A Fond Farewell tab by Elliott Smith

Tabs

Elliot Smith - A augmentedA 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: [email protected]
credit to: [email protected] 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.

A minorAm    C majorC     G+G    E minorEm    B minorBm    C minorCm
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
A minorAm  C majorC   G+G   E minorEm  (x3)

A minorAm  C majorC

Verse 1:

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

Chorus:

A minorAm       C majorC
This is not my life
       G+G
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
A minorAm        C majorC
It's not what I'm like
       G+G         E minorEm
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
A minorAm           C majorC
Who couldn't get things right
  G+G         E minorEm
A augmentedA 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
A minorAm   C majorC

Verse 2:
G+G           C majorC    G+G
He said really I just wanna dance
     A minorAm             E minorEm
Good and evil matched perfect it's a great romance
B minorBm          C majorC
I can deal with some psychic pain
A minorAm          C majorC
If it'll slow down my higher brain
E minorEm         C majorC    G+G
Veins full of disappearing ink
A minorAm        E minorEm
Vomiting in the kitchen sink
B minorBm           C majorC
Disconnecting from the missing link

Chorus:
A minorAm       C majorC
This is not my life
       G+G
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
A minorAm        C majorC
It's not what I'm like
       G+G         E minorEm
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
A minorAm           C majorC
Who couldn't get things right
  G+G         E minorEm
A augmentedA 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
A minorAm   C majorC

Verse 3:

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

Chorus:

A minorAm       C majorC
This is not my life
       G+G
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
A minorAm        C majorC
It's not what I'm like
       G+G          E minorEm
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
A minorAm           C majorC
Who couldn't get things right
  G+G          E minorEm
A augmentedA fond farewell to a friend
A minorAm       C majorC
This is not my life
       G+G         E minorEm
It's just a fond farewell to a friend

Coda:

Guitar 1
Intro, but with a couple other notes mixed in

Guitar 2
A minorAm  C majorC  C minorCm  G+G  E minorEm  (x3)

A minorAm  C majorC  C minorCm  C minorCm  G+G (strum G+G really slow)