• Song:

    Go By

  • Artist:

    Elliott Smith

  • Album:

    New Moon

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			     Go By - Elliott Smith
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Tabbed by: ciaran rooney

Tuning: DGCFAD

From "New Moon", disk one. It's played in D tuning (DGCFAd)

The intro is based around E major, you play the bottom string parts with your baby finger

d|---2--2--O-----2--3--O----------------------------------------------|
A|---O-----------O----------------------------------------------------|
F|---1-----------1----------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-O----------O-------------------------------------------------------|

Here's the chords:

E (022100@1)                  G (320003@1).. Go on parade and fade
(F#m)            CHit (x32010@1)the ceiling slow
G (320003@1)                               Em (022000@1)Spending all your time with some girl
                     CYou'll (x32010@1)never get to know
G (320003@1)    (F#m)  c (x3101x@1)   
Wound   up   tight
G (320003@1)             EmDressed (022000@1)all in white
     D (xx0232@1)       ASome (x02220@1)torment saint
                 CBlowing (x32010@1)out to drift
A (x02220@1)                 C (x32010@1)  D (xx0232@1)... Leave you even if

G (320003@1)                   EmYou (022000@1)live up in your head
(F#m)                   CScared (x32010@1)of every little noise
G (320003@1)                              EmSomeone's (022000@1)always breaking in accidentally
                         CUsing (x32010@1)nothing but their voice
G (320003@1)         CShrill (x32010@1)and small
G (320003@1)            EmEcho (022000@1)down the hall
D (xx0232@1)             ARepeating (x02220@1)pet names
                    CSeeing (x32010@1)it in your eyes
A (x02220@1)                     C (x32010@1)  
... You're only passing by

Chorus:
 
C#dim (3423xx@1)D (xx0232@1)D# (x43121@3)  Em. (022000@1). . . . . . Go by
C#dim    D5 (slide to) E5   C
 ... Go by
   
E (022100@1)              GSomeone's (320003@1)in the way
       (F#m)             CPretty (x32010@1)words and inside slurs
GAll (320003@1)the things they have to say
     Em (022000@1)                           CTo (x32010@1)perform the work that they've rehearsed
G (320003@1)              CIt's (x32010@1)a waste of time
G (320003@1)          EmI (022000@1)put it behind me
D (xx0232@1)           AOnce (x02220@1)and for all
                 CAnd (x32010@1)let the hype decline
A (x02220@1)                        C (x32010@1).. If the problem wasn't mine

Repeat chorus, finish on C

Here's some of the lead guitar parts which play over the verse.

.. Spending all your time .... Wound  up  tight .. Dressed all in white
d|-10--8---7--8---7---------------10----8-----7------10----7--8---7--------|
A|-12--10--8--10--8---------------12----10----8------12----8--10--8--------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

.. Some torment ....
d|------10-------------------------5-----5----5----------------------------|
A|---8-----10-8-10-8--8--5-------5---5-5---55------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

You'll need to listen to the song to figure out how these lead parts fit in with 
the chords as they're quite tricky
Corrections welcome!
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