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Guitar Tab for Waltz 2 by Elliott Smith

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Waltz 2 - Elliott Smith

Found on:
XO(2019-08-06)
Het Allerbeste Uit Radio 1 Classics 1000 2017(2017-03-13)
AOX: The Regeneration Mixtapes Box Set(2014)
An Introduction to… Elliott Smith(2010-11-01)
25 Years Pukkelpop(2010)
Het beste van 2 meter sessies 1987 - 2009(2009-02-06)
100% Bittersweet Melodies(2008-12-05)
Triple J: Hottest Box(2003-04-14)
Indie 2000, Volume 5(2000-04-02)
Une rentrée 98(1998-09-09)
Waltz #2 (XO)(1998-09)
CMJ New Music Monthly, Volume 61: September 1998(1998-09)
A Brief History(1998)
Dreamworks Enhanced CD Sampler(1998)
The Blue Album, Volume 2(1998)
Humo: Alle 98 Goed(1998)
2000-09-28: L'Olympic, Nantes, France
2000-09-29: La Cigale, Paris, France
2000-11-02: Southgate House, Newport, KY, USA
1998-04-17: Black Cat, Washington, DC, USA
1998-05-19: The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA, USA
1999-02-23: Showbox, Seattle, WA, USA
1999-04-05: Ludlow's, Columbus, OH, USA
2001-12-20: Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR, USA
1999-01-19: London, UK
2003-06-05: Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ, USA
2000-02-17: The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Bort Compilation #1: Bort Picks Something Other Than His Nose!
2000-11-03: The Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
1999-04-13: DV8, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
1999-01-12: Shinsaibashi Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
2000-11-10: Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR, USA
1999-02-22: End Sessions, KNDD Radio, Seattle, WA, USA
1998-05-18: Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA, USA
1998-12-04: University of London Union, London, UK
1998-06-02: Studion, Stockholm, Sweden
1998-10-11: 400 Club, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2000-11-04: Granada, Lawrence, KS, USA
2003-01-12: Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2003-05-03: The Steamboat, Austin, TX, USA
1998-09-10: Tower Records, Seattle, WA, USA
1998-09-16: Showbox, Seattle, WA, USA
1997-11-11: Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, WA, USA
1999-03-29: Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA, USA
1998-08-12: Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ, USA
2000-10-05: The Forum, London, UK
2003-09-19: Redfest, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
2000-02-28: The Breakroom, Seattle, WA, USA
2000-10-21: The Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA, USA
1998-05-29: L'Européen, Paris, France
1998-01-04: Green Street Grille, Cambridge, MA, USA 
Waltz #2 (XO)
Elliott Smith

Tune down one step

Chords used:

Am:      x02210
C:       x32010
F:       xx3211
D7/F#:   2x0212
G:       320003
Bm:      x24432
Dm:      xx0231
F9:      1x3213
G/B      x20003
E7:      020100
Bsus:    x24400

Intro:

Am (4 bars)

Play this two times:

 Am      C    F   C    F      C   G    C
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
--2--4-5-0-0--------------0-2----------------------|
--------------3-3-2--2-3------2-2-0--2-0-----------|
-----------------------------------------3--3-2----|
---------------------------------------------------|

When you get to the last C the second time through, this is played:

-----0-------0---------|
-----1-------1---------|
-----0-------2---------|
-----2-------2---------|
-0-2-3-------0---------|
---------0-3-----------|

Verse 1:

Am                    C
First the mic then a half cigarette
F        D7/F#   G
Singing cathy's clown
            Dm                  Am
That's the man she's married to now
Bsus                     E7
That's the girl that he takes around town
       Am                   C
She appears composed so she is i suppose
F        D7/F#  G
Who can really tell
     Dm                 Am
She shows no emotion at all
 Bsus                     E7
Stares into space like a dead china doll

Chorus:
Am         C     F        C       F          C        G  Am
I'm never gonna know you now, but i'm gonna love you anyhow

Repeat intro (as it's played the second time through)

Verse 2:
Am                          C
Now she's done and they're calling someone
F         D7/F#  G
Such a familiar name
        Dm                     Am
I'm so glad that my memory's remote
         Bsus                   E7
Cos i'm doing just fine hour to hour note to note
Am                C
Here it is the revenge to the tune
F      D7/F#  G
You're no    good
          Dm                              Am
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good
Bsus                     E7
Can't you tell that it's well understood

Repeat chorus

Dm                    F9            C      G/B    Am
I'm here today and expected to stay on and on and on
     Dm
I'm tired
     F
I'm tired

Verse 3:

Am                  C
Looking out on the substitute scene
F      D7/F# G
Still going strong
 Dm   Am
XO   mom
Bsus             E7
It's okay its alright nothing's wrong
Am                   C
Tell mr. Man with impossible plans
         F    D7/F#  G
To just leave me   alone
        Dm                  Am
In the place where i make no mistakes
Bsus                  E7
In the place where i have what it takes

Repeat chorus 3 times and play chorus chords once, ending on C

Transcribed by chadwick and scott

Waltz #2 (XO)
Elliott Smith

First of all let it be said that this tab is probably more
representative
of some of Elliott's live versions than the album version...said!
Also a big thanks to Scott and Chadwick for getting me started.


Alternate tuning: tune b-string to c and down half a step

Intro:

Am (x02200) (4 bars)

Play this two times:


----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--------0-0------|
--2----4S5-0-------------------------0--------------0-0------|
------------------3------2------3------2-----0-2-0-----------|
---------------------------------------------------3----2----|
-------------------------------------------------------------|

then

---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----|
--------------------------------|
-3-------------2-3--------------|
---------3----------------------|

Verse 1: I play the Am and C chords by plucking Am with root a then e,
and
C with root C then G...kinda country style!

Am (002200)                 C (332000)
First the mic then a half cigarette

F (133201)   D7/F# (2x0202)   G (3x0023) Fret the root w/thumb on
these 3
Singing cathy's clown

           Dm (xx0221)         Am
That's the man she's married to now

B? (x2x200)                     E7 (022120)
That's the girl that he takes around town

      Am                   C
She appears composed so she is i suppose
F        D7/F#  G
Who can really tell
     Dm                 Am
She shows no emotion at all
 B?                     E7
Stares into space like a dead china doll

Chorus: Either play the intro twice or the chords once and then the
intro
once...i actually favour playing the intro twice! If you care! :)

Am         C     F        C       F          C        G  Am
I'm never gonna know you now, but i'm gonna love you anyhow

Verse 2:
Am                          C
Now she's done and they're calling someone
F         D7/F#  G
Such a familiar name
        Dm                     Am
I'm so glad that my memory's remote
         B?                  E7
Cos i'm doing just fine hour to hour note to note
Am                C
Here it is the revenge to the tune
F      D7/F#  G
You're no    good
          Dm                              Am
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good
Bsus                     E7
Can't you tell that it's well understood

Repeat chorus

Dm                    F            C      G/B    Am
I'm here today and expected to stay on and on and on
     Dm
I'm tired
     F
I'm tired

Verse 3:

Am                  C
Looking out on the substitute scene
F      D7/F# G
Still going strong
 Dm   Am
XO   mom
B?            E7
It's okay its alright nothing's wrong
Am                   C
Tell mr. Man with impossible plans
         F    D7/F#  G
To just leave me   alone
        Dm                  Am
In the place where i make no mistakes
B?                  E7
In the place where i have what it takes

Repeat chorus 3 times and play chorus chords once, ending on C

Have fun with it!

Waltz #2 (XO)
Elliott Smith

Tune down one tone (chords shown as played)

Unusual chords used:

 C/G			332010
D/F#			200232
E7/B (no 3rd)* 	x22430
Fmaj9 		133010
F6			1x3231
G/B			x20003

Intro:

|| Am	| Am	| Am	| Am	||
||: Am	| C	| F	| C	| F	| C	| G	|
| C	| C/G	| C	| C	:||

Verse:

||: Am	| Am	| C	| C/G	| F	| D7/F#	| G	| G	|
| Dm	| Dm	| Am	| Am	| E7/B*	| E7/B*	| E7	|E7	:||

Chorus:

||: Am	| C	| F	| C	| F	| C	| G	|
| C	| C/G	| C	| C	:||

Middle 8:

||Dm	| Dm	| Fmaj9	| F6	| C	| G/B	| Am	| Am	|
| Dm	| Dm	| Fmaj7	| Fmaj7	| rest	| Fmaj7	||

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