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2 45 Am

Elliott Smith
Tab
4.8(5)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-----|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3---------2-1-|

Em C G

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-----|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3---------2-1-|

Em C G

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Verse 1

Em C G

I'm going out sleepwalking

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

Where mute memories start talking

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

The boss that couldn't help but hurt you

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

And the pretty thing you made desert you

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

I'm going out like a baby

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C/E G

A naive unsatisfiable baby

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C/E G

Grabbing on to whatever's around

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C/E G

For the soaring high or the crushing down

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-4-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Chorus

A Am

With hidden cracks that don't show

D C

But that constantly just grow

Verse 2

Em C G

I'm looking for the man that attacked me

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

While everybody was laughing at me

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

You beat it in me, that part of you

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

But I'm gonna split us back in two

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-4-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Chorus

A Am

Tired of living in a cloud

D C

If you're gonna say shit now, you'll do it out loud

Verse 3

Em C G

It's 2:45 in the morning

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

And I'm putting myself on warning

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

For waking up in an unknown place

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

With a recollection you've half erased

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-4-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Chorus

A Am

Looking for somebody's arms

D C

To wave away past harms

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Verse 4

Em C G

I'm walking out on center circle

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

The both of you can just fade to black

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

I'm walking out on center circle

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

Been pushed away and I'll never go back

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Outro

Em C G

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-3-|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3-------------|

Em C G

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------0-----|
A|-----0-2-3-------|
E|---3---------2-1-|

Em C G

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