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A Fond Farewell by Elliott Smith - Guitar Chords

Artist Elliott Smith How to play the guitar chord Am.jpg How to play the guitar chord C.jpg How to play the guitar chord G.jpg How to play the guitar chord Em.jpg How to play the guitar chord B.jpg How to play the guitar chord Cm.jpg

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Version 2
            Elliot Smith - Fond Farewell Chords

Tuning: 1/2 step down (E♭-A♭-D♭-G♭-B♭-E♭)

tabbed by: 
credit to:  for fitting the words with the chords

I would love if someone figured out the hammer-on's and pull-offs.

Open chords for beginners
Barre chords are what Elliott used

      Am       C         G        Em       B       Cm
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]

Am    C     G      Em   (x3)

Am    C


[Verse 1]

G                    C           G
The litebrite's now black and white
           Am                      Em
Cause you took apart a picture that wasn't right
B                   C
Pitch burning on a shining sheet
Am                        C
The only maker that you'd want to meet
Em                 C        G
The dying man in a living room
        Am             Em
Whose shadow paces the floor
B                     C
He'll take you out any open door


[Chorus]

Am             C
This is not my life
             G
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Am                C
It's not what I'm like
             G                  Em
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Am                      C
Who couldn't get things right
   G                  Em
A fond farewell to a friend

Am      C


[Verse 2]

G                     C        G
He said really I just wanna dance
         Am                         Em
Good and evil matched perfect it's a great romance
B                     C
I can deal with some psychic pain
Am                    C
If it'll slow down my higher brain
Em                 C        G
Veins full of disappearing ink
Am               Em
Vomiting in the kitchen sink
B                      C
Disconnecting from the missing link


[Chorus]

Am             C
This is not my life
             G
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Am                C
It's not what I'm like
             G                  Em
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Am                      C
Who couldn't get things right
   G                  Em
A fond farewell to a friend

Am     C


[Verse 3]

G            C        G
I see you're leaving me
Am                    Em
And taking up with the enemy
B                       C
The cold comfort of the in between
Am                   C
A little less than a human being
Em                   C        G
A little less than a happy high
Am                  Em
A little less than a suicide
B                        C
The only things that you really tried


[Chorus]

Am             C
This is not my life
             G
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Am                C
It's not what I'm like
             G                   Em
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Am                     C
Who couldn't get things right
   G                   Em
A fond farewell to a friend
Am             C
This is not my life
             G                  Em
It's just a fond farewell to a friend


[Outro]

Am    C    Cm    G    Em   (x3)

Am    C    Cm    Cm   G (strum G really slow) 
        

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