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A Fond Farewell Tab by Elliott Smith

A Fond Farewell tab by Elliott Smith

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Elliot Smith - A 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: moveshhh9@gmail.com
credit to: grptertius@yahoo.com 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.
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Am       C         G        Em       Bm       Cm
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
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

Refrain:

Guitar 1
e♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
B♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
G♭--------------------9--9p7--------------------------------------|
D♭--------7--5--7--9---------9--9p7--7p5--------------------------|
A♭----0h7---------------------------------------------------------|
E♭----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
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

Refrain:

Guitar 1
e♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
B♭----------------------------------------------------------------|
G♭--------------------9--9p7--------------------------------------|
D♭--------7--5--7--9---------9--9p7--7p5--------------------------|
A♭----0h7---------------------------------------------------------|
E♭----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
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

Coda:

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

Guitar 2
Am    C    Cm    G    Em   (x3)

Am    C    Cm    Cm   G (strum G really slow)

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