Elliot Smith - Fond Farewell Standard Tuning (but probably meant to be 1/2 step down) GUITAR 1: Chords used: m m m Intro: m m (x3) Ab m B Verse 1: The litebrite's now black and white Ab m Eb m Cause you took apart a picture that wasn't right Bb m B Pitch burning on a shining sheet Ab m B The only maker that you'd want to meet The dying man in a living room Ab m Eb m Whose shadow paces the floor Bb m B He'll take you out any open door Chorus: Ab m B This is not my life It's just a fond farewell to a friend Ab m B It's not what I'm like F# Eb m It's just a fond farewell to a friend Ab m B Who couldn't get things right F# Eb m A fond farewell to a friend Ab m B Verse 2: He said really I just wanna dance Ab m Eb m Good and evil matched perfect it's a great romance Bb m B I can deal with some psychic pain Ab m B If it'll slow down my higher brain Veins full of disappearing ink Ab m Eb m Vomiting in the kitchen sink Bb m B Disconnecting from the missing link Chorus: Ab m B This is not my life It's just a fond farewell to a friend Ab m B It's not what I'm like F# Eb m It's just a fond farewell to a friend Ab m B Who couldn't get things right F# Eb m A fond farewell to a friend Ab m B Verse 3: I see you're leaving me Ab m Eb m And taking up with the enemy Bb m B The cold comfort of the in between Ab m B A little less than a human being A little less than a happy high Ab m Eb m A little less than a suicide Bb m B The only things that you really tried Chorus: Ab m B This is not my life It's just a fond farewell to a friend Ab m B It's not what I'm like F# Eb m It's just a fond farewell to a friend Ab m B Who couldn't get things right F# Eb m A fond farewell to a friend Ab m B This is not my life F# Eb m It's just a fond farewell to a friend Outro: m m (x3) m GUITAR 2: Intro: ------------6------------6------------| G------8------------8------------| ----6------------9------------| ------------| ------------| ------------6------------6------------6b--| G------8------------8------------| ----6------------9------------| ------------| ------------| (the final line is also played between the chorus and verses 2 and 3) Outro: B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9b----9p7----------| G------8------------8------------8--------| ----6------------9------------7-6----| ------------| ------------| B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9-----11p9-7----| G------8------------8------------| ----6------------9------------| ------------| ------------|