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Now You Wanna Show Me How

unreleased
now you wanna show me how - elliott smith

standard D tuning - DGCFAD

travis style picking similar to Angeles

C#m   x4665x   F#     24432x
A*    577500   E      022100
Emaj7 xx1100   F#/C#* x44300
A/E   x77600   C*     x35500
G*    355400   B*     799800
F#/C# x4432x   F/C    x3321x
A     x0222x   C#*    x4444x


C#m /Eb /E F#  A*  E  Emaj7  F#/C#*  A/E  C*  G*  B*  C#m /Eb /E F#  X2

C#m    /Eb  /E    F#  A*          E   Emaj7 F#/C#* A/E
burned out, still glowing but I'm not worth knowing
C*                                  G* B* C#m /Eb /E F# 
some second-hand story that follows you,  becoming untrue
C#m   /Eb    /E F# A*           E  Emaj7  F#/C#* A/E
where bright tomorrows give you comfort in sorrow
C*                       G* B* C#m /Eb /E F#  A*
go around taking back mistakes just to remake them

F#/C#   F/C   E       A
now you wanna show me how 
    F#/C#     F       E     A
you hate this side of me oh why
    F#/C#    F/C      E     A
you know i'm not your lover now
    F#/C#  F     E          A
and i will never be, that's why
F#/C#   F/C   E       A
now you wanna show me how 
    F#/C#     F       E     A
you hate this side of me oh why
    F#/C#    F/C      E     A
you know i'm not your lover now
    F#/C#  F     E
and i will never be

C#m /Eb /E F#  A*

C#m    /Eb  /E   F#  A*       E   Emaj7    F#/C#* A/E
when i hear your footsteps my lip slips, my feet trip
C*                                     G* B* C#m     /Eb /E   F# 
washed out small talk that's all i can do    to interact with you
C#m      /Eb  /E F#  A*            E     Emaj7  F#/C#* A/E
cause no word of kindness puts the whole thing behind us
C*                                           G*  B* 
did you think the time would stop for me and you? 
C#m           /Eb /E  F#   A*
did you think i could make it?

F#/C#   F/C   E       A
now you wanna show me how 
    F#/C#     F       E     A
you hate this side of me oh why
    F#/C#    F/C      E     A
you know i'm not your lover now
    F#/C#  F     E          A
and i will never be, that's why
F#/C#   F/C   E       A
why you wanna show me how?
    F#/C#     F       E     A
you hate this side of me oh why
    F#/C#    F/C      E     A
you know i'm not your lover now
    F#/C#  F     E
and i will never be
        F#     E   C#m  C#*
you got rid of me
        F#     E   F#  E
you got rid of me
        F#     E   F#  E  F#  E
you got rid of me