Sweet Adeline Elliott Smith
Sweet Adeline by Elliot Smith off the album XO
An awesome song!!
Standard tuning
Intro:x2
e:----------------------------------------0-----2---- B:----------------------------------------1-----3---- G:----------------------------------------0-----2---- D:--5--4--2--0--3--2--0-------------------2---0------ A:-----------------------3--6--5--3--1--3------------ E:---------------------------------------------------
Verse:
[Bb]Cut this [Eb]picture [D]into you a[G]nd [G7]me
[Bb]Burn it [Eb]backwards [D]kill this histor[G]y[G7]
[Bb]Make it [Eb]over [D]make it stay away[G] [G7]
Or [Bb]hate'll sing the [Eb]ending that [D]love started to say
Back to the intro (1 time through)
Verse 2:
There's a [Bb]kid a floor [Eb]below me saying[D] brother can you
sp[G]are[G7]
[Bb]Sunshine for a [Eb]brother old man [D]winter's in th[G]e a[G7]ir
[Bb]Walked me up a [Eb]story [D]asking how you [G]are[G7]
Bb Eb D Told me not to
worry you were just a shooting star
Repeat intro again then....breakout into the most triumphant
chorus...sing along if you dare.
Chorus:
Sweet [Eb]adeline[Bb] [F] [G#] [C#] [C#] [E]
Sweet [Eb]adeline[Bb] [F] [G#] [C#] [C#] [E]
My cl[Eb]ementine[Bb] [F] [G#] [C#] [C#] [E]
Sweet [Eb]adeline[Bb] [F] [G#] [B] [B] [D] [D]
Repeat intro once more.
Verse 3:
Its a [Bb]picture perfect [Eb]evening and i'm [D]staring down the
[G] [G7]
[sun]
[Bb]Fully l[Eb]oaded [D]deaf and dumb and [G]don[G7]e
[Bb]Waiting for [Eb]sedation to [D]disconnect my [G]hea[G7]d
[Bb]Or any situ[Eb]ation where I'm [D]better off than [G]dea[G7]d
End with playing the G chord over and over until the music's comes to a
hault.
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