Elliott Smith
Division Day [Morning Becomes Eclectic]

this song appears on about every b-sides album and it's on elliottsmith.com


he's down a whole step as usual (but not quite on correct pitch)

chords are written as played, not how they sound



D5   xxx02x

G5   35xxxx

B5   x24xxx

E5   xx24xx

A5   x02xxx

G5.  xx003x

G5* (possibly just a mistake)

d|----------------------
A|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3----
F|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----
D|----------------------
G|----------------------
D|----------------------


intro -  D5   32x


VERSE:

            D5                   G5

there was a grown man dying from fright


      B5                        E5

so surprised by the things he'd say


       D5            G5

with a giant fantasy life


         B5               E5

running 'round on feet of clay



CHORUS:

D5      G5.           D5     G5.

naked except for a perpetual debt


      B5     G5*

that couldn't be stripped away



      D5       G5         D5         G5

an unrightable wrong that moved him along


D5          A5      D5 A5

closer to division day



VERSE:

spent a long time living with that

never could give it a name

and when you don't know what you're

looking at it makes it much harder to take


CHORUS:

mostly they'd meet when he was asleep


    B5        A5      G5

and have some sick exchange

that stuck him as wrong and moved him

along closer to division day


solo (one guitar)
play the chords of the verse under


d|--2--0----------------2--0----0---0-------2--0-------------------------0--0-----
A|--------3-0---0-------------3---3---------------3-0---0------4-4-4-4-4----------
F|------------2---------------------------------------2---------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


same chords as previous sections, but he might play all or more of these



D  xx0232

G  320003

b  x24432

E  022100

A7 x02020


CHORUS:

could I make an exception for a bad

connection that only goes one way

sell out for a song where I don't belong

with you on division day


VERSE:

the moon stood up on the ridge

looking down where the water shines

and a man looking over the bridge

like he'd done so many times



CHORUS:

thinking about how to stay out

out of troubles way

flying to fall away from you all

     D5     A5     B5  G5

it's over division day

beautiful division day