A Distorted Reality Is Now a Necessity to Be Free Elliott Smith
I noticed that the From a Basement on the Hill version is on here,
but the Pretty Ugly (Before) single B-side version is not.
I like this version a little better.
It may be because I heard this one first, but I'll never know.
Anyway, I've found that dropping the guitar down a whole step is the easiest way to play it,
plus Elliott used this tuning a lot, so it's possible that he played it in this tuning.
Key:
*E= upper octave E chord
*F= upper octave F chord
h= hammer on
p= pull off
/= slide
~= let ring
Intro:
Same as the other version
|--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------2---0h2p0----0----| |------------------2-----0-| |--3--0--------------------| |--------------------------|
OR
|--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------7---5h7p5----5----| |------------------7-----5-| |--8--5--------------------|
[F] I'm floating in a [C]black balloon
D *E *F
I must make it through this afternoon
[Am] Shame s[G]hifting, s[F]hadow down dr[C]ifting
D *E *F
Way out of town
[Am] And all you ladies [B5]and you [C]gentleman,
D *E *F
Unhappy where you could have been,
[Am] Drive [G]people like you d[F]rive a car,
C D *E *F
Till you don't know where you are
[Am] You [G]don't impress[F] me
I'm s[D]orry that you're chained to the gro[E]und
But [F]no [G]big b[D]rot[F]her[C] is gonna b[G]ring me dow[Am]n now[G#]
F C D *E *F
Am G F C D *E *F
[Am] Rim's rolling[B5] now with [C]all his might
D *E *F
Rain drops falling through a starry night
[Am] Sunr[G]ise on a [F]choppy cru[C]sade
D *E *F
Waving back at you . . . not me
[Am] You [G]don't impress[F] me
You [D]can't be satisfied anyh[E]ow
And [F]now [G]big b[D]rot[F]her[C] is gonna b[G]ring me b[Am]ack down[G#]
[C] [D] [G#] [C] [G] [Am] [G#]
{Repeat this last progression to fade)
Few last notes:
In this version, it's mostly power chords,
but I put in the full chords so you could do this version in the style
of the From a Basement on the Hill version if you wanted to.
Also, I haven't found a tab with the distorted guitar part at the end
the way I think it sounds, and I'm not totally satisfied with the way
I play it either, but this is the way I've been playing it:
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|--- |--------------------|---------------------|------------------|--- |--------------------|------5-----7------9-|--9--7p5----------|--- |-------------5--6~--|--5/7~~-7/9~~-9/10~~-|----------7-5-7~--|--- |-----3h5--7---------|---------------------|------------------|--- |--5-----------------|---------------------|------------------|--- |--------------------|---------------------|------------------|--- |--------------------|---------------------|------------------|--- |--------------------|------5-----7------9-|--9--7p5----------|--- |-------------5--6~--|--5/7~~-7/9~~-9/10~~-|----------7-5-5~--|--- |-----3h5--7---------|---------------------|------------------|--- |--5-----------------|---------------------|------------------|--- |--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|- |--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|- |--------------------|--------------------|------5-----7------9-|- |-------------5--7~--|-------------5--6~--|--5/7~~-7/9~~-9/10~~-|- |----------7---------|-----3h5--7---------|---------------------|- |--3--5h8------------|--5-----------------|---------------------|- |-----------------| |-----------------| |--9--7p5---------| |----------7-5-7~-| |-----------------| |-----------------|
(Repeat to fade)
As usual, any constructive comments, corrections, or questions
can be directed to my email, bambrown@comcast.net
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