FRESH TABS | 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | TOP 100 TABS
Advanced + Submit your tab
+ Submit your review
+ Submit your article
 

Between The Bars Chords


by Elliott Smith tabs | tabbed by ArgyleAssassin | comments (9) Open comments in new window
1 2 3 4 5
25 votes

print
send
report
More versions:
Ver 1
Ver 2
Ver 3
Ver 5
 
Recommended tabs
If you like Between The Bars Chords by Elliott Smith you might also like these songs:

Angeles Guitar Pro
by Elliott Smith

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Chords
by Neutral Milk Hotel

To Be Alone With You Chords
by Sufjan Stevens

WARNING: You are trying to view
content from Ultimate-Guitar.com
in an unauthorized application,
which is prohibited.

Please use an official Ultimate
Guitar Tabs application for iPhone,
iPad or Android to access legitimate
chords, guitar, bass, and drum tabs
from Ultimate-Guitar.com database.

Type "ultimate guitar tabs" in Apple
App Store's or Android Market's
search to find the application.
This is a really great song, and it's not too hard either. Madeleine Peyroux does a
better than Smith's, but they are both awesome.

I can't seem to locate a non-software based accurate tab of this song, so I'm doing it myself.

It starts with an Am7. You can play it open on the neck or barred if you like. I prefer
bar it, just because I'm not too used to the open neck fingering. Hold it for as many
as you want, then go into the lyrics:

Am7              F
Drink up, baby, stay up all night.
           C
With the things you could do,
     E7
You won't but you might.
       Am7
The potential you'll be,
       F
That you'll never see,
      C        E7         F
The promises you'll only make.
      Am7
Drink up with me now,
        F
And forget all about
       C
The pressure of days.
E7
Do what I say,
          Am7
And I'll make you okay,
      F
And drive them away
      C      E7            F
The images stuck in your head
F   G    *
People you've been before
          F     G     Am     Am/F#
That you don't want around anymore—
      F         G        *
That push and shove and won't bend to your will.
F                 Fm
  I’ll keep them still.
Am7               F
Drink up, baby, look at the stars.
      C
I'll kiss you again
E7
Between the bars,
            Am7
Where I'm seeing you there,
            F
With your hands in the air,
C            E7         F
Waiting to finally be caught.
      Am7
Drink up one more time,
     F
And I'll make you mine.
C
Keep you apart,
E7
Deep in my heart,
      Am7
Separate from the rest,
         F
Where I like you the best,
      C       E7          F
And keep the things you forgot.
        G    *
The people you've been before
          F     G     Am     Am/F#
That you don't want around anymore—
       F       G         *
That push and shove and won't bend to your will.
F                  Fm
  I'll keep them still.

Am7


* There's a riff here.. It's pretty simple, and all the notes recieve an even time. Just
to the record and you should be able to hear the rhythm.

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-----------------0---2----|
A|--0---0---2---3-----------|
E|--------------------------|

Note: for the Am/F#, I like to just reach across with my middle finger, which is on the
fret of the D string using my Am open fingering, and hit the second fret on the low E
The point of my finger holds down the string while the fleshy part mutes the A string. I 
this sounds better and is a lot easier than using some weird fingering to get a proper
with all six strings ringing.


There you go. I hope this tab has been helpful. It's accurate to the best of my
but it's my first tab, so I probably made a few mistakes. If anything isn't clear, or 
have A
or something, don't hestitate to email me.
© 2012 Ultimate-Guitar.com or its affiliates. All rights reserved     About | Help | Site Map | Link To Us | Tell A Friend | TOS | Privacy Policy | Advertise | Contact