• Song:

    Twilight

  • Artist:

    Elliott Smith

  • Album:

    From a Basement to a Hi...

Twilight Chords by Elliott Smith

No tab in here has the solo, so i'll tab that out. Being a tab reader, i hate having to 
between tabs, so ill put the rest in here too.

Standard Tuning (I play it tuned a step down because it works better with my voice)

On the D chord, i put the a string in parenthesis. Because its hard to mute out, and it 
perfectly fine, you can play it if you want. Technically you aren't supposed to, but it 
the same.

F9/C (x33210)
Am (x02210)
G (320001)
F (133211)
C/G(332010)
D (x(x)0323)

INTRO

F9/C

F9/C
Haven't laughed this hard in a long time,

      Am         G                F     C/G
Better stop now, before I start crying.

F9/C
Go off to sleep in the sunshine
      Am              G              F    C/G
Don't want to see the day when it's dying.

       D
She's a sight to see

          F9/C
She's (a) good to me

        Am      G          F    C/G
But I'm already somebody's baby.

        D
She's a pretty thing,

          F9/C
She knows everything

        Am      G          F    C/G
But I'm already somebody's baby.

F9/C
You don't deserve to be lonely,

           Am                 G             F      C/G
But those drugs you got won't make you feel better.

F9/C
Pretty soon you'll find its the only

       Am                       G          F      C/G
Little part of your life you're keeping together.

     D
I'm nice to you,

        F9/C
I could make it through

           Am      G           F    C/G
But you're already somebody's baby.

        D
I could make you smile,

       F9/C
If you stayed a while

        Am            G              F    C/G
But how long will you stay with me, baby?


SOLO (see below)


F9/C
Because your candle burns too bright

       Am        G             F      C/G
Well I almost forgot it was twilight.

F9/C
Even if I think that you are right

         Am             G
Well I'm tired of being down,

      F        C/G
I got no fight.

       D
You're wonderful

       F9/C
When its beautiful

        Am      G          F
But I'm already somebody's baby.

     D
If I went with you,

         F
I'd dissapoint you too

        Am      G          F  (RIFF 1)
But I'm already somebody's baby.

Am      G          D
Already somebody's baby.


F9/C (RIFF 2) Am

RIFF 1:
  F
E 1--1-2-3--------|
A 3---------------|
D 3---------------|
G 2---------------|
B 1---------------|
e 1---------------|

RIFF 2:
  F9/C     Am
E x------3---x---|
A 3--3-2---0-0---|
D 3----------2---|
G 2----------2---|
B 1----------1---|
e 0----------0---|

SOLO:

It goes something like this. I've seen live videos where he sings the melody, but i like 
better.

  F9/C                              Am          G    F9/C         C
E x------------x--|x------------x--|-------------3--|-------------x--|
A 3------------3--|3------------3--|-------------2--|-------------3--|
D 3------------3--|3------------3--|-------------0--|-------------2--|Repeat
G 2-2p0---2--0-2--|2-2p0---2--0-2--|--2p0---2--0-0--|--2p0---2--0-0--|  x1
B 1-----1------1--|1-----1------1--|-----1-------0--|-----1-------1--|
e 0------------0--|0------------0--|-------------3--|-------------0--|

  D                F9/C            Am            G  F9/C          C
E -------------x--|-------------x--|-------------3--|-------------x--|
A -------------x--|-------------3--|-------------2--|-------------3--|
D -------------0--|-------------3--|-------------0--|-------------2--|Repeat
G --2p0---2--0-2--|--2p0---2--0-2--|--2p0---2--0-0--|--2p0---2--0-0--|  x1
B ------3------3--|------1------1--|-----1-------0--|-----1-------1--|
e -------------2--|-------------0--|-------------3--|-------------0--|


And this is 100% how you play it. You can have some liberty with the notes in the solo. 
apologize if the chords are off of the words, I have a few syllables I do different than 
does in his recording, i don't know why.

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