The Smiths - Death at One's Elbow: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Death at One's Elbow" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

     Am           C           D       Am
Oh, Glenn, don't come to the house tonight
     Am
Oh, Glenn, oh, Glenn
       C           D       Am
Don't come to the house tonight
Oh, Glenn
                 D
Because there's somebody here who really,
        Am
really loves you
Oh, Glenn
      E        F                    G
Stay home, be bored, It's crap, I know
   Am
Tonight

Oh, Glenn, oh, Glenn
Don't come to the house tonight
Oh, Glenn, oh, Glenn
Don't come to the house tonight
Because there's somebody here
Who'll take a hatchet to your ear
The frustration it renders me hateful, oh.

Am         G           D       Am
Oh, don't come to the house tonight
Am         C           D       Am
Oh, don't come to the house tonight

Because there's somebody here
Who'll take a hatchet to your ear

The frustration it renders me hateful, oh...
Oh, don't come to the house tonight
Oh, don't come to the house tonight
Because you'll slip on the trail of
all my sad remains
That's why, that's why goodbye my love,
goodbye my love
Goodbye my love, goodbye my love
Goodbye my love, goodbye my love
Goodbye my love, goodbye my love


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Death at One's Elbow" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Death at One's Elbow" by The Smiths.