A Fond Farewell
From a Basement on the Hill
a fond farewell - elliott smith
standard E, capo 2
e = eleven
F#sus2 x9ee99 A* 577655
C#sus4 x46674 E* x79997
C#m x46654 E 022100
A x02220 F#m 244222
Ab 466544 Am x02210
intro
F#sus2 A* E* C#sus4
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F#sus2 A* E* C#sus4 C#m
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F#sus2 A* E* C#m
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F#sus2 Ariff
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E A E
the lite-brite's now black and white
F#m C#m
cos' you took apart a picture that wasn't right
Ab A* /Ab
pitch burning on a shining sheet
F#m A
the only maker that you wanna meet
C#m A* E
a dying man in a living room
F#m C#m
whose shadow paces the floor
Ab A* /Ab
he'll take you out any open door
F#m A
this is not my life
E
it's just a fond farewell to a friend
F#m A
it's not what i'm like
E C#m
it's just a fond farewell to a friend
F#m A
who couldn't get things right
E C#m
a fond farewell to a friend
F#m Ariff (from end of intro)
E A E
you said really i just wanna dance
F#m C#m
good and evil match perfect, it's a great romance
Ab A* /Ab
and i can deal with some phychic pain
F#m A
if it'll slow down my higher brain
C#m A* E
veins full of disappearing ink
F#m C#m
vomiting in the kitchen sink
Ab A* /Ab
disconnecting from the missing link
F#m A
this is not my life
E
it's just a fond farewell to a friend
F#m A
it's not what i'm like
E C#m
it's just a fond farewell to a friend
F#m A
who couldn't get things right
E C#m
a fond farewell to a friend
F#m Ariff
E A E
i see you're leaving me
F#m C#m
and taking up with the enemy
Ab A* /Ab
the cold comfort of the inbetween
F#m A
a little less than a human being
C#m A* E
a little less than a happy high
F#m C#m
a little less than a suicide
Ab A* /Ab
the only things that you really tried
F#m A
this is not my life
E
it's just a fond farewell to a friend
F#m A
it's not what i'm like
E C#m
it's just a fond farewell to a friend
F#m A
who couldn't get things right
E C#m
a fond farewell to a friend
F#m A
this is not my life
E C#m
it's just a fond farewell to a friend
F#m A Am E C#m X3
F#m Ariff Am