• Song:

    A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free

  • Artist:

    Elliott Smith

  • Album:

    2003-01-31: Henry Fonda...

Starting riff
                 | -3- |                   
     E5  E5  Q    S S S E5  E5  E5          
E |  | ---------------------------- | 
B |  | ---------------------------- | 
G |  | ---------------------------- | 
D |  | --------6----4-6-4----4----- | 
A |  | -------------------6-----4-- | 
E |  | --7--4---------------------- | 
        ^  ^          ^     ^
Bend about 1/4 - 1/2 the notes with (^) and add some vibratto, it sounds better.



E5                 B5
I'm floating in a black balloon
C#5        ( Eb5 ) E5
O.D. on Easter afternoon
Ab5   F#5         E5         B5
My mama told me "Baby stay clean
          C#5       ( Eb5 ) E5
There's no in-between"
Ab5                  F#5     B5
And all you ladies and you gentlemen
C#5                  ( Eb5 ) E5
Between is all you've ever seen or been
Ab5   F#5           E5
Fit poorly and arrange the sight
B5              C#5       ( Eb5 ) E5
Doll it up in virgin white


Ab5    F#5      E5       C#5                     Eb5
You disappoint me, you people raking in on the world
E5     F#5    F5      E5       B5      C#5      Ab5      G5
The devil's script sells you the heart of a blackbird
E5            B5                C#5           E5
Shine on me baby, 'cause it's raining in my heart


     Ab5   F#5                          E5                  B5 
E |  | --16----14--------------------- | --16----14--------------------- | 
B |  | --------------14pbr------------ | --------------14pbr------------ | 
G |  | -----------------------16--13-- | -----------------------16--13-- | 
D |  | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | 
A |  | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | 
E |  | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | 

   C#5                       E5 
 | --16---------------- | --L--------L-----------16-- |  | 
 | -------------------- | ----------------14s-16----- |  | 
 | -------------------- | --------------------------- |  | 
 | -------------------- | --------------------------- |  | 
 | -------------------- | --------------------------- |  | 
 | -------------------- | --------------------------- |  | 

Ab5            F#5   B5
Sun's rising on a chopping glare
C#5              ( Eb5 )  E5
Rain dropping acid bought up in the air
Ab5   F#5     E5        B5     C#5       E5
A distorted reality's now a necessity ... to be free

Ab5    F#5     E5
It's so disappointing
C#5                         Eb5
First I put it all down to luck
E5   F#5     F5  E5  B5       C#5        Ab5
God knows why my country don't give a fuck
G5
Fuck


G5    B5    C#5  
G5    B5    F#5  Ab5

Ab5          G5         B5                   C#5
Shine on me baby, 'cause it's raining in my heart
G5            B5          F#5                 Ab5
Shine on me baby, 'cause it's raining in my heart

G5  B5  C#5 
G5  B5  F#5 Ab5
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