A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free - Elliott Smith


Starting riff
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     E  E  Q    S S S E  E  E          
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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.



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


Abm    F#      E       C#m                     Eb
You disappoint me, you people raking in on the world
E     F#    Fm      E       B      C#m      Abm      G
The devil's script sells you the heart of a blackbird
E            B                C#m           E
Shine on me baby, 'cause it's raining in my heart


     Abm   F#                          E                  B 
E||--16----14---------------------|--16----14---------------------|
B||--------------14pbr------------|--------------14pbr------------|
G||-----------------------16--13--|-----------------------16--13--|
D||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

   C#m                       E 
|--16----------------|--L--------L-----------16--||
|--------------------|----------------14s-16-----||
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Abm            F#   B
Sun's rising on a chopping glare
C#m              (Eb)  E
Rain dropping acid bought up in the air
Abm   F#     E        B     C#m       E
A distorted reality's now a necessity ... to be free

Abm    F#     E
It's so disappointing
C#m                         Eb
First I put it all down to luck
E   F#     Fm  E  B       C#m        Abm
God knows why my country don't give a fuck
G
Fuck


G    B    C#  
G    B    F#  Abm

Abm          G         B                   C#
Shine on me baby, 'cause it's raining in my heart
G            B          F#                 Abm
Shine on me baby, 'cause it's raining in my heart

G  B  C# 
G  B  F# Abm