Elliott Smith – Independence Day (Guitar)

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CmDm – [Verse] CBbAb - Cm/G - FGAb - C (x2) C/B
      Am         Ab                  F#dim7
A future butterfly, gonna spend the day

             F
Higher than high

           Ab             G       Cmaj7     Am
You'll be a beautiful confusion, ooh

            Ab
Once I was you

CBbAb - Cm/G - FGAb - C (x2)
Ah, ah...

Am                         Ab            F#dim7
I saw you caught between all the people out

           F
Making a scene

          Ab       G         Cmaj7
In a bright, ideal tomorrow, ooh

             Am                 Ab
Don't go too far, stay who you are

CBbAb - Cm/G - F
Ah, ah...
[Chorus]
            Ab
Everybody knows

            C
Everybody knows

            Bb
Everybody knows

                 F
You only live a day

                   G   Ab    C
But it's brilliant anyway
F G Ab C C/A [Verse]
C         Bb     Ab
I saw you out

                           Cm/G
A perfect place

 F            G               Ab
It's gonna happen soon

          C
But not today

          Bb           Ab
So go to sleep

                                   Cm/G
Amid the change

F               G                      Ab
I'll meet you here tomorrow

              F
Independence day
Independence day Independence day Ab CBbAb - Cm/G - FGAb - C I highly recommend using Travis picking on some parts of the song!