Elliott Smith – 2 45 Am (Guitar)

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Arrow + x in strumming pattern = play A bass note as a transition between C/E and G. 2:45 AM There is one basic bass run that is used throughout the whole song, with the exception of one part of the intro, and leading into the chorus. This song is really easy. Chords used: Em 022000 C/E 032010 G 320003 A7 x02020 D xx0232 C x32010 (Run 1)
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|
(Run 1A)
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-4-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|
(Run 2)
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-----|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3---------2-1-|
[Intro] Run 1 Em C/E G Run 1 Em C/E G Run 2 Em C/E G
Run 1 Em   C/E G
Run 1
[Verse 1]
Em            C/E        G    Run 1
   I'm going out sleepwalking

      Em        C/E          G    Run 1
Where mute memories start talking

    Em                 C/E           G   Run 1
The boss that couldn't help but hurt you

        Em                C/E        G   Run 1
And the pretty thing you made desert you

    Em        C/E      G  Run 1
I'm going out like a baby

    Em          C/E     G  Run 1
A naive unsatisfiable baby

Em                 C/E       G   Run 1
Grabbing on to whatever's around

        Em                  C/E        G  Run 1A
For the soaring high or the crushing down
[Chorus]
A7                               Am
   With hidden cracks that don't show

   D                     C
But that constantly just grow
[Verse 2]
    Em               C/E              G  Run 1
I'm looking for the man that attacked me

      Em            C/E         G  Run 1
While everybody was laughing at me

    Em                  C/E       G Run 1
You beat it in me, that part of you

        Em              C/E     G  Run 1A
But I'm gonna split us back in two
[Chorus]
A7                      Am
   Tired of living in a cloud

                D                              C
If you're gonna say shit now, you'll do it out loud
[Verse 3]
Em         C/E         G    Run 1
   It's 2:45 in the morning

        Em          C/E      G    Run 1
And I'm putting myself on warning

    Em              C/E       G   Run 1
For waking up in an unknown place

       Em                  C/E    G    Run 1A
With a recollection you've half erased
[Chorus]
A7                        Am
   Looking for somebody's arms

  D               C     Run 1
To wave away past harms
[Verse 4]
    Em             C         G   Run 1
I'm walking out on center circle

    Em                   C         G   Run 1
The both of you can just fade to black

    Em             C         G   Run 1
I'm walking out on center circle

     Em                   C         G   Run 1
Been pushed away and I'll never go back
[Outro] Em C G Run 1 Em C G Run 1 Em C G Run 2 Em C G