Steven Paul Smith (6 de agosto de 1969 – 21 de octubre de 2003), mejor conocido como Elliott Smith, fue un cantautor estadounidense de folk. Su instrumento primario fue la guitarra acústica, acompañada en otras canciones por bajo, batería y piano entre otros. Su voz era como un susurro, que en muchas canciones tenía un extraño efecto de doble voz. Vivió casi toda su vida en Portland, Oregon (Estados Unidos).
Antes de empezar su carrera en solitario, tocaba en la banda de rock Heatmiser, con la que llegó a sacar varios discos.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
No tab in here has the solo, so i'll tab that out. Being a tab reader, i hate having to between tabs, so ill put the rest in here too.
Standard Tuning (I play it tuned a step down because it works better with my voice)
On the D chord, i put the a string in parenthesis. Because its hard to mute out, and it sounds perfectly fine, you can play it if you want. Technically you aren't supposed to, but it the same.
Fmaj7/C (x33210) Am (x02210) G (320003) F (133211) C/G(332010) D7 (x(x)0212)
[INTRO]
Fmaj7/C
Fmaj7/C Haven't laughed this hard in a long time, AmGFC/G Better stop now, before I start crying. Fmaj7/C Go off to sleep in the sunshine AmGFC/G Don't want to see the day when it's dying.
D7 She's a sight to see Fmaj7/C She's (a) good to me AmGFC/G But I'm already somebody's baby. D7 She's a pretty thing, Fmaj7/C She knows everything AmGFC/G But I'm already somebody's baby.
Fmaj7/C You don't deserve to be lonely, AmGFC/G But those drugs you got won't make you feel better. Fmaj7/C Pretty soon you'll find its the only AmGFC/G Little part of your life you're keeping together.
D7 I'm nice to you, Fmaj7/C I could make it through AmGFC/G But you're already somebody's baby. D7 I could make you smile, Fmaj7/C If you stayed a while AmGFC/G But how long will you stay with me, baby?
SOLO (see below)
Fmaj7/C Because your candle burns too bright AmGFC/G Well I almost forgot it was twilight. Fmaj7/C Even if I think that you are right AmG Well I'm tired of being down, FC/G I got no fight.
D7 You're wonderful Fmaj7/C When its beautiful AmGF But I'm already somebody's baby. D7 If I went with you, F I'd dissapoint you too AmGF (RIFF 1) But I'm already somebody's baby. AmGD Already somebody's baby.
F9/C (RIFF 2) Am
RIFF 1: F E |1---------------| B |2---------------| G |3---------------| D |3---------------| A |1---------------| E |1-1-2-3---------|
RIFF 2: F9/CAm e |0----------x---| B |1----------0---| G |2----------2---| D |3----------2---| A |3--3-2---0-1---| E |x------3---0---|
SOLO:
It goes something like this. I've seen live videos where he sings the melody, but i like better.
F9/CAmGFmaj7/CC/G e 0------------0--|0------------0--|-------------3--|-------------0--| B 1-2p0---2--0-1--|1-2p0---2--0-1--|--2p0---2--0-3--|--2p0---2--0-1--| G 2-----1------2--|2-----1------2--|------1------0--|------1------0--|Repeat D 3------------3--|3------------3--|-------------0--|-------------2--| x1 A 3------------3--|3------------3--|-------------2--|-------------3--| E x------------x--|x------------x--|-------------3--|-------------3--|
DF9/CAmGF9/CC/G E -------------2--|-------------0--|-------------3--|-------------0--| A --2p0---2--0-3--|--2p0---2--0-1--|--2p0---2--0-3--|--2p0---2--0-1--| D ------3------2--|------1------2--|------1------0--|------1------0--|Repeat G -------------0--|-------------3--|-------------0--|-------------2--| x1 B -------------0--|-------------3--|-------------2--|-------------3--| e -------------x--|-------------x--|-------------3--|-------------3--|
And this is 100% how you play it. You can have some liberty with the notes in the solo. apologize if the chords are off of the words, I have a few syllables I do different than elliott does in his recording, i don't know why.