Elliott Smith – Division Day (Guitar)

D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
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"Division Day"(Smith) Released as a single 28/2/97 with "No Name #6" as the B-side Tune Guitar Down a full Step (DGCFAD) [Intro] D [Verse]
 D                                  G
 There was a grown man dying from fright,    

         Bm                       E
 so surprised at the things he'd say. 

         D             G
 With a giant fantasy life,

           Bm                E
 running 'round on feet of clay.
[Chorus]
 D        G             D      G
 Naked except for a perpetual debt

       Bm            A     D G
 that couldn't be stripped away,

       D          G         D          G
 An unrightable wrong that moved him along,

  D           A      D   A
 closer to division day.
[Verse]
          D                      G
 Spent a long time living with that,

 Bm                     E
 Never could give it a name,

               D                             G
 and when you don't know what you're looking at,

     Bm                      E
 it makes it much harder to take.
[Chorus]
 D              G        D         G    D
 Mostly they'd meet when he was asleep and

  Bm        A        D  G
 have some sick exchange,

        D             G        D          G
 that struck him as wrong and moved him along,

 D            A      D   A
 closer to division day. 
[Solo] D G Bm E D G Bm E [Chorus]
          D         G             D      G
 I can't make an exception for a bad connection

      Bm    A       D  G
 that only goes one way,

       D         G             D       G
 sell out for a song, where I don't belong,

  D             A      D   A
 with you on division day. 
[Verse]
      D                    G
 The moon stood up on the ridge,

          Bm                    E
 looking down where the water shines.

        D                     G
 And a man looking over the bridge,

          Bm           E
 like he done so many times. 
[Chorus]
 D          G    D           G
 Thinking about how to stay out,

 Bm       A        D    G
 Out of trouble's way (and)

 D          G     D            G
 Flying to fall away from you all,

       D      A      Bm G
 It's over division day

 D            A      D   A
 Beautiful division day.
[Solo] D G Bm E D G Bm E
 D          G    D           G
 Thinking about how to stay out,

 Bm       A        D  G
 Out of trouble's way. 

 D          G     D            G
 Flying to fall away from you all, 

       D      A     Bm G
 It's over,division day. 

 D          A        D
 Beautiful division day.