Elliott Smith – Going Nowhere (Guitar Tab)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
This is the basic pattern I play for this beautiful song
but listen to it and throw in little extra variations
or whatever as you wish…
Tune down whole step DGCFAD I think
[Riff 1]
D|------2--3----3--2----2--0--------| A|------1--1----1--1----1--1-----0--| F|------0--0----0--0----0--0--------| C|----------------------------------| G|-3---------------3----------3-----| D|----------------------------------|
[Riff 2]
D|------------------------0--2--3-----| A|------0--0-0-0--0-------1--1--1-----| F|-----/4--4-4\2--0----------------2--| C|------------------------------------| G|-------------------0----------------| D|-0----------------------------------|
[Riff 3]
D|------------0---------------------| A|---------3---------------------3--| F|-----/4--------3--2---------------| C|-----------------------2----------| G|--------------------------3-------| D|-0--------------------------------|
[Riff 4]
D|-------------2---2-2-2---| A|-------------3---3-3-3---| F|-------------2---2-2-2---| C|-2---2-2-2-2-0---0-0-0---| G|-2---2-2-2-2-------------| D|-0---0-0-0-0-------------|
[Intro]
Riff 1 and 2 x3
Riff 1 and 3
[Verse I]
(Riff 1) He waved hello (Riff 2) silent like a mime
(R1) Meaning there's no (R2) changing my mind
(R1) I won't walk the (R2) stairs with you tonight
(R1)Going nowhere (R2 but play Riff 3 if you want)
(repeat pattern) The clock moved a quarter of a turn
The time it took her cigarette to burn
She said You got a lot of things to learn
Going nowhere (Riff 4)
[Chorus I] (chords)
(G) Saw you (D) move a (F) certain (C) way
(Dm) Missed (Am) you (F) a lot
(repeat)
Return to this abandoned place
Should have been (G) Forgot (F)
[Verse II] (same pattern as verse I.)
Echoes drown the conversation out
Echoes that only seem to bring about
A silent expression
Things you made aloud
Going nowhere
The steps made a pattern
I'd never seen
I felt like a kid of six or seventeen
I was off in some empty daydream
Going nowhere
[Chorus II] (same pattern as v.I.)
It's dead and gone, matter of fact
It may be for the best
You said some things you can't take back
Honestly, I guess
[Verse III] (same as above except end)
The old records
Sitting on the floor
The ones I can't
Put on anymore
He walked over to her like before
Going nowhere (Riff 3)
Going nowhere (Riff 3)
Going nowhere