This is my first Elliott Smith tablature. It's in standard tuning, two half steps down.
I play the E, F, and G with the same fingering, which makes chord changes quick. I
strum this with my thumb on the bass runs and my first three fingers on the chord strums.
I also play two two-note riffs after the Em's in the verses.
-0-- -0-1-|
--1- and -----|
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These might be lead guitar in the recording, but it's easy to add them solo.
Intro
--------------3-3-3-----3-3-3------3-3-3------3-3-3-----|
--------------3-3-3-----3-3-3------3-3-3------3-3-3-----|
--------------4-4-4-----4-4-4------4-4-4------4-4-4-----| x 2
6-6-6-5-------------------------------------------------|
6-6-6-5-------------------------------------------------|
4-4-4-3----3--------3-3---------3-3--------3-3----------|
In storyville, I fucked a cop
Amped up on prescription pills
That brought my heart to a stop
And I want to tell you, there's a riot coming
Like a drug in the water
A punch in the stomach makes
Sons into daughters
I met a girl on the square
Who showed me how to kill my cares
But once that's done, man, there's nothing to do
Time's running backwards for me and you
There's a riot coming
Like a drug in the water
A punch in the stomach makes
Sons into daughters
My body's running, but I don't see why it bothers…
x 2
Sat down in jail with this friend of mine
Who never closed both his eyes
But one was shut all the time
To cover the thing he was scared of
While he watched with the other
There was a riot coming
Like a drug in the water
A punch in the stomach makes
Sons into daughters
My body's running, but I
Don't see why it bothers
There's a riot coming
There's a riot coming
There's a riot coming
End solo
0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1|--------|-0-0-0-0|--------|-----------|----------|
--------|-1-1-1-1|--------|-1-1-1-1|--------|-----------|----------|
--2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2|0-0h2/42|-2-2-2-2|--2-2-0-|-----------|----------|
-1-----3|-3-3-3-3|--------|-2-2-2-2|-1-1----|3-2-0------|----------|
2-------|-3-3-3-3|--------|--------|2-------|-----3-2-3-|---0h2/3-0|
--------|-1-1-1-1|--------|--------|--------|-----------|3-3-------|
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