Elliott Smith Live Tabs

[Stuarthutton]

Elliott Smith Tab

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Does anybody know the correct tabs for fond farewell as the plays in bar chords when he plays it live and im trying to work it out, its very hard

if anyone knows kings crossing also with the extra little fills id appreciate it if anyone wants any tabs that ive worked out such as placeholder let me know ill pass it on for ya in fact the thread is about any extra bits of tab you have worked out of Elliott Smiths that are not in the conventional tabs of sweetadelione.com etc

the invisisble man with the see through mind!!!

Awesome

[ithilsul]

I'm not sure about which live version you mean, but this is how I play it, from the studio version(well sorta, i put a capo on the 2nd fret... 4th technically because i'm always in D, capo on F# basically)

Standard E
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9--9-9-9/11-------
B-----9--7--9--9/11--7---------7--9--9/11--7--7-7-7/9-7----------9--7--9--9/11--7--------7--9--9/11----------------------
G-8--------------------------8-------------------------------------8-----8-----------------------8---8--------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E------------------11--9--6--4-2-2
B----9--7--9/11-------------------2
G-8----------------------------------3
D-------------------------------------4
A-------------------------------------4
E-------------------------------------2

F#..............................B............F#
The light brights now black and white
G#..........................................................D#
Cause you took apart a picture that wasn't right
A#......................................B
Pitch burning on a shining sheet
G#..............................................B
The only maker that you'd wanna meet


F#.........................B.....F#
A dying man in a living room
G#...................................D#
Who's shadow paces the floor
A#.......................................B
He'll take you out any open door
G#..................B
This is not my life

F#.............B....................F#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
G#....................B
It's not what I'm like
F#..................B...............F#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
G#.................................B
Who couldn't get things right
F#.........................D#
A fond farewell to a friend

G#.................B
E------------------11--9--6--4-2-2
B----9--7--9/11--------------------
G-8-----------------------------------

F#.............................B......F#
He said really I just wanna dance
................G#.......................................D#
Good and evil matched perfect it's a great romance
.......A#..............................B
And I can deal with some psychic pain
G#.....................................B
If it'll slow down my higher brain


F#...............B................F#
Veins full of disappearing ink
G#...............................D#
Vomiting in the kitchen sink
A#..................................B
Disconnecting from the missing link
G#..................B
This is not my life


F#.....................B.............F#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
G#....................B
It's not what I'm like
F#...............B...................F#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
G#................................B
Who couldn't get things right
F#.........................D#
A fond farewell to a friend

G#.................B
E------------------11--9--6--4-2-2
B----9--7--9/11--------------------
G-8-----------------------------------

F#............B..........F#
I see you're leaving me
G#..............................D#
And taking off with the enemy
A#...................................B
The cold comfort of the in between
G#..................................B
A little less than a human being


F#.........................B.......F#
A little less than a happy high
G#........................D#
A little less than a suicide
A#.........................................B
The only things that you really tried
G#..................B
This is not my life


F#...................B..............F#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
G#....................B
It's not what I'm like
F#.................B................F#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
G#................................B
Who couldn't get things right
F#.........................D#
A fond farewell to a friend
G#..................B
This is not my life
F#....................................D#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend

<Intro riff>
Verse chords
End on F#