The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get — Morrissey

Chords and lyrics for The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get by Morrissey (key of G).

Verse 1

Tune down a half step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
[G] [Bm] [C] [D] [Am] [Em]

Intro

[G] [Bm] [C] [D]

Chorus

[G] The [Bm]more you [C]ignore me
The [D]closer I [G]get
You're [Bm]wasting your [C]time[D]
[G] The [Bm]more you [C]ignore me
The [D]closer I [G]get
You're [Bm]wasting your [C]time[D]

Verse 1

I will [Am]be in the [D]bar with my [Am]head on the bar[D]
I am [Am]now a central [Bm]part of your [Em]mind's landscape
Whether [Am]you care or do [D]not, yeah, I've made up your [G]mind

Chorus

[G] The [Bm]more you [C]ignore me
The [D]closer I [G]get
You're [Bm]wasting your [C]time[D]
[G] The [Bm]more you [C]ignore me
The [D]closer I [G]get
You're [Bm]wasting your [C]time[D]

Verse 2

[Am]Beware! I bear [D]more grudges than [Am]lonely high court [D]judges
When you [Am]sleep I will creep into [Bm]your thoughts like a bad [Em]debt
That you can't [Am]pay, take the easy way and [D]give in, yeah, and let me [G]in

Bridge

Oh,[Bm] [C]let [D)]me in
Oh, let me
Oh, let me in
It's war
It's war
It's war
It's war
It's war war war war war
Let me in

Outro

[G] [Bm] [C]Oh, the [D]closer I [G]get
[G] [Bm] [C]Oh, you're [D]asking for [G]it
[G] [Bm] [C]Oh, the [D]closer I [G]get
[G] [Bm] [C]Oh, the [D]closer [G]I
[G] [Bm] [C] [D]
[G]
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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
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X

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