True Love by Elliott Smith Transcription by Ian Tuned down a full step and with a capo on second fret...so yeh, normal tuning! Dunno bout these lyrics, they're an approximation of the live version I have from Silverlake lounge. E7sus4addb9(!) 020201 E 022100 Intro type thing: A Amaj7 Asus4 A6 A (A G/B) C G/B F E riff e|-5-----4-----------2------------------------1----0---0-2-4--| B|-2-----2-----3-----2-----2---2--3---1---3---1----0----------| G|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2---2--0---0---0---2----1---1-2-4--| D|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2---2--0---2---0---3----2----------| A|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0--2---3---2---3----2----------| E|--------------------------------------------1----0----------| Verse: F#m Amaj7 Bm F# e|-5--------------4---------2-------------------2------------| B|-2--------------2---------3-------------------2------------| G|-2--------------2---------4-------------------3------------| D|-4--------------2---------4-------------------4------------| A|-4--------------0---------2-------------------4------------| E|-2--------------------------------------------2------------| True love is a rose in a case, locked to get close cos its A G/B C D5 F E riff e|-0----------------------0--------1------0---0-2-4--| B|-2------------------3---1---3----1------0----------| G|-2------------------0---0---0----2------1---1-2-4--| D|-2------------------0---2---0----3------2----------| A|-0------------------2---3---2----3------2----------| E|---------------------------------1------0----------| way more expensive than anybody earns F#m Amaj7 So I bought mine off the street Bm F# True love man it just can't be beat A G/B C G/B F E I felt so complete like all my wrong moves turned into right turns Fmaj7 Am Esus* E riff And each night I look up at a bright honey moon Seems so built to last Even after my heart in the past I would go after it like a ghost to a house it once haunted Day after day, I'd steal with my true love away To some hide out left undisturbed we could do what we wanted But i started to feel like a liar saying "I love you" Dm C She was happy in love and that means Bb There's no in between E riff I felt so alone Dm C I can't make a stand Bb And her helping hand E riff I have to get home One day i got sick She played me a nasty old trick Said "I need cigarettes," Walked down the block, called a cab Stayed gone for too long My love had gotten too strong Just to try to get back on my own I had to go to rehab Well alls I need a safe place to be They said this is it Well half a chance They said that "Man, that's, that's all that you get" (Intro chords) Now I'm the king of the ward Cause I'm good and I swallow my sword Puke it out so the doctor can write his prescription (Normal verse chords) Tranquil as a dove People that have lost their true love They all seem to fit the same description They feel cold, they feel old Like a no one Repeat Intro Good Luck xo Ian