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Shiva Opens Her Arms

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Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003) was an American songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity. His primary instrument was the guitar, but he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, bass, drums and harmonica. Smith had a distinctive vocal style characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery" and use of multi-tracking to create vocal harmonies.

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shiva opens her arms - by elliott smith
tab by alexander rex

standard tuning

A x07650 C#m x46654
G 355433 E7 x76750
B x9987x D x57775
D9 5x055x D9b5 4x055x
Am9 5x550x A6sus2 5x440x
G#m7 4x440x G* 32040x
D6/F# 2x020x Dm6/F 1x020x

riff1 riff2
|---------- |-7---7-5- both riffs
|-7---7-5-- |--------- are played
|---------- |--------- over the
|---------- |--------- A-chord
|---------- |---------
|---------- |---------

A riff1 riff1 riff2 riff1

A riff1
I'm so sick of people asking me
riff1 riff2
Have I seen this guy that I look like
riff1
When they mean that he looks like me
C#m
Aw, damn it all to hell
G E7
No I wouldn?t know him too well
A riff1 riff2
Except I broke into his home, and then I broke his collarbone
riff1 riff1
His curtains hadn?t been opened in a week or two
riff2 riff1
And no one pictured that the little __ freaker has a few
C#m G E7
Looks like it?s about to fall over, sure yeah it could just be the frame
A riff1 riff1
Or it could be the fact that nothing in this house is ever on the level
B D
Not even the toilet, both of you
A riff1 riff2
It?s all askew, it'll be wrong forever

D9 D9b5
I dreamt up we're tumbling down a hill
Am9 /G# A6sus2
The people standing around swear they never seen blows fall like this
G#m7 G D6/F#
Wherever he lands stay away it?s going to be bloody
Dm6/F
Oh no, I miss you so

A riff1 riff1
Church bells now I?m awake and I guess it must be some kind of holiday
riff2 riff1
Go tell them that he better behave, it?s pretty hard to rise from the grave
C#m G E7
I?m just a ghost from the past, yeah, but you shouldn't have laughed
A riff1 riff2
Because I'll give you the shaft or maybe sign you up for the draft
riff1 riff1
I look down, I ripped my shirt and there?s blood stains on my fists
riff2 riff1
And the air in here is like a nylon net, I can throw my fists right through it
C#m G E7
Man, did anybody ever tell you that you?re kind of like
A riff1 riff1
A moth trying to catch the attention of a bare light bulb
B D
All recorded history is just one little guy on this pen
A riff1 riff1
Oh, my head feels like a TV store, twenty of the same channels

D9 D9b5
Let?s step outside for some fresh air
Am9 /G#
To some part of the city that you never seen yet
A6sus2
Even though you lived here all your life
G#m7 G
Now you?re not even sure who you've met or what you like
D6/F#
You wait until morning, let's hold it now
Dm6/F
And if that?s the case you'll spend the night anyhow

D9 D9b5
Shiva opens her arms now
Am9 /G# A6sus2
Some kid's trying to park his car
G#m7
I may talk in my sleep tonight
G D6/F#
'cause I like company too

Yeah, I know we're through
Dm6/F
Although I miss you so

A riff1 riff1 riff2 riff1
C#m G E7
A riff1 riff1
B D
A riff1 riff2 riff1 riff1 riff2 riff1
C#m ...

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july 2014