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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
e------------------5---------------------
B---------------9--5----5-7-9---------7--
G-------11-9-11----6--------9--9-9-9-----
D----11------------7------------------6--
A--9---------------7--------7---------4--
E------------------5---------------------

  F#sus2           A*       E*      C#sus4 C#m
e------------------5-----------------------4--
B---------------9--5----5-7-9---------7----5--
G-------11-9-11----6--------9--9-9-9-------6--
D----11------------7------------------6----6--
A--9---------------7--------7---------4----4--
E------------------5--------------------------

  F#sus2           A*       E*       C#m
e------------------5------------------4--
B---------------9--5----5-7-9---------5--
G-------11-9-11----6--------9--9-9-9--6--
D----11------------7------------------6--
A--9---------------7--------7---------4--
E------------------5---------------------

  F#sus2           Ariff        
e------------------9--\7----------
B---------------9--5---5---9--\7--
G-------11-9-11------------6---6--
D----11---------------------------
A--9-----------------7---7---7----
E--------------------5---5---5----

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