Elliott Smith - Go by
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Go By - Elliott Smith
Tabbed by: ciaran rooney
Tuning: DGCFAD
From "New Moon", disk one. It's played in D tuning (DGCFAd)
The intro is based around E major, you play the bottom string parts with your baby finger
d|---2--2--O-----2--3--O----------------------------------------------|
A|---O-----------O----------------------------------------------------|
F|---1-----------1----------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-O----------O-------------------------------------------------------|
Here's the chords:
E G
.. Go on parade and fade
(F#m) C
Hit the ceiling slow
GSpending all your time with some gEmirl
You'll never get to kCnow
G (F#m) c
Wound up tight
GDressed all in wEmhite
Some Dtorment saAint
Blowing out to drCift
A ... Leave you even Cif D
GYou live up in your heEmad
(F#m) C
Scared of every little noise
GSomeone's always breaking in acciEmdentally
Using nothing but their vCoice
GShrill and sCmall
GEcho down the hEmall
DRepeating pet naAmes
Seeing it in your eyCes
A... You're only passing Cby
Chorus:
C#dim. . . .D . D#. . GoEm by
C#dim D5 (slide to) E5 C
... Go by
ESomeone's in the Gway
(F#m) C
Pretty words and inside slurs
GAll the things they have to say
To peEmrform the work that they've rehCearsed
GIt's a waste of tCime
GI put it behiEmnd me
DOnce and for aAll
And let the hype Cdecline
A .. If the problem wasn't mCine
Repeat chorus, finish on C
Here's some of the lead guitar parts which play over the verse.
.. Spending all your time .... Wound up tight .. Dressed all in white
d|-10--8---7--8---7---------------10----8-----7------10----7--8---7--------|
A|-12--10--8--10--8---------------12----10----8------12----8--10--8--------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
.. Some torment ....
d|------10-------------------------5-----5----5----------------------------|
A|---8-----10-8-10-8--8--5-------5---5-5---55------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
You'll need to listen to the song to figure out how these lead parts fit in with
the chords as they're quite tricky
Corrections welcome!