How soon is now guitar tab

1 April 2024, 16:15

Watch the legendary guitarist tell Radio X how he got the unique sound on the 1984 Smiths classic.

“I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar”

Morrissey has a bad night out on the epic Smiths song How Soon Is Now?, which saw Johnny Marr’s guitar skills take centre stage. Since its inital release as the B-side of William It Was Really Nothing on 20 August 1984, the song has become a rallying cry for the lonely and awkward, its depiction of a social misfit at odds with the trendies and cool kids becoming an iconic moment in its own right.

But for what was to become one of the most famous Smiths songs of all - and quite possibly a contender for the band’s very best recording - the track had something of an inauspicious beginning.

The track was written by Johnny Marr in June 1984, during a particularly hot period when he also wrote the music for the Smiths cl