Twilight - Elliott Smith

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[Verse 1]

  Haven't laug

hed this hard 

in a long time
            
I better stop 

             
now before I s

            
tart crying

  Go off to sl

eep in the sun

shine
            
I don't wanna 

             
see the day wh

              
en it's dying


[Chorus 1]
        
She's a sight 

to see (sight 

to see)
          
She's (a) good


 to me (good t

o me)
            
But I'm alread

             
y somebody's b

    
aby

        
She's a pretty

 thing (pretty

 thing)
              
And she knows 

 
everything (ev

erything)
            
But I'm alread

             
y somebody's b

    
aby


[Verse 2]

  You don't de

serve to be lo

nely
            
But those drug

              
s you got won'

             
t make you fee

         
l better

  Pretty soon 

you'll find it

's the only
            
Little part of

              
 your life you

             
're keeping to

       
gether


[Chorus 2]
    
I'm nice to yo

u (nice to you

)
        
I could make i


t through (mak

e it through)
            
But you're alr

             
eady somebody'

       
s baby

        
I could make y

ou smile (make

 you smile)
       
If you stayed 

a while (staye

d a while)
            
But how long w

             
ill you stay w

            
ith me baby?


[Solo] (see tab below)
              
              
                   
                   


[Verse 3]

  Because your

 candle burns 

too bright
            
Well I almost 

             
forgot it was 

        
twilight

  Even if I th

ink that you a

re right
            
Well I'm tired

             
 of being down

             
, I got no fig

    
ht


[Chorus 3]
       
You're wonderf

ul (wonderful)
          
When it's beau


tiful (beautif

ul)
            
But I'm alread

             
y somebody's b

    
aby

         
And if I went 

with you (went

 with you)
        
I'd disapoint 

you too (disap

point you too)
            
But I'm alread

             
y somebody's b

   ( 
aby
           
Already somebo

            (   
dy's baby


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

RIFF 2
     
0-----------x-
1-----------1-
2-----------2-
3--3-2-0----2-
3--------3--0-
x-------------

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[Solo]

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

       
e|------------
B|-1---1------
G|-2p0---2--0-
D|-3----------
A|-3----------
E|------------

        
-0-0--|-------
-1-1--|-1---1-
-2-2--|-2p0---
-3-3--|-3-----
-3-3--|-3-----
------|-------

           
-----0-0--|---
-----1-1--|-1-
2--0-2-2--|-2-
-----3-3--|-2-
-----3-3--|-0-
----------|---

             
------------3-
----1-------0-
2p0---2--0--0-
------------0-
------------2-
------------3-

       
3--|----------
0--|-1---1----
0--|-2p0---2--
0--|-3--------
2--|-3--------
3--|----------

   
---0-0--|
---1-1--|
0--0-0--|
---2-2--| x2
---3-3--|
---3-3--|

            
e|------------
B|-1---1------
G|-2p0---2--0-
D|-0----------
A|------------
E|------------

        
-2-2--|-------
-1-1--|-1---1-
-2-2--|-2p0---
-0-0--|-3-----
------|-3-----
------|-------

           
-----0-0--|---
-----1-1--|-1-
2--0-2-2--|-2-
-----3-3--|-2-
-----3-3--|-0-
----------|---

             
------------3-
----1-------0-
2p0---2--0--0-
------------0-
------------2-
------------3-

       
3--|----------
0--|-1---1----
0--|-2p0---2--
0--|-3--------
2--|-3--------
3--|----------

   
---0-0--|
---1-1--|
0--0-0--|
---2-2--| x2
---3-3--|
---3-3--|

p = pull-off

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