A Fond Farewell

Elliott Smith

Tom: B

Standard Tuning (but probably meant to be 1/2 step down)

GUITAR 1:
Chords used:

    Abm     B      F#    Ebm    Bbm    Bm
e|----4------2------2------6------6------2----|
B|----4------4------2------7------6------3----|
G|----4------4------3------8------6------4----|
D|----6------4------4------8------8------4----|
A|----6------2------4------6------8------2----|
E|----4------2------2------6------6------2----|


Intro: 
Abm    B     F#      Ebm   (x3)

Abm    B

Verse 1:
F#                    B           F#
The litebrite's now black and white
           Abm                       Ebm
Cause you took apart a picture that wasn't right
Bbm                  B
Pitch burning on a shining sheet
Abm                        B
The only maker that you'd want to meet
Ebm                 B        F#
The dying man in a living room
        Abm             Ebm
Whose shadow paces the floor
Bbm                    B
He'll take you out any open door

Chorus:
Abm             B
This is not my life
             F#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Abm                B
It's not what I'm like
             F#                  Ebm
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Abm                      B
Who couldn't get things right
   F#                  Ebm
A fond farewell to a friend

Abm      B

Verse 2:
F#                     B        F#
He said really I just wanna dance
         Abm                         Ebm
Good and evil matched perfect it's a great romance
Bbm                    B
I can deal with some psychic pain
Abm                    B
If it'll slow down my higher brain
Ebm                 B        F#
Veins full of disappearing ink
Abm              Ebm
Vomiting in the kitchen sink
Bbm                     B
Disconnecting from the missing link

Chorus:
Abm             B
This is not my life
             F#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Abm                B
It's not what I'm like
             F#                  Ebm
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Abm                      B
Who couldn't get things right
   F#                  Ebm
A fond farewell to a friend

Abm      B

Verse 3:
F#            B        F#
I see you're leaving me
Abm                    Ebm
And taking up with the enemy
Bbm                      B
The cold comfort of the in between
Abm                   B
A little less than a human being
Ebm                   B        F#
A little less than a happy high
Abm                  Ebm
A little less than a suicide
Bbm                       B
The only things that you really tried

Chorus:
Abm             B
This is not my life
             F#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Abm                B
It's not what I'm like
             F#                  Ebm
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Abm                      B
Who couldn't get things right
   F#                  Ebm
A fond farewell to a friend
Abm             B
This is not my life
             F#                 Ebm
It's just a fond farewell to a friend

Outro:
Abm     B    Bm    F#    Ebm   (x3)

Abm     B    Bm    Bm

GUITAR 2:
Intro:

e|--------------6---------------6----------------|
B|--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9b----|
G|------8--------------8-------------------------|
D|----6-------------------9----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|



e|--------------6---------------6------------6b--|
B|--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9-----|
G|------8--------------8-------------------------|
D|----6-------------------9----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|



e|--------------6---------------6--9--9-9--11----|
B|--------9-7-9----7--------7-9------------------|
G|------8--------------8-------------------------|
D|----6-------------------9----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|



e|--------------6--11--9--6----------------------|
B|--------9-7-9--------------9-7-----------------|
G|------8----------------------------------------|
D|----6------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

(the final line is also played between the chorus and verses 2 and 3)

Outro:

e|--------------6---------------6-----------------------------|
B|--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9b----9p7----------|
G|------8--------------8-----------------------------8--------|
D|----6-------------------9----------------------------7-6----|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|



e|--------------6---------------6------------6b------------|
B|--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9-----11p9-7----|
G|------8--------------8-----------------------------------|
D|----6-------------------9--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|



e|--------------6---------------6--9--9-9--11----|
B|--------9-7-9----7--------7-9------------------|
G|------8--------------8-------------------------|
D|----6-------------------9----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|



e|--------------6--11--9--6----------------------|
B|--------9-7-9--------------9-7-----------------|
G|------8----------------------------------------|
D|----6------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|