Date: Fri, 8 Sep 95 14:55:21 EDT From: Winston Campbell <jieuryli@eden.rutgers.edu> Subject: VICAR IN A TUTU by The Smiths Vicar In A Tutu (Morrissey/Marr) Basically this song (off of the luxurious Queen Is Dead album) is all simple chords with that Johnny Marr touch. The E chord during the verse, for example, is played by stroking the high E string and then moving up with the stroke. It is not that difficult. Here it is:

^EI was minding my business lifting some lead off ^EThe roof of the Holy Name Church ^EIt was worthwhile living a laughable life ^EJust to set my eyes on a blistering sight Of a vicar in a ^C#mtutu

He~s not strange

He just ^Awants to live his life this ^Bway ^EA scanty bit of a thing with a decorative ring ^EThat wouldn~t cover the head of a child ^EAs Rose collects the money in the cannister ^EWho comes sliding down the banister The vicar in a ^C#mtutu

He~s not strange

He just ^Awants to live his life this ^Bway ^EThe monkish monsignor with a head full of plaster ^ESaid, -my man, get your vile soul dry-cleaned- ^EAs Rose counts the money in the cannister ^EAs natural as rain he dances again Vicar in a ^C#mtutu

Oh yeah

Oh ^Ayeah.^B.. E E E E

Vicar in a ^C#mtutu Oh yeah Oh ^Ayeah...^B

^EThe next day in the pulpit with freedom and ease ^ECombating ignorance, dust and disease ^EAs Rose counts the money in the cannister ^EAs natural as raihe dances again and again and again And the fabric of a ^C#mtutu

Any man could get used to

And ^AI am a living ^Bsign I~m a living ^C#msign....^A ^B I~m a living ^C#msign....^A ^B

that is basically the song in it~s entirety... -----so i broke into the palace with a sponge and a rusty spanner she said, "i know you, and you cannot sing" i said, "that's nothing you should hear me play piano" -morrissey

The Smiths - Vicar in a tutu