Fond Farewell chords by Elliott Smith

Standard Tuning (but probably meant to be 1/2 step down)

GUITAR 1:
Chords used:
  Ab m  B   F#  Eb m  Bb m  Bm
e----4------2------2------6------6------2----|
B----4------4------2------7------6------3----|
G----4------4------3------8------6------4----|
D----6------4------4------8------8------4----|
A----6------2------4------6------8------2----|
E----4------2------2------6------6------2----|

Intro:
Ab m  B   F#   Eb m  (x3)

Ab m  B

Verse 1:
F#          B      F#
The litebrite's now black and white
      Ab m           Eb m
Cause you took apart a picture that wasn't right
Bb m         B
Pitch burning on a shining sheet
Ab m            B
The only maker that you'd want to meet
Eb m        B    F#
The dying man in a living room
    Ab m      Eb m
Whose shadow paces the floor
Bb m          B
He'll take you out any open door

Chorus:
Ab m      B
This is not my life
       F#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Ab m        B
It's not what I'm like
       F#         Eb m
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Ab m           B
Who couldn't get things right
  F#         Eb m
A fond farewell to a friend

Ab m   B

Verse 2:
F#           B    F#
He said really I just wanna dance
     Ab m            Eb m
Good and evil matched perfect it's a great romance
Bb m          B
I can deal with some psychic pain
Ab m          B
If it'll slow down my higher brain
Eb m        B    F#
Veins full of disappearing ink
Ab m       Eb m
Vomiting in the kitchen sink
Bb m          B
Disconnecting from the missing link

Chorus:
Ab m      B
This is not my life
       F#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Ab m        B
It's not what I'm like
       F#         Eb m
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Ab m           B
Who couldn't get things right
  F#         Eb m
A fond farewell to a friend

Ab m   B

Verse 3:
F#      B    F#
I see you're leaving me
Ab m          Eb m
And taking up with the enemy
Bb m           B
The cold comfort of the in between
Ab m         B
A little less than a human being
Eb m         B    F#
A little less than a happy high
Ab m         Eb m
A little less than a suicide
Bb m           B
The only things that you really tried

Chorus:
Ab m      B
This is not my life
       F#
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Ab m        B
It's not what I'm like
       F#         Eb m
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Ab m           B
Who couldn't get things right
  F#         Eb m
A fond farewell to a friend
Ab m      B
This is not my life
       F#         Eb m
It's just a fond farewell to a friend

Outro:
Ab m  B  Bm  F#  Eb m  (x3)

Ab m  B  Bm  Bm

GUITAR 2:
Intro:
e--------------6---------------6----------------|
B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9b----|
G------8--------------8-------------------------|
D----6-------------------9----------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|

e--------------6---------------6------------6b--|
B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9-----|
G------8--------------8-------------------------|
D----6-------------------9----------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|

e--------------6---------------6--9--9-9--11----|
B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9------------------|
G------8--------------8-------------------------|
D----6-------------------9----------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|

e--------------6--11--9--6----------------------|
B--------9-7-9--------------9-7-----------------|
G------8----------------------------------------|
D----6------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|
(the final line is also played between the chorus and verses 2 and 3)

Outro:
e--------------6---------------6-----------------------------|
B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9b----9p7----------|
G------8--------------8-----------------------------8--------|
D----6-------------------9----------------------------7-6----|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|

e--------------6---------------6------------6b------------|
B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9----7--7-7--9-----11p9-7----|
G------8--------------8-----------------------------------|
D----6-------------------9--------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------|

e--------------6---------------6--9--9-9--11----|
B--------9-7-9----7--------7-9------------------|
G------8--------------8-------------------------|
D----6-------------------9----------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|

e--------------6--11--9--6----------------------|
B--------9-7-9--------------9-7-----------------|
G------8----------------------------------------|
D----6------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|