Fond Farewell by Elliott Smith - guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics

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Intro:

Ab m B F# Eb m (x3)

Verse 1:

	F#	B	F#
	The litebrite's now bl	ack and whit	e

	Ab	m	Eb	m
Cause you t	ook	apart a picture that w	asn	't right

	Bb	m	B
	Pit	ch burning on a sh	ining sheet

	Ab	m	B
	The	only maker that you'd w	ant to meet

	Eb	m	B	F#
	The	dying man in a l	iving roo	m

	Ab	m	Eb	m
Whose sh	ado	w paces the f	loo	r

	Bb	m	B
	He'	ll take you out any	open door

Chorus:

	Ab	m	B
	Thi	s is not my l	ife

	F#
It's just a f	ond farewell to a friend

	Ab	m	B
	It'	s not what I'm l	ike

	F#	Eb	m
It's just a f	ond farewell to a fr	ien	d

	Ab	m	B
	Who	couldn't get things r	ight

	F#	Eb	m
A f	ond farewell to a fr	ien	d

Verse 2:

	F#	B	F#
	He said really I just w	anna danc	e

	Ab	m	Eb	m
Good and	evi	l matched perfect it's a	gre	at romance

	Bb	m	B
	I c	an deal with some ps	ychic pain

	Ab	m	B
	If	it'll slow down my h	igher brain

	Eb	m	B	F#
	Vei	ns full of disapp	earing in	k

	Ab	m	Eb	m
	Vom	iting in the k	itc	hen sink

	Bb	m	B
	Dis	connecting from the m	issing link

Chorus:

	Ab	m	B
	Thi	s is not my l	ife

	F#
It's just a f	ond farewell to a friend

	Ab	m	B
	It'	s not what I'm l	ike

	F#	Eb	m
It's just a f	ond farewell to a fr	ien	d

	Ab	m	B
	Who	couldn't get things r	ight

	F#	Eb	m
A f	ond farewell to a fr	ien	d

Verse 3:

	F#	B	F#
	I see you're l	eaving me

	Ab	m	Eb	m
	And	taking up with the	ene	my

	Bb	m	B
	The	cold comfort of the i	n between

	Ab	m	B
	A l	ittle less than a h	uman being

	Eb	m	B	F#
	A l	ittle less than a h	appy high

	Ab	m	Eb	m
	A l	ittle less than a	sui	cide

	Bb	m	B
	The	only things that you r	eally tried

Chorus:

	Ab	m	B
	Thi	s is not my l	ife

	F#
It's just a f	ond farewell to a friend

	Ab	m	B
	It'	s not what I'm l	ike

	F#	Eb	m
It's just a f	ond farewell to a fr	ien	d

	Ab	m	B
	Who	couldn't get things r	ight

	F#	Eb	m
A f	ond farewell to a fr	ien	d

	Ab	m	B
	Thi	s is not my l	ife

	F#	Eb	m
It's just a f	ond farewell to a f	rie	nd

Outro:

Ab m B Bm F# Eb m (x3)

GUITAR 2:

Intro:

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(the final line is also played between the chorus and verses 2 and 3)

Outro:

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