Bled White Elliott Smith
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This is one of my favorite songs, very simple and fun to play.
RIP Elliott Smith
Tuning:Standard/Low to High EADGBe
Chords Used:
[G1] [D5] [Em5] [Em1] [G2] [Em2] [C] [C5]
e|10----------7----3---0---3-------------------------------------------------| B|12----------8----3---0---5-------------------------------------------------| G|12--7---9---9----4---0---5---5---------------------------------------------| D|12--7---9---9----5---2---5---5---------------------------------------------| A|10--5---7---7----5---2---3---3---------------------------------------------| E|-----------------3---0-----------------------------------------------------|
Ok, here's how he plays the little sliding thing after strumming the G1 for a while.
e|------------------------------3-3-3-3--------------------------------------| B|------------------------------5-5-5-5--------------------------------------| G|--7/9-9-xx-7/9-9-xx-7\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------| D|--7/9-9-xx-7/9-9-xx-7\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------| A|--5/7-7-xx-5/7-7-xx-5\3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
For that little riff/chord progressions, I'm writing it as Fig 1 so as to make
writing this tab easier, and easier to read.
G1 Fig 1
I'm a color reporter (Gross city on the 409)
G1 Fig 1
But the city's been bled white (White city on the yellow line)
G1 Fig 1
And the doctors orders (Drinking till destruction is just a waste of time)
G1 Fig 1 Fig 1
Drinks all night, to take away this curse, but it makes me feel much worse.
[G2]Bled whi.[Em2]....ite
G1 Fig 1
So I wait for the F-Train (White city on the yellow line)
G1 Fig 1
And connect through a friend of mine (White city to a friend of mine)
G1 Fig 1
To a yesterday dream (Yesterday dream is just a waste of time)
G1 Fig 1 Fig 1
Because I'll have to be high, to drag the sunset down, and paint this paling town
[G2]Bled whi..[Em2]...ite
[G2]So here he comes with the blank expression
[Em]Especially for me because he knows [G2]I feel the same
[G2]Because happy and sad come in quick succession
[Em2]I'm never going to become [G2]what you became
G1 Fig 1
Don't you dare disturb me (Don't complicate my peace of mind)
G1 Fig 1
While I'm balancing my past (Don't complicate my peace of mind)
G1 Fig 1
Because you can't help or hurt me (Fading me baby is just a wast of time)
G1 Fig 1
Like it already has, I may not seem quite right
Fig 1
But I'm not f**ked, not quite
[G2]Bled whi..[Em2]...ite
[G2]Bled whi..[Em2]...ite
Enjoy.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| B hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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