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Spring Heeled Jim
        (Morrissey/Whyte)
This is the second song off of -Vauxhall & I- and a pretty good one in my
opinion.  I play this song with a capo on the fourth fret.  The intro and
interludes are this RIFF:
e|-Fmaj7------------0-------------|-Am------------0-------------|
B|-----1-0--1-----1--0--1----|-----1-0--1-----1--0--1----|
G|---2-----------------------|---2-----------------------|
D|-3----------------------3--|-2----------------------2--|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
ESpring-Heeled Jim winks an Ameye
He~ll Cdo, he~ll never be Ddone toDsus4  
He takes Eon whoever flew Amthrough
Well it~s the Cnormal thing to Ddo
(ahhh)
RIFF
ESpring-Heeled Jim lives to Amlove
Now Ckissing with his Dmouth fulDsus4l
And his Eeyes on some other Amfool
So many Cwomen, his head should be Dspinning
(oh but no)
RIFF
ESpring-Heeled Jim slurs the Amwords
There is Cno need to be so DknowinDsus4g
Take life at Efive times your average Amspeed
Like I CdoD  Dsus4  
EUntil Jim feels the Amchill
Oh Cwhere did all the Dtime goDsus4  
EOnce always in for the Amkill
Now it~s too Ccold
And he Dfeels too old
RIFF
(ending instrumental played with verse chords)
For poor people who cannot afford capoes, I can sympathize, so I will
decode each chord into their correct names and their correct fingering,
but having a capo makes it so much easier.
                      E   A   D   G   Be
                     -----------
Capoed F = A         5 7 7 6 5 5
Capoed Am=C#m        x 4 6 6 5 4
Capoed E = G#        4 6 6 5 4 4
Capoed C = E         x 7 9 9 9 x
Capoed D = F#        x x 4 6 7 6
Capoed Dsus4=F#sus4  x x 4 6 7 7

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Spring Heeled Jim

by Morrissey

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

Dsus4

Spring Heeled Jim

(Morrissey/Whyte)

This is the second song off of -Vauxhall & I- and a pretty good one in my

opinion. I play this song with a capo on the fourth fret. The intro and

interludes are this RIFF:

Fmaj7 Am

e|-------------0-------------|-------------0-------------|

B|-----1-0--1-----1--0--1----|-----1-0--1-----1--0--1----|

G|---2-----------------------|---2-----------------------|

D|-3----------------------3--|-2----------------------2--|

A|---------------------------|---------------------------|

E|---------------------------|---------------------------|

E Am

Spring-Heeled Jim winks an eye

C D Dsus4

He~ll do, he~ll never be done to

E Am

He takes on whoever flew through

C D

Well it~s the normal thing to do

(ahhh)

RIFF

E Am

Spring-Heeled Jim lives to love

C D Dsus4

Now kissing with his mouth full

E Am

And his eyes on some other fool

C D

So many women, his head should be spinning

(oh but no)

RIFF

E Am

Spring-Heeled Jim slurs the words

C D Dsus4

There is no need to be so knowing

E Am

Take life at five times your average speed

C D Dsus4

Like I do

E Am

Until Jim feels the chill

C D Dsus4

Oh where did all the time go

E Am

Once always in for the kill

Now it~s too cold

And he feels too old

RIFF

(ending instrumental played with verse chords)

For poor people who cannot afford capoes, I can sympathize, so I will

decode each chord into their correct names and their correct fingering,

but having a capo makes it so much easier.

E A D G B

-----------

Capoed F = A 5 7 7 6 5 5

Capoed Am=C#m x 4 6 6 5 4

Capoed E = G# 4 6 6 5 4 4

Capoed C = E x 7 9 9 9 x

Capoed D = F# x x 4 6 7 6

Capoed Dsus4=F#sus4 x x 4 6 7 7

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