I noticed that the From a Basement on the Hill version is on here,
but the Pretty Ugly (Before) single B-side version is not.
I like this version a little better.
It may be because I heard this one first, but I'll never know.
Anyway, I've found that dropping the guitar down a whole step is the easiest way to play it,
plus Elliott used this tuning a lot, so it's possible that he played it in this tuning.
Key:
*E= upper octave E chord
*F= upper octave F chord
h= hammer on
p= pull off
/= slide
~= let ring
Intro:
Same as the other version
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------2---0h2p0----0----|
|------------------2-----0-|
|--3--0--------------------|
|--------------------------|
OR
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------7---5h7p5----5----|
|------------------7-----5-|
|--8--5--------------------|
F C
I'm floating in a black balloon
D *E *F
I must make it through this afternoon
Am G F C
Shame shifting, shadow down drifting
D *E *F
Way out of town
Am B5 C
And all you ladies and you gentleman,
D *E *F
Unhappy where you could have been,
Am G F
Drive people like you drive a car,
C D *E *F
Till you don't know where you are
Am G F
You don't impress me
D E
I'm sorry that you're chained to the ground
F G D F C G Am G#
But no big brother is gonna bring me down now
F C D *E *F
Am G F C D *E *F
Am B5 C
Rim's rolling now with all his might
D *E *F
Rain drops falling through a starry night
Am G F C
Sunrise on a choppy crusade
D *E *F
Waving back at you . . . not me
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/e/elliott-smith/345651.html ]
Am G F
You don't impress me
D E
You can't be satisfied anyhow
F G D F C G Am G#
And now big brother is gonna bring me back down
C D G# C G Am G#
{Repeat this last progression to fade)
Few last notes:
In this version, it's mostly power chords,
but I put in the full chords so you could do this version in the style
of the From a Basement on the Hill version if you wanted to.
Also, I haven't found a tab with the distorted guitar part at the end
the way I think it sounds, and I'm not totally satisfied with the way
I play it either, but this is the way I've been playing it:
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|---
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|---
|--------------------|------5-----7------9-|--9--7p5----------|---
|-------------5--6~--|--5/7~~-7/9~~-9/10~~-|----------7-5-7~--|---
|-----3h5--7---------|---------------------|------------------|---
|--5-----------------|---------------------|------------------|---
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|---
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|---
|--------------------|------5-----7------9-|--9--7p5----------|---
|-------------5--6~--|--5/7~~-7/9~~-9/10~~-|----------7-5-5~--|---
|-----3h5--7---------|---------------------|------------------|---
|--5-----------------|---------------------|------------------|---
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-
|--------------------|--------------------|------5-----7------9-|-
|-------------5--7~--|-------------5--6~--|--5/7~~-7/9~~-9/10~~-|-
|----------7---------|-----3h5--7---------|---------------------|-
|--3--5h8------------|--5-----------------|---------------------|-
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|--9--7p5---------|
|----------7-5-7~-|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
(Repeat to fade)
As usual, any constructive comments, corrections, or questions
can be directed to my email, bambrown@comcast.net
