Go By Tab

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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), as in tuned down a full step.
For simplicity the chords are treated as if it was in standard (EADGBe)
 
The intro is based around E major, you play the top string parts with your baby finger
 
d|---2--2--0-----2--3--0---|
A|---0-----------0---------|
F|---1-----------1---------|
C|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-0----------0------------|
 
Here are the chords.
Note the D/F# is a transition from G down to Em (and C, sometimes).
It's like this:
 
d|------------------|
A|--3---------------|
F|--2---------------|
C|--0---------------|
G|------------------|
D|--2---------------|
 
Likewise when moving back and forth from A to C in the pre-chorus you
transition via a B bass note.
 
E                    G
.. Go on parade and fade
D/F#              C
Hit the ceiling slow
G                         D/F#    Em
Spending all your time with some girl
        D             C
You'll never get to know
G      D/F#   C
Wound   up   tight
G               Em
Dressed all in white
     D          A
Some torn main sail
                 C
Blowing out to drift
A                   C    D
 ... Leave you even if
 
G                     Em
You live up in your head
D/F#                   C
Scared of every little noise
G                            D/F#    Em
Someone's always breaking in accidentally
         D                C
Using nothing but their voice
G      D/F#   C
Shrill and small
G              Em
Echo down the hall
D               A
Repeating pet names
                    C
Seeing it in your eyes
A                       C
... You're only passing by
 
 
Chorus:
 
You're going up half-steps from the C all the way to Em.
The C#m7b5 has this shape:
 
d|------------------|
A|--5---------------|
F|--4---------------|
C|--5---------------|
G|--4---------------|
D|------------------|
 
Then your D will be a bar chord with 5th fret fifth string as bass note,
then the D#m7b5 is just the C#m7b5 shape above moved up two frets (6th fret bass note)
so your Em will have the 7th fret as your bass note.
 
 
C#m7b5 D  D#m7b5 Em
. . . . . . . . Go by
C#m7b5   D5 (slide to) E5   C  B
 ... Go by
 
E                G
Someone's in the way
        D/F#               C
Pretty words and inside slurs
G
All the things they have to say
D/F#   Em                           C
To perform the work that they've rehearsed
G            D/F#  C
It's a waste of time
G            Em
I put it behind me
D             A
Once and for all
                 C
And let the hype decline
A                          C
 .. 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 torn main ....
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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