Elliott Smith – I Figured You Out (Guitar)

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as performed by Mary Lou Lord from Martian Saints Note: The tab for the intro is just to give you a rough idea of where the important picked parts are; mostly, the chords are being played with just slight embellishments. Also note that the picking of the G-G6 progression in the intro is the same for each verse as well. Capo second fret Chords used: G: 320033 G6: 320030 D: xx0232 Am: x02210 D/F#: 2x023x Em: 022000 C: x32010 Bm: x24432 Em7: xx0000

Intro:
    G           G6        D  Am  /A /G D/F#  Em C G D
e|--------3-----0---------2--0---------------0--0-3-2----|
B|----------3-----3---3---3--1------------3--0--1-3-3----|
G|-----0------------------2--2------------2--0--0-0-2----|
D|------------------------0--2------------0--2--2-0-0----|
A|---------------------------0----0----------2--3-2------|
E|--3---------3-----3----------------3--2----0----3------|

The second time through, it's nearly identical, but instead of D at the end, it's D and C. Verse 1:

G             G6
I've seen you watching

D Am /A /G Her every time she crosses the floor

D/F#                     Em      C
So won't you just go and talk to

G           D       C
The one you really adore

G                  G6
I'm getting pretty used to being

D Am /A /G The one that you always ignore

D/F#          Em        C
When somebody wants you

G    D         C
I've seen it before

Between verses thing:
    G        G6 G7 G
e|--------3---0--1------|
B|----------3------3----|
G|-----0----------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|--3-------------------|

Verse 2:

G                    G6
You're every kind of color

D Am /A /G There ain't nothing you won't claim

D/F#              Em     C
Your ambition and promise

G          D          C
And your addiction to fame

G                    G6
And everyone's got a dollar

D Am /A /G Sign after their name

D/F#          Em       C
When somebody wants you

G            D        C
You treat em just the same

Bridge:

Am         G
So go on a pick-up

          D/F#                 Em
You don't care what poison you choose

         Em7/D      C
And what person you lose

                  Bm
It should've been me, yeah

C            D
Shouldn't it be?

Verse 3:

G        G6
Crushing quiet

D Am /A /G Blows in through the window

D/F#           Em       C
To someone who wants you

G              D
That you never know

G              G6
But I pick up around you

D Am /A /G And clear everything out

D/F#              Em       C
Leave you where I found you

G D           C    /A /G
I figured you out

D/F#              Em       C
Leave you where I found you

G D           C
I figured you out

Repeat verse chord progression to the end