Elliott Smith – Almost Over (Guitar)

C*  x07657  C**  wwwxxx  G#   88888x
F   xt98tx  B    eeeeee  Bb   tttttt

G# run 1
c|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
E|-10-10-8--x---x------------|
C|---------10--10------------|
G|-----------------8-8-12-10-|
C|---------------------------|

G# run 2
c|-----------------------------|
G|-13-13--12--12-10------------|
E|------------------11-11-10-8-|
C|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
C|-----------------------------|

C run 3
c|-12-12-10-10---------------0-0-|
G|-------------12-12-10-10s9-0-0-|
E|---------------------------0-0-|
C|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------|

[Intro]
c|----------------0---/7-|
G|-/5-3-0-0-0-0---0---/5-|
E|—-0-0-3-3-3/1-0-0---/6-|
C|----------------0---/7-|
G|----------------0---/0-|
C|----------------0---/x-|

C*              F
You think I'm unkind

Fm7                           C
But people aren't the way you think they are

C*                          F
They can't remember all the time

Fm7
What it was you wanted

Riff 1:
c|-/w-t-7-5-|
G|-/0-------|
E|-/0-------|
C|-/w-t-7-5-|
G|-/0-------|
C|----------|

     G# run 1                        C   Bb6
They paint you out in straight silhouette

G# run 2                  Bb  B
Don't you get the picture yet?

C** Bb* G**     F   E* F   (or play C run 3)
Why you getting all upset?

    Fm7
The worst part's almost over

Riff 2:
c|-/w-t-7-5-4-0---/7-|
G|-/0---------0---/5-|
E|-/0---------0---/6-|
C|-/w-t-7-5-4-0---/7-|
G|-/0---------0---/0-|
C|------------0---/x-|

C*             F
Three's such a crowd

Fm7                            C
You ought to tell me what you tell yourself

C*                          F
You ever going to speak it aloud?

Fm7
Do I have to guess like everyone else?

Riff 1:
c|-/w-t-7-5-|
G|-/0-------|
E|-/0-------|
C|-/w-t-7-5-|
G|-/0-------|
C|----------|

        G# run 1                  C   Bb6
With an i----ron will to walk the walk

      G# run 2                         Bb  B
And a glass jaw that can't be moved to talk

C**   Bb*  G**    F     E*  F    (or play C run 3)
Black eyes always watch the clock

    Fm
The worst part's almost over

Riff 2:
c|-/w-t-7-5-4-0---/7-|
G|-/0---------0---/5-|
E|-/0---------0---/6-|
C|-/w-t-7-5-4-0---/7-|
G|-/0---------0---/0-|
C|------------0---/x-|

[Solo]
   C*  F Fm7 C     C*         F          Fm7       C
C|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-t-0-t-0-t--w-0-w-0-w-------------------|
G|---------------|----------------------------------------|
E|---------------|-----------------------e-e-e-e/b--------|
C|---------------|---------------------------------/w-t-7-|
G|---------------|----------------------------------------|
C|---------------|----------------------------------------|

        G# run 1                C   Bb6
You let yourself be frozen by a doubt

      G# run 2                        Bb  B
You think I'm mean because I call you out

C** Bb*   G**       F      E* F    (or play C run 3)
You don't know what you're a—bout

    Fm                       F
The worst part's almost over now

Riff 3:
c|-/w-t-7-5-4-|
G|-/0---------|
E|-/0---------|
C|-/w-t-7-5-4-|  x2
G|-/0---------|
C|-/w-t-7-5-4-|
  now

Riff 1:
c|-/w-t-7-5-|
G|-/0-------|
E|-/0-------|
C|-/w-t-7-5-|
G|-/0-------|
C|----------|