The Smiths - This Charming Man (acoustic guitar cover)

Been playing this classic recently at gigs so thought I would get a video up x

If you'd like to listen to a newly recorded version:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5sMSJt...

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/this...

Description:

My acoustic guitar cover of This Charming Man by The Smiths.

From Wikipedia:
'"This Charming Man" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, written by guitarist Johnny Marr and singer Morrissey. Released as the group's second single in October 1983 on the independent record label Rough Trade, it is defined by Marr's jangle pop guitar riff and Morrissey's characteristically morose lyrics, which revolve around the recurrent Smiths themes of sexual ambiguity and lust.'

Guitar: Epiphone Hummingbird Pro Electro Acoustic Guitar Cherry Sunburst

Recording method: Straight from my Samsung Galaxy s6 Edge (no editing done to the sound at all)

Lyrics:

Punctured bicycle 
On a hillside desolate 
Will nature make a man of me yet?

When in this charming car 
This charming man

Why pamper life's complexity 
When the leather runs smooth 
On the passenger's seat?

I would go out tonight 
But I haven't got a stitch to wear 
This man said "it's gruesome 
That someone so handsome should care"

Ah ! A jumped-up pantry boy 
Who never knew his place 
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things 
He knows so much about these things

I would go out tonight 
But I haven't got a stitch to wear 
This man said "it's gruesome 
That someone so handsome should care"
La, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming man
Oh, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming man

Ah ! A jumped-up pantry boy 
Who never knew his place 
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things 
He knows so much about these things 
He knows so much about these things

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Steven Morrissey / Johnny Marr

This Charming Man lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group

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