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Fond Farewell by Elliott Smith
Fond Farewell
Standard Tuning (but probably meant to be 1/2 step down)
GUITAR 1:
Chords used:
Ab m B F# Eb m Bb m 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:
Ab m B F# Eb m (x3)
Ab m B
Verse 1:
F# B F#
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
Eb m B F#
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
F#
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:
F# B F#
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
Eb m B F#
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
F#
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:
F# B F#
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
Eb m B F#
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
F#
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:
Ab m B Bm F# Eb m (x3)
Ab m 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-----------------------------------------------|
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