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Elliot Smith - Fond Farewell Chords
Tuning: 1/2 step down (E♭-A♭-D♭-G♭-B♭-E♭)
tabbed by: moveshhh9@gmail.com
credit to: grptertius@yahoo.com for fitting the words with the chords
I would love if someone figured out the hammer-on's and pull-offs.
Open chords for beginners
Barre chords are what Elliott used
Am C G Em Bm Cm
e----0--5-----0--8------3--3-----0--7----10--7-----3--3----|
B----1--5-----1--8------3--3-----0--8----12--7-----1--4----|
G----2--5-----0--9------0--4-----0--9----11--7-----0--5----|
D----2--7-----2--10-----0--5-----2--9----9---9-----1--5----|
A----0--7-----3--10-----2--5-----2--7----x---9-----3--3----|
E----0--5-----X--8------3--3-----0--x----x---7-----x--X----|
Intro:
Am C G Em (x3)
Am C
Verse 1:
G C G
The litebrite's now black and white
Am Em
Cause you took apart a picture that wasn't right
Bm C
Pitch burning on a shining sheet
Am C
The only maker that you'd want to meet
Em C G
The dying man in a living room
Am Em
Whose shadow paces the floor
Bm C
He'll take you out any open door
Chorus:
Am C
This is not my life
G
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Am C
It's not what I'm like
G Em
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Am C
Who couldn't get things right
G Em
A fond farewell to a friend
Am C
Verse 2:
G C G
He said really I just wanna dance
Am Em
Good and evil matched perfect it's a great romance
Bm C
I can deal with some psychic pain
Am C
If it'll slow down my higher brain
Em C G
Veins full of disappearing ink
Am Em
Vomiting in the kitchen sink
Bm C
Disconnecting from the missing link
Chorus:
Am C
This is not my life
G
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Am C
It's not what I'm like
G Em
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Am C
Who couldn't get things right
G Em
A fond farewell to a friend
Am C
Verse 3:
G C G
I see you're leaving me
Am Em
And taking up with the enemy
Bm C
The cold comfort of the in between
Am C
A little less than a human being
Em C G
A little less than a happy high
Am Em
A little less than a suicide
Bm C
The only things that you really tried
Chorus:
Am C
This is not my life
G
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Am C
It's not what I'm like
G Em
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Am C
Who couldn't get things right
G Em
A fond farewell to a friend
Am C
This is not my life
G Em
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Outro:
Am C Cm G Em (x3)
Am C Cm Cm G (strum G really slow)