Elliott Smith - Christian Brothers
Tabbed by: Nick Verveniotis
All down strums on the chords.
Tuning: Whole step down.
All the other tabs for this song are grossly inaccurate. Mine is 99% correct.
And the reason it isn't 100% correct is because I'm using more strings in a
given chord than Elliott Smith did himself. This results in a fuller sound.
Intro, solo and chrous chords:
d|-3-|-8--|-6-|----|----|-6-|A|-3-|-8--|-6-|-8--|-10-|-8-|F|-0-|-8--|-8-|-7--|-9--|-x-|C|-2-|-10-|-8-|-x--|-8--|-8-|G|-3-|-10-|-6-|-10-|-x--|-6-|D|---|-8--|---|-10-|-8--|---|
Verse riff:
"No bad dream fucker's gonna boss me around."d|------------------|------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|A|-----3-------4--3-|-----3------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|F|------------3-3---|------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|C|---3-----3h5----3-|---3--------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|G|------------------|--------------0-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|D|-3-----3----------|-3-----3--3-3-------------------------------------|
Pre-chrous riff:
"But it can't help me get over."d|----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|A|-----3----------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|F|----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|C|---3------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|G|----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|D|-3----3-3-3-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
The lyrics, for your convenience:
No bad dream fucker's going to boss me around
Christian Brothers going to take him down
But it can't help me get over
Don't be cross, it's sick what I want
I've seen the boss blink on and off
Fake concerns is what's the matter, man
And you think I ought to shake your motherfucking hand
Well, I know how much you care
Don't be cross, it's sick what I want
I've seen the boss blink on and off
Come here by me, I want you here
Nightmares become me, it's so fucking clear
Nightmares become me, it's so fucking clear
