Sweet Adeline
Elliott Smith

Tab by Mathieu(mat_mischler@hotmail.com)

Standard tuning

Chords used :
C : x32010		Ab : 466544
D : xx0232		Db : x4666x
G : 320003		E : x7999x
G7 : 323001		B : x2444x
Eb : x6888x		G5 : 3x0033
Bb : 688766		Eb/G : 3x134x
F : 133211		C/G : 3x2013

riff 1 :
G                   Bb
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----0----0----0----0----3----3----3----3---
----0----0----0----0----3----3----3----3---
-5----4----2----0----3----2----0-----------
------------------------------------3------
-------------------------------------------

Eb                 C      D
-----------------------0-0---2-------------
----4----4----4--------1-1---3-------------
----3----3----3--------0-0---2-2-----------
-1----0----------------2-2-0---------------
-----------3----1h3-3----------------------
-------------------------------------------

riff 2 :
G      G7
-3-3-3--1---
-0-0-0--0---
-0-0-0--0---
-0---0--3---
-2---2--2---
-3---3--3---



riff 3 :
Bb/F Bb6/F  Eb5   Eb    D7
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-------------------------------------------
-3--3--0--0--3--3--0--0--5--3--7--7--------
-3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--------
-------------------------------------------
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riff 4 :       riff 5 :
G     G7       D5
-3--3--1--     ------------
-0--0--0--     ------------
-0--0--0--     -7--5--3--2-
-0--0--3--     -0--0--0--0-
-2--2--2--     ------------
-3--3--3--     ------------

intro :
riff 1           riff 1           riff 2
G  Bb  Eb  C  D  G  Bb  Eb  C  D  G  G7

verse 1 :
riff 3                                  riff 4
Bb/F  Bb6/F  Eb5     Eb   D7            G  G7
cut   this   pic-ture     in-to you and me

riff 3                                      riff 4
Bb/F  Bb6/F  Eb5     Eb   D7                G  G7
burn  it     back-wards   kill this his-tor-y

riff 3                                   riff 4
Bb/F  Bb6/F  Eb5  Eb      D7             G  G7
make  it     o-  -ver     make it stay a-way

riff 3                                         riff 1
   Bb/F    Bb6/F   Eb5     Eb   D7               G
or hate'll say the end-ing that love start-ed to stay

riff 1           riff 1           riff 2
G  Bb  Eb  C  D  G  Bb  Eb  C  D  G  G7



verse 2 :
riff 3
          Bb/F  Bb6/F Eb5       Eb      D7
there's a kid a floor be-low me say-ing brother can

       riff 4
       G  G7
you spare

riff 3
Bb/F     Bb6/F  Eb5      Eb      D7
sunshine for a  bro-ther old man winter's in

      riff 4
      G  G7
the air

riff 3                                       riff 4
Bb/F      Bb6/F  Eb5   Eb   D7               G  G7
walked me up   a sto-ry     asking how you are

riff 3
Bb/F    Bb6/F  Eb5    Eb         D7
told me not to wor-ry you were   just a shooting

  riff 1
  G
star

riff 1           riff 1
G  Bb  Eb  C  D  G  Bb  Eb  C  D
                               sweet...

chorus : (chords)
           Eb  Bb  F  Ab  Db  E
sweet ad-e-line
           Eb  Bb  F  Ab  Db  E
sweet ad-e-line
           Eb  Bb  F  Ab  Db  E
my clem-en-tine
           Eb  Bb  F  Ab  B  D
sweet ad-e-line


riff 1           riff 1           riff 2
G  Bb  Eb  C  D  G  Bb  Eb  C  D  G  G7

verse 3 :
riff 3
       Bb/F    Bb6/F   Eb5     Eb       D7
it's a picture perfect eve-ning and i'm staring

          riff 4
          G  G7
down the sun

riff 3                                      riff 4
Bb/F  Bb6/F  Eb5   Eb   D7                  G  G7
fu-  -lly    loa-ded    deaf and dumb and done

riff 3
Bb/F    Bb6/F    Eb5    Eb      D7
waiting for   seda-tion      to disconnect

     riff 4
     G  G7
my head

riff 3                          riff 5
   Bb/F Bb6/F   Eb5   Eb        D5               G5
or any  situ-  -ation where i'm better off then dead-

  G5 (12 time)  Eb/G  Eb/G  C/G  C/G  G5 (4 time)
-dead

Eb/G  Eb/G  C/G  C/G  G5 (8 time)