Independence Day                                 
by Elliott Smith

Tune down a full step


Elliott seems to play this in CGCEGC tuning, but here it is in standard tuning. 


Chords

Bm   224432
Bb   113331
F#m  244222
G    355433
A    002220
D    557775
C    335553


INTRO
                                                        
--8-------------8--------|-----8-----------8--------|
----------6-----------6--|-----------6-----------6--|
-------9-----------9-----|--------9-----------9-----|
--0----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|


                                                    
-----8-----------8-------|-----------9-------------|
-----------6-------------|-----8-----------8-------|
--------9-----------9----|--------9-----------9----|
--0-----------0----------|--0-----------0----------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|


                                                         
-----------10----*9---------|-------------------8-------|
-----7------------------10--|-----------10--------------|
--------7-------------------|--------9-------------9----|
--0------------0-----0------|--10-----------10----------|
----------------------------|---------------------------|
----------------------------|---------------------------|


                                                                               
----------*6\----5/-------|-----6------------------|-----------5-----3--------|
-----6-----------------6--|----------------5-------|-----3-----------------5/-|
--------7-----------7-----|--------7----------7----|--------4-----------4-----|
--8-----------8-----------|--8----------7----------|--5-----------5-----------|
--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|


                                                                              
-----3--------------------|-----------8--------------|------10------10-------|
--6--------5-----3-----3--|-----------------6-----7--|------7-------7---7----|
--------4-----------5-----|--5/7---7-----------7--7--|------7-----------7----|
--5-----------5-----------|--------------8-----------|------0-----------0----|
--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|


        
Repeat, but strum the chords and replace *9 with 8 and *6 with 8.




VERSE


Bm           Bb                  F#m             G
future butterfly gonna spend the day higher than high

Bb              A
you'll be beautiful confusion

F#m   G            Bb
oooooooh once i was you


repeat intro


i saw you caught between all the people out making the scene
and a bright ideal tomorrow
ooh, don't go too far
stay who you are


repeat intro


G           Bb
everybody knows
            D
everybody knows
             C
everybody knows
               G              
you only live a day
              Bb      A
but it's brilliant anyway


repeat intro

i saw you in a perfect place
it's gonna happen soon but not today
so go to sleep and make the change
i'll meet you here tomorrow
independence day
independence day
independence day


 
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