A Fond Farewell Chords & Lyrics by Elliott Smith
A Fond Farewell
guitar chords lyrics
Elliot Smith - Fond Farewell
tabbed by: [email protected]
credit to: [email protected] for fitting the words with the chords
This tab was made for beginners. I am writing this with them in mind.
I know it's not exactly how he plays it. Elliott Smith almost always uses barre/
bar chords but this is a much easier way to play a fun song.
If you have any way to improve this, please comment. I would love to know the
hammer-ons and pull-offs that he uses.
Tuning: 1/2 step down (E♭-A♭-D♭-G♭-B♭-E♭)
In other words: Standard tuning, but make every note flat.
GUITAR 1:
Chords used:
Am C G Em Bm Cm
e----0------0------3------0------2------3----|
B----1------1------3------0------3------4----|
G----2------0------0------0------4------5----|
D----2------2------0------2------4------5----|
A----0------3------2------2------2------3----|
E----0------X------3------0------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
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
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
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
Outro:
Am C Cm G Em (x3)
Am C Cm Cm
