- "'Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want', I did in a period of about four to five days when I was living in a flat in Earls Court. That was done when we needed a follow-up to 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now'."
"I think the mandolin was suggested by the producer John Porter, I had the tune and he thought the mandolin would be good. The music was written because I was thinking about my childhood in Ardwick Green."
"There's a sad song by Del Shannon called 'The Answer To Everything' that my parents used to play, and it struck a chord in me because it sounded so familiar. That song was the inspiration for 'Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want'. I tried to capture the essence of that tune; its spookiness and sense of yearning."
-Johnny Marr
Another beautiful song. I have uploaded a Guitar Pro tab file here. It has 9 tracks, including 4 guitar tracks and 2 mandolin tracks for the outro. Thanks again goes to Nanuke for his help with this tab file.
Here is a short snippet of Johnny playing the song:
Here is the complete score from the "Louder Than Bombs:Off The Record" book:
![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/309.jpg)
![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/310.jpg)
![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/311.jpg)
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![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/317.jpg)
![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/318.jpg)
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Here are the scans from the Smiths Best Complete Score:
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Dan, a reader, sent word of this great video below. Johnny plays it with Neil Finn and you can get a great view of his hands:
There are a lot of great solo covers of this song on youtube with vocals, but to stay focused I've posted the most helpful non-vocal versions:
Here is kfb76 with no capo:
ResidentSmith78 plays a nice version with the capo at the 2nd fret. He does a nice job with some of the little movements between chords.
KintrickPinch does another capoed version:
Here's backinnyc playing along with his own backing track. He also plays the mandolin solo on his Rick 12-string which sounds really good:
Pandaprops does another great version on an acoustic 12 string:
325C58 does an awesome multi-instrumental version here. Look out for a cool surprise when he does the outro solo:
Here's davidguitarist91 on his Les Paul:
Here is the complete score from the "Louder Than Bombs:Off The Record" book:
![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/309.jpg)
![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/310.jpg)
![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/311.jpg)
![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/312.jpg)
![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/313.jpg)
![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/314.jpg)
![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/315.jpg)
![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/316.jpg)
![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/317.jpg)
![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/318.jpg)
![](http://windthrope.com.istemp.com/smithsonguitar/LTBOTRt/319.jpg)
Here are the scans from the Smiths Best Complete Score:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AJSgA5-NMEuo_PdnmqFLrkFz8U8YdJn72NGNrFm_l3cjo_aw7pmaplNtbG9H5NwrAbSIudqh4NKB_ec0bsdW_SkXD_8JIVA8g78liRpm_52FWood6NzoXt8xE3gGltQ5NG3kU3joeIs/s400/026.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pg4QB1vUwRpNU3MajxdIhyphenhyphen8INOWByxBxRv1r4iFFCggc9TQs7fHp5PFM6OSzTAgtMHf6Vu6u_CywSJzLSJOmquinFiToU2MDkkAxfHtc8kCOUln8ai9ZXYf6MBHI5pPcnyXPELO47P4/s400/027.jpg)
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5okrotoUU_7jq_1QxuBYNzaByapEsAXA-lCsdEUh-qENfhIsbPY_TVukeGI795FZs80G1VLHXelVWh8AeoE0TZs_K8Ufiduq47SdTudiQDsLiOIV77rbWFuf_q5bTn9cYs9QUBia0JN8/s400/030.jpg)
Dan, a reader, sent word of this great video below. Johnny plays it with Neil Finn and you can get a great view of his hands:
There are a lot of great solo covers of this song on youtube with vocals, but to stay focused I've posted the most helpful non-vocal versions:
Here is kfb76 with no capo:
ResidentSmith78 plays a nice version with the capo at the 2nd fret. He does a nice job with some of the little movements between chords.
KintrickPinch does another capoed version:
Here's backinnyc playing along with his own backing track. He also plays the mandolin solo on his Rick 12-string which sounds really good:
Pandaprops does another great version on an acoustic 12 string:
325C58 does an awesome multi-instrumental version here. Look out for a cool surprise when he does the outro solo:
Here's davidguitarist91 on his Les Paul: