Elliott Smith – A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free (Guitar Tab)

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I noticed that the From a Basement on the Hill version is on here, but the Pretty Ugly (Before) single B-side version is not. I like this version a little better. It may be because I heard this one first, but I'll never know. Anyway, I've found that dropping the guitar down a whole step is the easiest way to play it, plus Elliott used this tuning a lot, so it's possible that he played it in this tuning. Key: *E= upper octave E chord *F= upper octave F chord h= hammer on p= pull off /= slide ~= let ring Intro: Same as the other version

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------2---0h2p0----0----|
|------------------2-----0-|
|--3--0--------------------|
|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------7---5h7p5----5----|
|------------------7-----5-|
|--8--5--------------------|

F C I'm floating in a black balloon D *E *F I must make it through this afternoon Am G F C Shame shifting, shadow down drifting D *E *F Way out of town Am B5 C And all you ladies and you gentleman, D *E *F Unhappy where you could have been, Am G F Drive people like you drive a car, C D *E *F Till you don't know where you are Am G *F You don't impress me D E I'm sorry that you're chained to the ground F G D F C G Am G# But no big brother is gonna bring me down now F C D *E *F Am G F C D *E *F Am B5 C Rim's rolling now with all his might D *E *F Rain drops falling through a starry night Am G F C Sunrise on a choppy crusade D *E *F Waving back at you . . . not me Am G *F You don't impress me D E You can't be satisfied anyhow F G D F C G Am G# And now big brother is gonna bring me back down C D G# C G Am G# {Repeat this last progression to fade) Few last notes: In this version, it's mostly power chords, but I put in the full chords so you could do this version in the style of the From a Basement on the Hill version if you wanted to. Also, I haven't found a tab with the distorted guitar part at the end the way I think it sounds, and I'm not totally satisfied with the way I play it either, but this is the way I've been playing it:

|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|----
|--------------------|------1-----3-----5--|------------------|----
|--------------------|--4/2~~-2/4~~-4/5~~--|--9--7-5----------|----
|-------------5--6~--|---------------------|----------7-5-7~--|----
|-----3-5--7---------|---------------------|------------------|----
|--5-----------------|---------------------|------------------|----

|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|----
|--------------------|------1-----3-----5--|------------------|----
|--------------------|--4/2~~-2/4~~-4/5~~--|--9--7-5----------|----
|-------------5--6~--|---------------------|----------7-5-5~--|----
|-----3-5--7---------|---------------------|------------------|----
|--5-----------------|---------------------|------------------|----

|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-
|---------------------|--------------------|------1-----3-----5--|-
|---------------------|--------------------|--4/2~~-2/4~~-4/5~~--|-
|--------------5--7~--|-------------5--6~--|---------------------|-
|-----2--5--7---------|-----3-5--7---------|---------------------|-
|--3------------------|--5-----------------|---------------------|-

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|--9--7-5---------|
|----------7-5-7~-|
|-----------------|
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(Repeat to fade) As usual, any constructive comments, corrections, or questions can be directed to my email, [email protected]