I didn't Understand (acoustic)
Elliott Smith

Aarranged for piano
Transcribed by Matt Anglin
oledirtymatt@yahoo.com

  I realize this a bit obscure looking for a piano tab,
  but it's hard to capture piano sheet music in ASCII...

 -key-
  w = whole note
  h = half note
  q = quarter note
  e = eighth
  s = sixteenth
  # = sharped note
  b = flatted note

  Figure 1:                                                  ending 1           ending 2                                                  
 |---|---------------------------------|----------------|----------------|  ----------------|
T|   |                                 |                |                |                  |
R|---|---------------------------------|----------------|----------------|  ----------------|
E|   |                                 |                |                |                  | 
B|-b-|---------------------------------|----------------|----------------|  -------------e--|
L|   |                                 |                |                |           e      | 
E|---|-----e---------------------------|-------------e--|----------------|  -----e----------|
 |   |         e                   e   |     e   e      | h              |   e              | 
 |---|-------------e-------e---e-------|-e--------------|----------------|  ----------------|
                       e              
      -e-



 
 |---|---------------------------------|----------------|----------------|  ----------------| 
 |   |                                 |                |                |                  |
 |---|---------------------------------|----------------|----------------|  ----------------|
B|   |                                 |                |                |           q      |
A|---|---------q-----------------------|---------q------|-h#-------------|  -q#-------------|
S|   |                         q       | q#             |                |                  |
S|-b-|-----------------q---------------|----------------|----------------|  ----------------|
 |   | q                               |                |                |                  |
 |---|---------------------------------|----------------|----------------|  ----------------|





   ending 3 

     ----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  T                  |                                 |                                 |
  R  ----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  E                  |                                 |                                 |
  B  -------------e--|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  L           e      | q                               |                                 |
  E  -----e----------|---------q-----------------------|---------------------------------|
      e              |                 q               |                                 |
     ----------------|-------------------------q-------|---------------------------------|
                                                         w




     ----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
                     |                                 |                                 |
     ----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 B            q      |                                 |                                 |
 A   -q#-------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 S                   |                                 |                                 |
 S   ----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
                     |                 q               |                                 |
     ----------------|---------q---------------q-------|---------------------------------|
                       q
                                                        ---
                                                         w





  Figure 2:                                                                                                              
 |---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
T|   |                                 |                                |                  
R|---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
E|   |                                 |                                |                  
B|-b-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
L|   | q       q       q       q       |                                |               
E|---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
 |   | q       q       q       q       | q       q       q       q      |  
 |---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
       q       q                         q       q       q       q
                      -q-     -q-       ---     ---     ---     ---
                                         q       q       q       q


 
 |---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |   |                                 |                                |                  
 |---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
B|   |                                 |                                |                  
A|---|-h-------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
S|   |                 h               |                                |               
S|-b-|---------------------------------|-w------------------------------|  
 |   |                                 |                                |  
 |---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|





  Figure 3:                                                                                                              
 |---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
T|   |                                 |                                |                  
R|---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
E|   |                                 |                                |                  
B|-b-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
L|   |                                 |                                |               
E|---|-q-------q-------q-------q-------|--------------------------------|  
 |   |                                 | q       q                      |  
 |---|-q-------q-------q-------q-------|-----------------q-------q------|
                                         
      -q-     -q-     -q-     -q-       -q-     -q-     -q-     -q-
                                         
                                        -q-     -q-

 
 |---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |   |                                 |                                |                  
 |---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
B|   |                                 |                                |                  
A|---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
S|   | w                               |                                |               
S|-b-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
 |   |                                 | h                              |  
 |---|---------------------------------|-----------------h--------------|



                                        (ending)
                                                                                                             
 |---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
T|   |                                 |                                |                  
R|---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
E|   |                                 |                                |                  
B|-b-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
L|   |                                 |                                |               
E|---|-----------------q-------q-------|--------------------------------|  
 |   | q       q                       | q       q       q              |  
 |---|-----------------q-------q-------|--------------------------------|
                                         q       q       q
      -q-     -q-     -q-     -q-       ---     ---     ---     ---
                                                               s
      -q-     -q-                       -q-     -q-     -s-e    -s---
                                                                   e



 |---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |   |                                 |                                |                  
 |---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
B|   |                                 |                                |                  
A|---|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
S|   |                                 |                                |               
S|-b-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
 |   |                                 |                                |  
 |---|-----------------h---------------|--------------------------------|
       h               
                                        ---                  --- ---
                                         h                    e   e



Song layout:



[intro]

figure 1(ending 1) figure 2

[verse 1]

figure 1(ending 1)                                           figure 2

thought you'd be looking for the next in line to love then ignore put out and put away

    figure 1(ending 1)                                           figure 2

and so you'd soon be leaving me along like i'm supposed to be tonight,tomorrow and everyday


[chorus 1]

figure 3(w/ ending)

there's nothing here that you'll miss i can guarantee you this is a cloud of smoke

figure 3(w/out ending)

trying to occupy space what a fucking joke what a fucking joke


figure 1(ending 1)
figure 2


[verse 2]

figure 1(ending 2)                                        figure 2

i waited for a bus to separate the both of us and take me off far away from you

        figure 1(ending 2)                                               figure 2
        
'cos my feelings never change a bit i always feel like shit i don't know why i guess that i "just do"

[chorus 2]

figure 3(w/ending)

you once talked to me about love and you painted pictures of a never-neverland

figure 3(w/out ending)

and i could've gone to that place but i didn't understand i didn't understand i didn't understand


[outro]

figure 1(ending 3)