A Fond Farewell Guitar Tabs by Elliott Smith

Elliott Smith – A Fond Farewell

I’m not going to take the honor of tabbing this song, 'cause I have actually only made
a few adjustments on other people's work. It’s just that I found it annoying that there
was no real tab out there that combined the chords with the fingerpicking. So, therefore
I combined the works of the UG members: Dires and some other unknown tabber that made the
tabs for “Guitar Pro”.

0:01 min:

Chords playing alongside the 2. guitar:
Gb barré A E Dbm Gb barré A E Dbm Gb barré A E Dbm Gb barré A

2. guitar:
E -----2---2-4-----------2--/4--------2---------|
B -------5------5------5------------------------|
G ---3------------------------------------------|   x2
D -4--------------------------------------------|
A ----------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------|

E -4------------2---2-4-------------2--4--7-7-/9-|
B ----------------5-------5-------5--------------|
G ------------3----------------------------------|
D ----------4------------------------------------|
A -----------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------|

E -----2---2-4-----9---7-/4--2--0---------------|
B -------5--------------------------------------|
G ---3-------------9---7-/4--2--1---------------|
D -4--------------------------------------------|
A ----------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------|

E                   A         E
my thoughts now black and white
          Gbm                       Dbm
they took apart a picture that wasn't right
Ab                    barré A
pitch burning on a shining sheet
Gb                           barré A
the only maker that you'd want to meet
E                  A      E
dying man in a living room
Gb                        Dbm
whose shadow paces the floor
Ab                      barré A
i'll take you out any open door

Chorus:
Gb              A
this is not my life.
            E
it's just a fond farewell to a friend
Gb             A
not what i'm like
            E
it's just a fond farewell to a friend
Gb                   A
couldnt get things right
E                  Dbm
fond farewell to a friend


1:19 min:

Chords: Gb and A
2. guitar:
E -----2---2-4-----9--7--/4---2--0--------------|
B -------5--------------------------------------|
G ---3-------------9--7--/4---2--1--------------|
D -4--------------------------------------------|
A ----------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------|

1:23 min:

He said really I just wanna dance
Good and evil matched perfect it's a great romance
I can deal with some psychic pain
If it'll slow down my higher brain
Veins full of disappearing ink
Vomiting in the kitchen sink
Disconnecting from the missing link

1:51 min:

Chorus:
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's not what i'm like
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
I couldn't get things right
Fond farewell to a friend

2:14 min:

Chords: Gb and A
2. guitar:
E -----2---2-4----9--7--/4---2--0---------------|
B -------5--------9--7--/4---2--1---------------|
G ---3------------------------------------------|
D -4--------------------------------------------|
A ----------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------|

2:18 min:

I see you're leaving me
And taking up with the enemy
The cold comfort of the in between
A little less than a human being
A little less than a happy high
A little less than a suicide
The only things that you really tried

2:46 min:

Chorus:
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's not what i'm like
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
I couldn't get things right
Fond farewell to a friend
Gb            A
This is not my life
E                            Dbm
It’s just a fond farewell to a friend
3:17 min:

Outro:
Play the chords of the chorus while humming “mmmmmmmmm”
2. guitar
E -----2---2-4----0----0-2---4--------2--2/0-----|
B -------5---------------------5---5-------------|
G ---2------------2----2-----4---4-----------1-0-|
D -4---------------------------------------------|
A -----------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------|

E -----2---2-4-------------0--2--4---------2----|
B ---2---5-------5-----5------------5---5-------|
G -------------------------2-----4----4---------|
D -4--------------------------------------------|
A ----------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------|

E -2-0------------2---2-4-----------------0--2--|
B --------------2---5--------5--------5---------|
G -----1-0------------------------5-------2-----|
D ------------4---------------------7-----------|
A ----------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------|

E -/4---7---7-7--/9--------2---2-4--9--7--/4-2-0-|
B ---------------------------5-------------------|
G -----------------------3----------9--7--/4-2-1-|
D ---------------------4-------------------------|
A -----------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------|

E:       022100
A:       x02220
Gbm:     244222
Dbm:     446654
Ab:      466544
A barré: 577655
Gb:      244322
Am:      002210

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