True Love chords by Elliott Smith

Chords with lyrics

true love by elliott smith

standard tuning

A*  x02225 Amaj7Amaj7 x02224
Asus4Asus4 x0223x A major 6A6  x02222
A augmentedA   x0222x C majorC   x35553
GM7  x20032 FF   133211
E MajorE   022100 F# minorF#m  xx4225
B minorBm  x24432 DmDm  xx0321
Bb majorBb  x13331 E11b9 020201
Fmaj7Fmaj7 xx3210 F#F#  x44322
A minorAm  x02210

 riff2 over B minorBm
e|-------
BB|-3-2-3-
G+G|-------

intro

  A*  Amaj7Amaj7 Asus4Asus4 A major 6A6  A augmentedA   C majorC   GM7  FF  E MajorE  riff1
e|-5-----4-----------2--------------------2----1----0---0-2-4--|
BB|-2-----2-----3-----2-----2-------5----3---3--1----0----------|
G+G|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----5---5---------2----1---1-2-4--|
D MajorD|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2-------------------3----2----------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------0--2--3------2------3----2----------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------1----0----------|


F# minorF#m      Amaj7Amaj7    B minorBm
True love is a rose behind glass
   riff2      F#F#
It's locked and kept closed
       A augmentedA             /B C majorC
Maybe just to me 'cause my heart's been attacked
GM7     FF      E MajorE    riff1
Shattered by tough love, bad love
F# minorF#m          Amaj7Amaj7
so bought mine off the street
   B minorBm      riff2     F#F#
true love, man, it just can't be beat
       A augmentedA       /B C majorC    Gm7Gm7  FF   E MajorE
I felt so complete, married to heavenly bodies above

     Fmaj7Fmaj7        A minorAm     E11b9 E MajorE riff1
And each night I look up at a bright honeymoon

     F# minorF#m         Amaj7Amaj7
'cause it sure seemed built to last
     B minorBm    riff2   F#F#     A augmentedA
and even after my honeymoon past I kept right with that, man,
  /B C majorC      GM7      FF    E MajorE riff1
Like a ghost to the house it once haunted
F# minorF#m      Amaj7Amaj7
And day after day
  B minorBm      riff2   F#F#
I'd steal with my true love away
    A augmentedA         /B C majorC
To some hideout we left undisturbed
     GM7    FF   E MajorE
we could do what we wanted

   Fmaj7Fmaj7         A minorAm       E11b9   E MajorE riff1
But I started to feel like a liar saying "I love you"

    DmDm           C majorC           Bb majorBb
She was madly in love, and mad mean there was no in-between
       E MajorE  riff1
It raised my alarm
 DmDm          C majorC          Bb majorBb
I found I can't make a stand i'm her hired hand
       E MajorE  riff1
I have to do harm

F# minorF#m      Amaj7Amaj7   B minorBm     riff2   F#F#
One day I got sick, she played me a nasty old trick
A augmentedA           /B
Said, "I need cigarettes"
C majorC         Gm7Gm7     FF   E MajorE riff1
Walked around the block caught a cab
F# minorF#m         Amaj7Amaj7
Stayed gone for too long
  B minorBm    riff2   F#F#
My love had gotten too strong
    A augmentedA           /B C majorC
Just to try to getting back on my own
     GM7  FF  E MajorE riff
I had to go to rehab

DmDm  C majorC            Bb majorBb
All I need is a safe place to bleed
          E MajorE  riff1
Is this where it's at?
DmDm     C majorC
Half of no chance, steps in a dance
Bb majorBb           E MajorE
rest of my live spin in combat

riff1    A*       Amaj7Amaj7
Now I'm the  king of the ward
      Asus4Asus4         A major 6A6
'cause I'm good and I swallow my sword
A augmentedA             /B C majorC    Gm7Gm7  FF    E MajorE riff1
Puke it up for the doctor to write a new prescription
F# minorF#m      Amaj7Amaj7
tranquil as a dove
B minorBm        riff2      F#F#
people that have lost their true love
   A augmentedA    /B C majorC    Gm7Gm7  FF     E MajorE
that all seem to fit the same description

    Fmaj7Fmaj7       A minorAm
I feel cold, useless and old
      E11b9 E MajorE riff1
Wish I was no one

A* Amaj7Amaj7 A* Amaj7Amaj7

A*   Amaj7Amaj7 A augmentedA  Amaj7Amaj7
Take me up, my love
A*   Amaj7Amaj7 A augmentedA  Amaj7Amaj7
Take me up  today
A*   Amaj7Amaj7    A augmentedA  Amaj7Amaj7
Take me out of this place
A*   Amaj7Amaj7     A augmentedA  Amaj7Amaj7
Take me up with you today


original tab by Ian