Because (Lennon/McCartney) as performed by Elliott Smith on the American
Beauty soundtrack


A lot of this tab is borrowed from Mike Chapman's tab for the original song.
Try using a stiff pick to get a sharper sound, but finger picking is okay 
too.
The song is almost entirely bar chords.

(The first five lines are just Elliott singing (no guitar))
Ahhh, Because the world is round, it turns me on
Because the world is round, ahhh
Because the wind is high, it blows my mind
Because the wind is high, ahhh
Love is old, love is new              	         Love is all love is
		     F#
		   e|-----------------------|------------------------|
		   B|--------2--------------|---------2--------------|
		   G|------3----3-----------|------3-----3-----------|
		   D|---4----------4-----4--|---4-----------4-----4--|
		   A|-----------------4-----|------------------4-----|
		   E|2----------------------|2-----------------------|
you
G#
|------------------------|------------4-|
|---------4--------------|---------7----|
|------5-----5--------5--|------5-------|
|---6-----------6--4-----|---4----------|
|------------------------|--------------|
|4-----------------------|4-------------|

Because the sky is blue, it makes me cry
  C#m                             G7sus?          G#
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
B|------5--------|------5--------|------4--------|------4------|
G|----6---6------|----6---6------|----6---6------|----5---5----|
D|--6-------6---6|--6-------6---6|--4-------4---4|--6-------6--|
A|4-----------7*-|4-----------7*-|6-----------7*-|6------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------4|

Because the sky is blue
  A              C#m             A7
e|--------------|---------------|-----------------|------------|
B|------5-------|-------5-------|-------8---------|-------7----|
G|----6---6-----|-----6---6-----|-----6---6-------|-----6------|
D|--7-------7---|---6-------6---|---5-------5---5-|---5--------|
A|------------7-|-4-----------4-|-------------7---|------------|
E|5-------------|---------------|-5---------------|-5----------|

ahhh
  D
e|------2---------|-------2-1---|
B|----3---3-------|-----3-------|
G|--2-------2---2-|---2---------|
D|0-----------4*--|-0-----------|
A|----------------|-------------|
E|----------------|-------------|

2nd guitar plays some C#m notes	  ahhh,
  C#m                             G7sus?          G#
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
B|------5--------|------5--------|------4--------|------4------|
G|----6---6------|----6---6------|----6---6------|----5---5----|
D|--6-------6---6|--6-------6---6|--4-------4---4|--6-------6--|
A|4-----------7*-|4-----------7*-|6-----------7*-|6------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------4|

2nd guitar plays some A notes	 ahhh,
  A              C#m             A7
e|--------------|---------------|-----------------|------------|
B|------5-------|-------5-------|-------8---------|-------7----|
G|----6---6-----|-----6---6-----|-----6---6-------|-----6------|
D|--7-------7---|---6-------6---|---5-------5---5-|---5--------|
A|------------7-|-4-----------4-|-------------7---|------------|
E|5-------------|---------------|-5---------------|-5----------|

  ahhh,
  D
e|------2---------|-------2-1---|
B|----3---3-------|-----3-------|
G|--2-------2---2-|---2---------|
D|0-----------4*--|-0-----------|
A|----------------|-------------|
E|----------------|-------------|


If you have any corrections/questions, feel free to e-mail me at
Simon.Hilcove@asu.edu

Simon