Elliott Smith – Fond Farewell (Guitar)

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Elliot Smith - Fond Farewell tabbed by: [email protected]
GUITAR 1:
Chords used:
    Ab m    B      F#    Eb m   Bb m    Bm
e----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-----------------------------------------------|