Elliot Smith - A Fond Farewell
Tuning: 1/2 step down (E♭-A♭-D♭-G♭-B♭-E♭)
PLEASE comment or email me if you think something is wrong.
NOTES:
1. I wrote another tab for this about a year ago with only chords. I added the intro and
corrected other small mistakes on this one.
2. I would love if someone figured out the hammer-on's and pull-offs that i missed.
3. At times, there are two different guitar parts, but they play together during the
verse and chorus.
tabbed by: moveshhh9@gmail.com
credit to: grptertius@yahoo.com for fitting the words with the chords
All Chords - gave both open and barre chords. elliott uses barre chords but open are
much easier to learn.
Am C G Em Bm Cm
e♭----0--5-----0--8------3--3-----0--7----10--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--7-----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----|
Whole Song
Notes for the intro:
1. timing isn't correct, easier to read this way. easy to figure out yourself
2. h = hammer-on, p = pull-off, / = slide
Guitar 1
e♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
B♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
G♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
D♭--------7--5--7--9--5--------5--7--9--5--5--5--5/7--------------|
A♭----0h7----------------7----------------------------0--7--------|
E♭--------------------------8-------------------------------------|
e♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
B♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
G♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
D♭--------7--5--7--9--5--------5--7--9--5--5--5--5/7--7/9---------|
A♭----0h7----------------7--------------------------------0h7--7--|
E♭--------------------------8-------------------------------------|
e♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
B♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
G♭---------------------------------------7--7--7/9----------------|
D♭--------7--5--7--9--5--------5--7--7/9--------------------------|
A♭----0h7----------------7----------------------------------------|
E♭--------------------------8-------------------------------------|
e♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
B♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
G♭--------------------9--9p7--------------------------------------|
D♭--------7--5--7--9---------9--9p7--7p5--------------------------|
A♭----0h7---------------------------------------------------------|
E♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
Am C G Em (x3)
Am C
Verse 1:
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/e/elliott-smith/306759.html ]
G C G
The litebrite's now black and white
Am Em
Cause you took apart a picture that wasn't right
Bm 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
Bm 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
Refrain:
Guitar 1
e♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
B♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
G♭--------------------9--9p7--------------------------------------|
D♭--------7--5--7--9---------9--9p7--7p5--------------------------|
A♭----0h7---------------------------------------------------------|
E♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
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
Bm 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
Bm 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
Refrain:
Guitar 1
e♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
B♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
G♭--------------------9--9p7--------------------------------------|
D♭--------7--5--7--9---------9--9p7--7p5--------------------------|
A♭----0h7---------------------------------------------------------|
E♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
Am C
Verse 3:
G C G
I see you're leaving me
Am Em
And taking up with the enemy
Bm 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
Bm 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
Coda:
Guitar 1
Intro, but with a couple other notes mixed in
Guitar 2
Am C Cm G Em (x3)
Am C Cm Cm G (strum G really slow)
