Elliott Smith – Roman Candle (Guitar Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) • Video Lesson
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made using a few different youtube covers notes: - use your thumb to hit the lower strings. - the G can be either 555400 or 550400, Em7 sounds okay as either 222000 or 220000. - A* is actually Aadd9add4. - if you don't wanna do that downtuning thing at the end, just transpose the last few chords and mute the D string on the Cadd9
[Intro]
Bmadd11
d|-0---------------|
B|-5---------------|
G|-4---------------|
D|-4---------------|
A|-2---------------|
D|-----------------|

[Verse 1]
   Bm     C#11     G                     Bmadd11   C#11     G       A11
d|-4-------4-------0---------------|     d|-0-------4-------0-------0------------|
B|-3-------6-------0---------------|     B|-5-------6-------0-------2--3-2--0----|
G|-x-------4-------4---------------|     G|-4-------4-------4-------0---------2--|
D|-4-------6-------5---------------| x1  D|-4-------6-------5-------2------------| x2
A|-2-------4-------5---------------|     A|-2-------4-------5-------0------------|
D|-----------------5---------------|     D|-----------------5--------------------|

Bmadd11   C#11     G                 Em7
d|-0-------4-------0---------------|-0---------------|
B|-5-------6-------0---------------|-0---------------|
G|-4-------4-------4---------------|-0---------------|
D|-4-------6-------5---------------|-2---------------|
A|-2-------4-------5---------------|-2---------------|
D|-----------------5---------------|-2---------------|

[Chorus]
Bmadd11 D5 Em7              G
d|-2---0---0-------|     d|-0-------|
B|-3---3---0-------|     B|-0-------|
G|-4---2---0-------|     G|-4-------|
D|-4---0---2-------| x4  D|-5-------|
A|-2---0---2-------|     A|-5-------|
D|-----0---2-------|     D|-5-------|

[Verse 2]
Bmadd11   C#11     G       A11                   G    Bmadd11  C#7b9   A* G
d|-0-------4-------0-------0------------|     d|-0-------2-------0------0-0------|
B|-5-------6-------0-------2--3-2--0----|     B|-0-------3-------2------0-0------|
G|-4-------4-------4-------0---------2--|     G|-4-------4-------4------6\4------|
D|-4-------6-------5-------2------------| x3  D|-5-------4-------3------x-5------|
A|-2-------4-------5-------0------------|     A|-5-------2-------4------7\5------|
D|-----------------5--------------------|     D|-5----------------------7\5------|

[Chorus]
Bmadd11 D5 Em7          Bmadd11 D5 Em7  G            Bm  D5 Em7      G      A*
d|-2---0---0-------|     d|-2---0---0---0---|     d|-0---0---0-------0------0|
B|-3---3---0-------|     B|-3---3---0---0---|     B|-3---3---0-------0------0|
G|-4---2---0-------|     G|-4---2---0---4---|     G|-4---2---0-------4------6|
D|-4---0---2-------| x3  D|-4---0---2---5---| x4  D|-4---0---2-------5------7|
A|-2---0---2-------|     A|-2---0---2---5---|     A|-2---0---2-------5------7|
D|-----0---2-------|     D|-----0---2---5---|     D|-----0---2-------5------7|

[Bridge]
Bmadd11  C#add4    G     Aadd4           Bmadd11  C#add4    G                Em7          
d|-2-------4-------0-------0-------|     d|-2-------4-------0---------------|-0---------------|
B|-3-------6-------0-------2-------|     B|-3-------6-------0---------------|-0---------------|
G|-4-------6-------4-------2-------|     G|-4-------6-------4---------------|-0---------------|
D|-4-------6-------5-------2-------| x2  D|-4-------6-------5---------------|-2---------------|
A|-2-------4-------5-------0-------|     A|-2-------4-------5---------------|-2---------------|
D|-----------------5---------------|     D|-----------------5---------------|-2---------------|
[Outro] alright, here's where it gets complicated. in the first bar, use your fingers to strum the high strings while using your thumb to keep hitting the low D string. while playing the G/D chord, use your other hand to TUNE DOWN the low D string to C then, you slide up to the 7th fret to start the next bar (yes, this is actually what he did in the recording!) it might need a bit of practice (or just a good ear) to get it right consistently
   D5              G/D   \\\  G/C
d|-0---------------0--------------------|
B|-3---------------0--------------------|
G|-2---------------0--------------------|
D|-0---------------0--------------------|
A|-0------------------------------------|
D|-0---------------0-(start downtuning)-|

   G              Em7              D5            Cadd9
d|-0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|
B|-0---------------0---------------3---------------3---------------|
G|-0---------------0---------------2---------------0---------------|
D|-0---------------0---------------0---------------2---------------| x3, (end last rep with one strum)
A|-5---------------2---------------0---------------3---------------|
C|/7---------------4---------------2---------------0---------------|
******************* | x Dead note | \ Slide down | / Slide up *******************