from a poison well by elliott smith
tab by alexander rex

standard tuning

t=10 e=11
w=12 h=13
f=14 i=15

D  557775  Am  577555
F  133211  Em  022000 or x79987
C  335553  B7  797877
G  355433


intro (as played over high barre chords)
   D        Am         D          Am            F    Em  D 
e|--t-/f--t-/w-t-/w-t-----t-/f--t-/w-t-/w-t---t-w-t--w---t-|
H|-------------------------------------------------------t-|
G|-e-------------------e/w------------------e------------e-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------w-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------w-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

            Am   C        Am B7    C
e|----------------------------------------|
H|----------------------------------------|
G|----------5----------0-----------0----0-|
D|-9/7-7/5-/7--7-5--/2-----7-5--/2----/2--|
A|----------7-----------------------------|
E|----------5-----------------------------|


      G    Am     Em                C
I'm a ghostwriter for an ocean in a shell
         G    C D  G   C G
From the poison well
       G   Am   Em              C
In the corridor my picture in a frame
     G        C  D  G   C G 
Of a man with no name

D                     Am
Don't get back into a corner
F       Em     D
Talking to yourself
        Am      C
Come on back to me
Am B7        C
My bright tomorrow

           G    Am
But if you feel hollow 
Em                              C
Well, it's probably because you are
         G     C  D  G    G
Well, at least so far


solo
           G   Am  Em  C  G  C  D  G  C G
e|-3-2-0-------3-3-3/2-2/3-(jam around--|
H|-------3------------------on the high-|
G|---------4----------------e-string)---|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

D                       Am
I think of you with hesitation
F          Em      D
I think of you too hard
        Am      C
Come on back to me
Am        B7      C
But don't make me sorry

      G    Am     Em                C
I'm a ghostwriter for an ocean in a shell
         G    C D  G   /A Em
From the poison well
         G    C D  G
From the poison well