• Song:

    I Figured You Out

  • Artist:

    Elliott Smith

  • Album:

    1997-04-13: Brownies, N...

I Figured You Out (Elliott Smith)
as performed by Mary Lou Lord
from Martian Saints

Note:  The tab for the intro is just to give you a rough idea of where the important
picked parts are; mostly, the chords are being played with just slight embellishments.
 Also note that the picking of the G-G6 progression in the intro is the same for each
verse as well.

Capo second fret

Chords used:
G:     320033
G6:    320030
D:     xx0232
Am:    x02210
D/F#:  2x023x
Em:    022000
C:     x32010
Bm:    x24432
Em7:   xx0000

Intro:
   G           G6        D  Am  /A /G D/F#  Em C G D
e--------3-----0---------2--0---------------0--0-3-2----|
B----------3-----3---3---3--1------------3--0--1-3-3----|
G-----0------------------2--2------------2--0--0-0-2----|
D------------------------0--2------------0--2--2-0-0----|
A---------------------------0----0----------2--3-2------|
E--3---------3-----3----------------3--2----0----3------|

The second time through, it's nearly identical, but instead of D at the end, it's D and 
C

Verse 1:
G             G6
I've seen you watching
    D                         Am  /A /G
Her everytime she crosses the floor
D/F#                     Em      C
So won't you just go and talk to
G           D       C
The one you really adore
G                  G6
I'm getting pretty used to being
    D                     Am  /A /G
The one that you always ignore
D/F#          Em        C
When somebody wants you
G    D         C
I've seen it before

Between verses thing:
   G        G6 G7 G
e--------3---0--1------|
B----------3------3----|
G-----0----------------|
D----------------------|
A----------------------|
E--3-------------------|

Verse 2:
G                    G6
You're every kind of color
            D                 Am    /A /G
There ain't nothing you won't claim
D/F#              Em     C
Your ambition and promise
G          D          C
And your addiction to fame
G                    G6
And everyone's got a dollar
D                Am  /A /G
Sign after their name
D/F#          Em       C
When somebody wants you
G            D        C
You treat em just the same

Bridge:
Am         G
So go on a pick-up
          D/F#                 Em
You don't care what poison you choose
         Em7/D      C
And what person you choose
                  Bm
It should've been me, yeah
C            D
Shouldn't it be?

Verse 3:
G        G6
Crushing quiet
D                    Am  /A /G
Blows in through the window
D/F#           Em       C
To someone who wants you
G              D
That you never know
G              G6
But I pick up around you
D                    Am   /A /G
And clear everything out
D/F#              Em       C
Leave you where I found you
G D           C    /A /G
I figured you out
D/F#              Em       C
Leave you where I found you
G D           C
I figured you out

Repeat verse chord progression to the end
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