Artist: Elliott Smith
Song: Easy Way Out
Album: Figure 8





tuning:

Eb5 Ab5 C#5 F#5 Bb5 C#5

(half-step down, high e string tuned down one step lower than the rest)




Chords used:

D5     xx0234  B5   x24432
D5  4x0234  B5 * x24234
D5   x0x034  B5  x24232
D5   x2x034  F#5  242322
E5     022104  G5 *   x5x435
E5 *    022102  D5 x40234
E5 **   022100  D5 *   xx0230
G5     32000x  D5 **  xx0232
F#5    244322  D5   xx7779
G5 **   355433






riff 1:

--5--4--2-- | 
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--2-------- | 
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riff 2:

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--------------- | 
--2/4--4--2p0-- | 
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D5     D5 /A5 D5     D5       E5            E5 * E5 ** G5
youll take ad-vantage til you think you?re being used
D5      D5 /A5 D5        E5     E5 *   E5 ** G5
cos without an enemy your anger gets confused
B5                 B5 * B5     F#5          G5 *
i got stuck on the si----de you know i never chose




        D5   D5  riff1      D5 * D5 ** D5   E5 *  E5 **     G5    D5    D5  D5
but its all about taking the ea--sy way out for you i suppose





D5      D5 /A5 D5      D5     E5       E5 *  E5 ** G5
theres no   es-cape for you except in someone else
D5 D5   /A5    D5     D5    E5          E5 * E5 ** G5
although youve already disappeared within yourself
B5           B5 * B5      F#5             G5 *
the invisible ma---n who?s always changing clothes




    D5   D5  riff1      D5 * D5 ** D5   E5 *  E5 **     G5    D5    
its all about taking the ea--sy way out for you i suppose




B5                F#5     E5 **
while i watch you making mistakes
           B5      F#5     B5
i wish you luck, i really do
B5 *     D5    B5  B5 *    D5    B5 
with the problem , with the puzzle
B5 * D5             E5  G5 ** 
what-ever is left of you



D5  D5 /A5 D5  D5  E5  riff2  G5






D5 D5  /A5  D5    D5      E5   E5 *   E5 ** G5
i heard you found another audience to bore
D5  D5 /A5 D5     D5       E5    E5 *  E5 **  G5
a creative thinker who imagined you were more
B5            B5 * B5   F#5             G5 *
a new body for yo---u to push around and pose


(for this fill only change the bass note)
    D5   D5  riff1      D5 * D5 ** D5   E5 *  E5 **     G5    D5    /A5  /G5 /F#5 /E5
its all about taking the ea--sy way out for you i suppose
    D5   D5  riff1      D5 * D5 ** D5   E5 *  E5 **     G5    D5    
its all about taking the ea--sy way out for you i suppose


Alternate Version:

by ignoring the variations elliott plays on the high e-string you can play it like 
that
in this case you wouldn't have to tune your high e-string to an c# just to an Eb!! 
and so you could use the classic chords
it sounds good as well and its less complicated


D5     D5 /A5 D5     D5       E5                  G5
youll take ad-vantage til you think you?re being used
D5      D5 /A5 D5        E5              G5
cos without an enemy your anger gets confused
B5     B5                   F#5          G5
i got stuck on the side you know i never chose



    D5   D5     B5      D5        E5          G5    D5    
its all about taking the easy way out for you i suppose


etc.......