Elliot Smith - Fond Farewell
Standard Tuning (but probably meant to be 1/2 step down)
GUITAR 1:
Chords used:
m m m
e----4------2------2------6------6------2----|
B----4------4------2------7------6------3----|
G----4------4------3------8------6------4----|
D----6------4------4------8------8------4----|
A----6------2------4------6------8------2----|
E----4------2------2------6------6------2----|
Intro:
m m (x3)
m
Verse 1:
The litebrite's now black and white
m m
Cause you took apart a picture that wasn't right
m
Pitch burning on a shining sheet
m
The only maker that you'd want to meet
m
The dying man in a living room
m m
Whose shadow paces the floor
m
He'll take you out any open door
Chorus:
m
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
m
It's not what I'm like
m
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
m
Who couldn't get things right
m
A fond farewell to a friend
m
Verse 2:
He said really I just wanna dance
m m
Good and evil matched perfect it's a great romance
m
I can deal with some psychic pain
m
If it'll slow down my higher brain
m
Veins full of disappearing ink
m m
Vomiting in the kitchen sink
m
Disconnecting from the missing link
Chorus:
m
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
m
It's not what I'm like
m
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
m
Who couldn't get things right
m
A fond farewell to a friend
m
Verse 3:
I see you're leaving me
m m
And taking up with the enemy
m
The cold comfort of the in between
m
A little less than a human being
m
A little less than a happy high
m m
A little less than a suicide
m
The only things that you really tried
Chorus:
m
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
m
It's not what I'm like
m
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
m
Who couldn't get things right
m
A fond farewell to a friend
m
This is not my life
m
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Outro:
m m (x3)
m
GUITAR 2:
Intro:
e--------------6---------------6----------------|
B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9b----|
G------8--------------8-------------------------|
D----6-------------------9----------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|
e--------------6---------------6------------6b--|
B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9-----|
G------8--------------8-------------------------|
D----6-------------------9----------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|
e--------------6---------------6--9--9-9--11----|
B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9------------------|
G------8--------------8-------------------------|
D----6-------------------9----------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|
e--------------6--11--9--6----------------------|
B--------9-7-9--------------9-7-----------------|
G------8----------------------------------------|
D----6------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|
(the final line is also played between the chorus and verses 2 and 3)
Outro:
e--------------6---------------6-----------------------------|
B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9b----9p7----------|
G------8--------------8-----------------------------8--------|
D----6-------------------9----------------------------7-6----|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------6---------------6------------6b------------|
B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9-----11p9-7----|
G------8--------------8-----------------------------------|
D----6-------------------9--------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------6---------------6--9--9-9--11----|
B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9------------------|
G------8--------------8-------------------------|
D----6-------------------9----------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|
e--------------6--11--9--6----------------------|
B--------9-7-9--------------9-7-----------------|
G------8----------------------------------------|
D----6------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|