Elliot Smith - Fond Farewell
tabbed by: moveshhh9@gmail.com
credit to: grptertius@yahoo.com for fitting the words with the chords
This tab was made for beginners. I am writing this with them in mind.
Tuning: 1/2 step down (E?-A?-D?-G?-B?-E?)
EDIT: Changed BM to B. Also added barre chords, cause that's how Elliot plays
practically every song he ever wrote. I would love if someone figured out the
hammer-on's and pull-offs.
GUITAR 1: Open chord/Barre chord (same chords, barre chords sound better)
e----0--5-----0--8------3--3-----0--7----11--7-----3--3----|
B----1--5-----1--8------3--3-----0--8----12--7-----1--4----|
G----2--5-----0--9------0--4-----0--9----11--8-----0--5----|
D----2--7-----2--10-----0--5-----2--9----9---9-----1--5----|
A----0--7-----3--10-----2--5-----2--7----x---9-----3--3----|
E----0--5-----X--8------3--3-----0--x----x---7-----x--X----|
Intro:
(x3)
Verse 1:
The litebrite's now black and white
Cause you took apart a picture that wasn't right
Pitch burning on a shining sheet
The only maker that you'd want to meet
The dying man in a living room
Whose shadow paces the floor
He'll take you out any open door
Chorus:
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's not what I'm like
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Who couldn't get things right
A fond farewell to a friend
Verse 2:
He said really I just wanna dance
Good and evil matched perfect it's a great romance
I can deal with some psychic pain
If it'll slow down my higher brain
Veins full of disappearing ink
Vomiting in the kitchen sink
Disconnecting from the missing link
Chorus:
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's not what I'm like
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Who couldn't get things right
A fond farewell to a friend
Verse 3:
I see you're leaving me
And taking up with the enemy
The cold comfort of the in between
A little less than a human being
A little less than a happy high
A little less than a suicide
The only things that you really tried
Chorus:
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's not what I'm like
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Who couldn't get things right
A fond farewell to a friend
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Outro:
(x3)
Am C Cm Cm G (strum G really slow)