I felt this song deserved a better tab, and though I'm not sure if this is the way Elliott played it, it sounds pretty close to my ears. Standard tuning. G/D: 332010 A7/C#: 200212 (Reach your thumb to fret the F# on the low E if you're comfortable with it, if not, D7 sounds fine. D: 320033 B7: 020100 G: 133211 Em: 002210 Riff thing based around a G shape: e|--------------------3--- B|--------------------3--- G|----------------0---0--- D|----------0-2-0-----0--- A|----0-2-0-----------2--- E|--3---------------0-3--- Verse 1:

Su^G/Dnshine^A7/C# been keeping me up for d^Days There is no ^G/Dnighttime,^A7/C# it's only a passing ph^Dase And I feel p^G/Dretty,^A7/C# pretty enough for ^Dyo------^B7-u I felt so ^G/Dugly before ^A7/C# G (There is a piano part here) Em I didn't know what to do

Verse 2: (Exactly the same as verse 1, just keep repeating the G/D, A7/C#, G, Em part) Sometimes is all I feel up to now But it's not worth it to you, 'cos you gotta get high somehow Is it destruction that you're required to feel? Like somebody wants you, someone that's more for real? Sunshine been keeping me up for days There is no nighttime, only a passing phase And I'll feel pretty another hour or two I felt so ugly before I didn't know what to do I felt so ugly before I didn't know what to do I felt so ugly before I didn't know what to do Ugly before

Elliott Smith - Pretty ugly before