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Song title:      A Fond Farewell
Original Album:	 From A Basement On The Hill (Elliott Smith)

Words and Music by Elliott Smith
Copyright © 2004 Dreamworks Records
Published by SKG Music Publishing

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Tune to (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) if you want to play easier versions of the chords.
Chords are named as for standard tuning. Timing is 4/4.

Am unsure whether there a re two or three guitars in the recorded arrangement
of the INTRO however, you can clearly hear two, with the electric front in
the mix. So, I've transcribed for two guitars.


INTRO:
Notes;
The intro on the album is played by two acoustic guitars and an electric.
If you're solo, you'll have to choose an own arrangement.
 

[play: Guitar Figure 1]  [x3]

Guitar Figure 1

Electric Guitar:
|---------5-------5---7----------|-----------------------------5--|
|-------------8---------------8_____-----------------------8------|
|-----6--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-7------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                                                 |
Acoustic guitar:                                                  |
| Am                          C                                   |
|-0-------0-------0---0---x---0--|-0---0---0---0____---0---0---0--|
|-1-------1-------1---1---x---1--|-1---1---1---1____---1---1---1--|
|-2-------2-------2---2---x---0--|-0---0---0---0____---0---0---0--|
|-2-------2-------2---2---x---2--|-2---2---2---2____---2---2---2--|
|-0-------0-------0---0---x---3--|-3---3---3---3____---3---3---3--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|



Electric Guitar:
|-7________________________---5_____------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                                                 |
Acoustic guitar:                                                  |
| G                           Em                                  |
|-3-------3-------3---3-------0--|-0---0---0---0-------0---0---x--|
|-0-------0-------0---0-------0--|-0---0---0---0-------0---0---x--|
|-0-------0-------0---0-------0--|-0---0---0---0____---0---0---x--|
|-0-------0-------0---0-------2--|-2---2---2---2____---2---2---x--|
|-2-------2-------2---2-------2--|-2---2---2---2____---2---2---x--|
|-3-------3-------3---3-------0--|-0---0---0---0____---0---0---x--|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


[play: Guitar Figure 2]

Guitar Figure 2

Electric Guitar:
|---------5-------5---7-------12-|-----10----/-7____---5-------3__|
|-------------8------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----6-----------------------12-|-----10----/-7____---5-------4__|
|-7------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                                                 |
Acoustic guitar:                                                  |
| Am                          C                                   |
|-0-------0-------0---0---x---0--|-0---0---0---0____---0---0---0--|
|-1-------1-------1---1---x---1--|-1---1---1---1____---1---1---1--|
|-2-------2-------2---2---x---0--|-0---0---0---0____---0---0---0--|
|-2-------2-------2---2---x---2--|-2---2---2---2____---2---2---2--|
|-0-------0-------0---0---x---3--|-3---3---3---3____---3---3---3--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|



VERSE1:
Notes:
The strumming pattern is indicated here:

  G                           C                G
|-3-------3-------3---3---x---0_____---0---x---3-------3---3---3--|
|-0-------0-------0---0---x---1_____---1---x---0-------0---0---0--|
|-0-------0-------0---0---x---0_____---0---x---0-------0---0---0--|
|-0-------0-------0---0---x---2_____---2---x---0-------0---0---0--|
|-2-------2-------2---2---x---3_____---3-------2-------2---2---2--|
|-3-------3-------3---3---x------|-------------3-------3---3---3--|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

It's the same throughout the Verse.

Chords:
G  320003 or 355433    Em 022000 or x79987
C  x32010 or x35553    B  x24442 or 799877
Am x02210 or 577555

G                   C         G
The Litebrite's now black and white
    Am                        Em
You took apart a picture that wasn't right

B                  C
Pitch burning on a shining sheet
A                         C
The only maker that you'd want to meet
Em                 C      G
The dying man in a living room
Am                     Em
Whose shadow paces the floor
B                        C
  He'll take you out any open door


CHORUS:
Notes:
The strumming pattern is indicated here:

  Am                          C
|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0_____---0---0-------0---0---0------|
|-1-------1-------1---1---1---1_____---1---1-------1---1---1------|
|-2-------2-------2---2---2---0_____---0---0-------0---0---0------|
|-2-------2-------2---2---2---2_____---2---2-------2---2---2------|
|-0-------0-------0---0---0---3_____---3---3-------3---3---3------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

  G                                Em
|-3-------3-------3---3---3---3--|-----0---0-------0---0---0------|
|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0--|-----0---0-------0---0---0------|
|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0--|-----0---0-------0---0---0------|
|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0--|-----2---2-------2---2---2------|
|-2-------2-------2---2---2---2--|-----2---2-------2---2---2------|
|-3-------3-------3---3---3---3--|-----0---0-------0---0---0------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


It's the same throughout the Chorus.

Chords:
Am x02210 or 577555
C  x32010 or or x35553 or 8 10 10 988
G  320003 or 355433
Em 022000 or x79987

Am               C                 G
  This is not my life, it's just a fond farewell to a friend
Am                  C                 G                  Em
  It's not what I'm like, it's just a fond farewell to a friend
Am                        C        G                  Em
  Who couldn't get things right, a fond farewell to a friend


[play: | Am | C |]


VERSE2:
Chords:
G  320003 or 355433    Em 022000 or x79987
C  x32010 or x35553    B  x24442 or 799877
Am x02210 or 577555

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


[repeat CHORUS]

[play: | Am | C |]


VERSE3:
Chords:
G  320003 or 355433    Em 022000 or x79987
C  x32010 or x35553    B  x24442 or 799877
Am x02210 or 577555

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


[repeat CHORUS]

Am               C
  This is not my life
            G                  Em
It's just a fond farewell to a friend


CODA:
Chords:
Am x02210 or 577555    G  320003 or 355433
C  x32010 or x35553    Em 022000 or x79987
Cm x35543

[play: | Am | C Cm | G | Em |]  [x3]

[play: | Am | C Cm | G |]

[end on G]