Alameda - Either/Or - Elliott Smith Any questions: The main chords that are arranged differently to normal - They are like this so you can get all the melody notes: e|---------------------------0-------0--------0------------| B|--1-------0-------1--------1-------4--------1------3-----| G|--4-------2-------4--------2-------2--------2------0-----| D|--2-------4-------2--------3-------4--------2------0-----| A|--3-------2-------0------------2------------2-----| E|------------(1)------------3------------| thumbed This is a guitar transcription that includes the melody. As a lot of Elliott Smith’s songs feature lots of separate guitars and vocals I tried to make this version contain as much as possible on one guitar. The picking pattern is easier to figure out if you separate it into the bass notes which start 3 2 3 2 on the A and D strings and the melody which is all the other notes. [Verse] e|------------| B|------1-----------1-----1---------0-----0-------0---------0-----| G|------------4-------4-------4-------2-------2---------2------2--| D|------2-------2-------2-------2-------4-------4-------4------4--| A|--3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2-------2-----| E|------------| e|------------0------------0-----------| B|-----1------------1-------1------------3-1-----| G|------------4-------4------------0-| D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------3-------3-------3-------3---| A|-0-------0-------0-------0------------| E|------------1-------1-------1-------1-------| e|------------1-------0------------0------------| B|-----1-----3------------4------------4------------| G|------------0------------0---------| D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------4-------4-------4-------4-| A|-3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2-------2-----| E|------------| Am add9 Fmaj7 e|------------0------------| B|-----1------------1-------3---1------------| G|------------4------------| D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------3-------3-------3-------3--| A|-0-------0-------0-------0------------| E|------------1-------1-------1-------1------| [Chorus] For your own protection over their affection No----body broke your heart You broke your own ’cos you can’t Bb (back to verse) Finish what you start... (Walk down Alameda...) [Bridge bit] For one or two Minutes she liked y--ou But the fix is in (solo section over verse) ************************************ | (n) Ghost note ************************************