Alameda
Elliott Smith
Tune guitar down a tone
Chords used :
Cmaj7* : x32400 C/G* : 3xxx10 Cm : x35543
| B7 | x2420x C/B | x2xx10 F | 133211 |
| Am | x02210 Cmaj7 | x32000 Bb | x1333x |
Asus2 : x02200 Dm : xx0231 G : 3200xx
| Fmaj7/C | x33210 E | 022100 A11 | 5400xx |
| C | x32010 E7 | 020130 G/B | x200xx |
Cadd9 : x32030 C/G : 332010 C* : x3555x
Cadd11 : x32011 Eb : x6888x Eb/Bb : 66504x
Badd11(b13) : x24040 Eb/G : x 10 8 8 8 x
Asus4 : x02230 Gm : 355333
Intro (album version)
Cmaj7* B7
^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^
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| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 |
| 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 |
| 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 |
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Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Fmaj7/C
^ ^ ^ v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ v
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 |
| 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 |
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C Cadd9 Cadd11 C Badd11(b13)
^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v v ^ v
| 0 1 0 0 |
| 1 3 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 |
| 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
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Cmaj7* B7
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| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 |
| 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 |
| 3 3 2 2 2 2 |
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Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Fmaj7/C
^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v
| 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 |
| 2 2 2 2 2 |
| 2 2 2 3 3 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 |
| 0 |
C Cadd9 Cadd11 C Badd11(b13)
^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^
| 0 1 0 |
| 1 3 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 |
| 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 |
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Am Asus2 Am Asus4 Fmaj7/C C/G* C/B
^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
| 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 2 |
| 3 |
C B7
you walk down alameda shuffling your deck
Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Fmaj7/C
of trick ca - rds over everyo - ne
C Cadd9 Cadd11 C Badd11(b13)
like some pre - cious on - ly so - n
Am Asus2 Am Asus4 Fmaj7/C C/G* C/B
face down, bow to the champio - n
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C B7
you walk down alameda looking at the
Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Fmaj7/C
cracks in the sidewa - lk thinking about your fri - ends
C Cadd9 Cadd11 C Badd11(b13)
how you mai - ntain all them i - n
Am Asus2 Am Asus4 Fmaj7/C
a constant state of suspe - nse
Dm E (or E7) Am C/G
for your own pro - tection o - ver their affection
Eb Eb/G Gm
no - body broke your heart
Cm F Bb C
you broke your own because you can't finish what you start
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C B7
walk down alameda brushing off the nightmare you wish
Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Fmaj7/C
could plague me when i'm awa - ke
C Cadd9 Cadd11 C Badd11(b13)
and now you see your first mi - stake
Am Asus2 Am Asus4 Fmaj7/C
was thinking that you could re - la - te
C G F G (slide to) A11 Am
for o - ne or two minutes she liked y - o - u
C G F G/B
but t - h - e fix is in
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C B7 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Fmaj7/C
C Cadd9 Cadd11 C Badd11(b13)
Am Asus2 Am Asus4 Fmaj7/C
Dm E (or E7)
you're all pre - ten - sion
Am C/G
i never pay attention
Eb Eb/G Gm
no - body broke your heart
Cm F Bb C*
you broke your own because you can't finish what you start
Eb Eb/G Gm
no - body broke your heart
Cm F Bb C*
you broke your own because you can't finish what you start
Eb Eb/G Gm
no - body broke your heart
Cm F Bb C*
you broke your own because you can't finish what you start
Eb Eb/G Gm
no - body broke your heart
Cm F Bb C*
if you're a - lone it must be you that wants to be apart
Eb Eb/G Gm Cm F Bb C* (or C/G) Eb (or Eb/Bb)
^ : downstroke
v : upstroke