beautiful and measured. You’ve really captured the essence of JM. With regards to the C7 chord I’ve always played it as a C9 with the high E open. Please visit Marr’s brilliance again soon.

Alex Ruma

Adrian, please don't worry about being pigeonholed as the Smiths guy. Marr is one of the most original and interesting guitarists in rock history and you do a great job teaching his songs.

NB

Lovely arrangement Adrian. Also loved your facial expression with the spooky amp moment - yes pity it didn't align with the Halloween special edition! Cheers

poplar

which strings are you using on the martin? thanks

anyonecanplayguitar

Light gauge phosphor bronze. Martin from what I remember - been a wile since they were changed!

Nick Jackson

One of my favourite songs from one of my favourite bands. Superb stuff, thank you!

Patrick Rombaux

Hi Adrian, Sorry, newbie question: On the PDF, the last chord on the 4th staff is a "G/B (add 11)". I understand the "/B" but could you explain to me why this is fundamentally a G chord?

Tom

Would love to see you do Heaven Knows I‘m Miserable Now.