Elliot Smith - Fond Farewell
tabbed by: grptertius@yahoo.com
Standard Tuning (but probably meant to be 1/2 step down)
GUITAR 1:Chords used: Ab m B F# Eb m Bb m Bme----4------2------2------6------6------2----|B----4------4------2------7------6------3----|G----4------4------3------8------6------4----|D----6------4------4------8------8------4----|A----6------2------4------6------8------2----|E----4------2------2------6------6------2----|
Intro:
Ab m B F# Eb m (x3)
Ab m B
Verse 1:
F# B F#
The litebrite's now black and white
Ab m Eb m
Cause you took apart a picture that wasn't right
Bb m B
Pitch burning on a shining sheet
Ab m B
The only maker that you'd want to meet
Eb m B F#
The dying man in a living room
Ab m Eb m
Whose shadow paces the floor
Bb m B
He'll take you out any open door
Chorus:
Ab m B
This is not my life
F#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Ab m B
It's not what I'm like
F# Eb m
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Ab m B
Who couldn't get things right
F# Eb m
A fond farewell to a friend
Ab m B
Verse 2:
F# B F#
He said really I just wanna dance
Ab m Eb m
Good and evil matched perfect it's a great romance
Bb m B
I can deal with some psychic pain
Ab m B
If it'll slow down my higher brain
Eb m B F#
Veins full of disappearing ink
Ab m Eb m
Vomiting in the kitchen sink
Bb m B
Disconnecting from the missing link
Chorus:
Ab m B
This is not my life
F#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Ab m B
It's not what I'm like
F# Eb m
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Ab m B
Who couldn't get things right
F# Eb m
A fond farewell to a friend
Ab m B
Verse 3:
F# B F#
I see you're leaving me
Ab m Eb m
And taking up with the enemy
Bb m B
The cold comfort of the in between
Ab m B
A little less than a human being
Eb m B F#
A little less than a happy high
Ab m Eb m
A little less than a suicide
Bb m B
The only things that you really tried
Chorus:
Ab m B
This is not my life
F#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Ab m B
It's not what I'm like
F# Eb m
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Ab m B
Who couldn't get things right
F# Eb m
A fond farewell to a friend
Ab m B
This is not my life
F# Eb m
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Outro:
Ab m B Bm F# Eb m (x3)
Ab m B Bm Bm
GUITAR 2:Intro:e--------------6---------------6----------------|B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9b----|G------8--------------8-------------------------|D----6-------------------9----------------------|A-----------------------------------------------|E-----------------------------------------------|
e--------------6---------------6------------6b--|B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9-----|G------8--------------8-------------------------|D----6-------------------9----------------------|A-----------------------------------------------|E-----------------------------------------------|
e--------------6---------------6--9--9-9--11----|B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9------------------|G------8--------------8-------------------------|D----6-------------------9----------------------|A-----------------------------------------------|E-----------------------------------------------|
e--------------6--11--9--6----------------------|B--------9-7-9--------------9-7-----------------|G------8----------------------------------------|D----6------------------------------------------|A-----------------------------------------------|E-----------------------------------------------|(the final line is also played between the chorus and verses 2 and 3)
Outro:e--------------6---------------6-----------------------------|B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9b----9p7----------|G------8--------------8-----------------------------8--------|D----6-------------------9----------------------------7-6----|A------------------------------------------------------------|E------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------6---------------6------------6b------------|B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9-----11p9-7----|G------8--------------8-----------------------------------|D----6-------------------9--------------------------------|A---------------------------------------------------------|E---------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------6---------------6--9--9-9--11----|B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9------------------|G------8--------------8-------------------------|D----6-------------------9----------------------|A-----------------------------------------------|E-----------------------------------------------|
e--------------6--11--9--6----------------------|B--------9-7-9--------------9-7-----------------|G------8----------------------------------------|D----6------------------------------------------|A-----------------------------------------------|E-----------------------------------------------|
