Am7 (high octave type)
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C/B
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Fm/G# ???
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Am7/F#
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t= thumb (if you cant do it that way, drop the 7 and do it another way)
Here's the meat:
Verse 1
Am7
Drink up baby
F
stay up all night
C C/B
the things you could do, you won't but you might
Am7
the potential you'll be
F
but you'll never see
C E F
the promises you'll only make
Am7
drink up with me now
F
and forget all about
C C/B
the pressure of days, do what I say
Am7
and I'll make you ok
F
and drive them away
C E F
the image is stuck in your head
Chorus:
Here's the bass climb during the Am chord- I'm making this REALLY
specific so it should be easy to get... this is the way I do it so your
guitar fretboard size and hands may cause you to have to alter it a
little... but I hope it helps.
b= the bass string you should pluck
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**As I've said many times before, if you don't have big hands that
enable you to hold down the second fret with your thumb you may have to
drop the 7 on the Am so that you can hold the second fret down with a
finger. OR you could just NOT do the bass climb... but that would make
the song sound really lame...and it's not...so please don't do it.**
However, if you're REALLY slick, then try sliding your third finger from
the second fret to the third very quickly and then get it in position
for the F chord. It flows nice and I think that's what Elliot Smith
actually does.
You start the chorus plucking obvious bass strings loudly and then start
playing the bass climb I transcribed above by the first Am chord. After
you finish that then you have to play those chords with the weird
finger/thumb stretches and after that (on the third Am) you play the
bass climb again. I guarantee that this WILL take some practice.
F G Am
people you've been before
Fm/G# G Am7/F#
that you don't want around anymore
F G Am
that push and shove and won't bend to your will
F Fm
I'll keep them still
Am7
drink up baby
F
look at the stars
C C/B
I'll kiss you again between the bars
Am7
where I'm seeing you there
F
with your hands in the air
C E F
waiting to finally be caught
Am7
drink up one more time
F
and I'll make you mine
C C/B
keep you apart, deep in my heart
Am7
separate from the rest
F
where I like you the best
C E F
and keep the things you forgot
Now just repeat the chorus. End on the Fm chord and just fade with it.
*the ONLY way to learn this song well is to play along with it when
you're first learning*
