Alameda tab by Elliott Smith

Tabs

Alameda
Elliott Smith
Tune guitar down a tone

Chords used :
Cmaj7* : x32400			C/G* : 3xxx10			C minorCm : x35543
B7B7 : x2420x			C/BC/B : x2xx10			FF : 133211
A minorAm : x02210			Cmaj7Cmaj7 : x32000			Bb majorBb : x1333x
Asus2Asus2 : x02200			DmDm : xx0231			G+G : 3200xx
Fmaj7/C : x33210		E MajorE : 022100			A11A11 : 5400xx
C majorC : x32010			E7E7 : 020130			G/BG/B : x200xx
Cadd9Cadd9 : x32030			C/GC/G : 332010			C* : x3555x
Cadd11 : x32011			Eb MajorEb : x6888x			Eb/BbEb/Bb : 66504x
Badd11(b13) : x24040		Eb/GEb/G : x 10 8 8 8 x
Asus4Asus4 : x02230			G minorGm : 355333

Intro (album version)

 Cmaj7*           B7B7
 ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^
--------------------------------------------------------|
----0---------0-----0--------0-----0-------0-------0----|
---------4------4-------4------2-------2--------2-----2-|
----2------2------2-------2------4-------4------4-----4-|
-3-----3------3-------3------2-------2-------2-----2----|
--------------------------------------------------------|

 A minorAm     Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Fmaj7/C
 ^ ^ ^  v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ v
----0--------0-0----0-0----0------0------0-0----0------|
----1------1-1-0--1-1-0--1-1-1----1----1-1-1-------3-1-|
----2------2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2----2-2-2-----------|
----2------2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3---------|
-0-----0-----0------0------0---3-----3---3---3--3------|
-------------------------------------------------------|

 C majorC    Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd11 C majorC   Badd11(b13)
 ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v v ^ v
--------0--------1------0-----------0------------------------|
--------1----3---1------1------4----4----4---4------4--4-4-0-|
---0----0--------0----0-0-----------0----0---0------0--0-0-0-|
--------2-------------2-------------4----4---4------4--4-4-0-|
-3---3-----3---3---3--3---3--2---2-----2---2---2--2------2---|
-------------------------------------------------------------|

 A minorAm     Asus2Asus2 A minorAm  Asus4Asus4 Fmaj7/C       C/G* C/BC/B
 ^ ^ ^  v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v
----0--------0-0----0-0-----------0------0-0---0---0---0---0-|
----1------1-1-0--1-1-1--3---1----1----1-1-1---1---1---1---1-|
----2------2-2-2--2-2-2--2---2----2----2-2-2---2---2---------|
----2------2-2-2--2-2-2--2---3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
-0-----0-----0------0------0---3-----3---3---3---3-------2---|
-----------------------------------------------------3-------|
Intro (tabbed from the bumbershoot seattle, wa 09-02-2000 show, the acoustic
guitar is in standart tuning)

 Cmaj7*          B7B7
 ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^
------------------------------------------------------|
----0------0-----0------0--0-----0-------0-------0----|
----4--4-4-4-----4--4-4-4----2-------2--------2-------|
-------2-2----------2-2--------4-------4------------4-|
-3------------3------------2-------2-------2-----2----|
------------------------------------------------------|

 A minorAm    Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm   Fmaj7/C
 ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v
----0-----------------------0----0-----0-----0-------|
----1-----1-0---1---0---1--------1-----1---------3-1-|
----2--2--2----------------------2-----2-------------|
----2--2--2----------------------3-----3-------------|
-0-----0------0---0-------0---3-----3-----3----3-----|
----------------------0------------------------------|

 C majorC    Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd11 C majorC   Badd11(b13)
 ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^
--------0--------1------0---------------------------------|
--------1----3---1------1------4----4----4-4-----4----4-0-|
---0----0--------0----0-0-----------0----0-0-----0----0-0-|
--------2-------------2-------------4--4-4-4-----4--4-4-0-|
-3---3-----3---3---3--3---3--2---2-----2------2-----2-----|
----------------------------------------------------------|

 A minorAm    Asus2Asus2 A minorAm   Asus4Asus4 Fmaj7/C       C/G* C/BC/B
 ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v
----0---------------0------------0----0---0---0-0----0---0-|
----1-----1-0---1---1---3---1----1----1---1---1-1----1---1-|
----2--2--2-2---2-------2---2----2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|
----2--2--2----------------------3--3---3---3--------------|
-0-----0------0---0---0---0---3-----3---3---3----------2---|
---------------------------------------------------3-------|

C majorC            B7B7
 you walk down alameda shuffling your deck
      A minorAm   Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Fmaj7/C
of trick ca - rds  over    everyo - ne
     C majorC   Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd11 C majorC   Badd11(b13)
like some pre - cious on - ly so - n
A minorAm   Asus2Asus2 A minorAm      Asus4Asus4 Fmaj7/C  C/G* C/BC/B
 face down, bow to the champio - n

C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7  C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC B7B7
 you walk down alameda looking at the
           A minorAm  Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm    Fmaj7/C
cracks in the sidewa - lk thinking about your fri - ends
    C majorC   Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd11 C majorC   Badd11(b13)
how you mai - ntain all  them i - n

A minorAm   Asus2Asus2 A minorAm   Asus4Asus4 Fmaj7/C
 a constant state of suspe - nse

     DmDm    E MajorE (or E7E7) A minorAm    C/GC/G
for your own pro - tection  o - ver their affection
Eb MajorEb Eb/GEb/G        G minorGm
no - body broke your heart
   C minorCm   FF           Bb majorBb         C majorC
you broke your own because you can't finish what you start

C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7  C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC B7B7
 walk down alameda   brushing off the nightmare you wish
A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm      Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Fmaj7/C
  could plague me when i'm awa - ke
      C majorC  Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd11 C majorC Badd11(b13)
and now you see your first mi - stake
A minorAm       Asus2Asus2 A minorAm    Asus4Asus4  Fmaj7/C
 was thinking that you could re - la - te

  C majorC   G+G FF          G+G (slide to) A11A11 A minorAm
for o - ne or two minutes she liked y - o - u
  C majorC     G+G  FF G/BG/B
but t - h - e fix is in

C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC B7B7  A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Fmaj7/C

C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd11 C majorC Badd11(b13)

A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus4Asus4 Fmaj7/C

    DmDm    E MajorE (or E7E7)
you're all pre - ten - sion
A minorAm    C/GC/G
 i never pay attention
Eb MajorEb Eb/GEb/G        G minorGm
no - body broke your heart
   C minorCm   FF           Bb majorBb         C*
you broke your own because you can't finish what you start
Eb MajorEb Eb/GEb/G        G minorGm
no - body broke your heart

   C minorCm   FF           Bb majorBb         C*
you broke your own because you can't finish what you start
Eb MajorEb Eb/GEb/G        G minorGm
no - body broke your heart
   C minorCm   FF           Bb majorBb         C*
you broke your own because you can't finish what you start
Eb MajorEb Eb/GEb/G        G minorGm
no - body broke your heart
   C minorCm    FF         Bb majorBb         C*
if you're a - lone it must be you that wants to be apart

Eb MajorEb Eb/GEb/G G minorGm  C minorCm FF Bb majorBb C* (or C/GC/G) Eb MajorEb (or Eb/BbEb/Bb)


^ : downstroke
v : upstroke

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