Elliott Smith

Elliott Smith - I Figured You Out guitar tab

I Figured You Out (Elliott Smith)

as performed by Mary Lou Lord

from Martian Saints

Note: The tab for the intro is just to give you a rough idea of where the important picked parts are; mostly, the chords are being played with just slight embellishments. Also note that the picking of the G-G6 progression in the intro is the same for each verse as well.

Capo second fret

Chords used:

G: 320033

G6: 320030

D: xx0232

Am: x02210

D/F#: 2x023x

Em: 022000

C: x32010

Bm: x24432

Em7: xx0000

Intro:

G G6 D Am /A /G D/F# Em C G D

e--------3-----0---------2--0---------------0--0-3-2----

B----------3-----3---3---3--1------------3--0--1-3-3----

G-----0------------------2--2------------2--0--0-0-2----

D------------------------0--2------------0--2--2-0-0----

A---------------------------0----0----------2--3-2------

E--3---------3-----3----------------3--2----0----3------

The second time through, it's nearly identical, but instead of D at the end, it's D and then C

Verse 1:

G G6

I've seen you watching

D Am /A /G

Her everytime she crosses the floor

D/F# Em C

So won't you just go and talk to

G D C

The one you really adore

G G6

I'm getting pretty used to being

D Am /A /G

The one that you always ignore

D/F# Em C

When somebody wants you

G D C

I've seen it before

Between verses thing:

G G6 G7 G

e--------3---0--1------

B----------3------3----

G-----0----------------

D----------------------

A----------------------

E--3-------------------

Verse 2:

G G6

You're every kind of color

D Am /A /G

There ain't nothing you won't claim

D/F# Em C

Your ambition and promise

G D C

And your addiction to fame

G G6

And everyone's got a dollar

D Am /A /G

Sign after their name

D/F# Em C

When somebody wants you

G D C

You treat em just the same

Bridge:

Am G

So go on a pick-up

D/F# Em

You don't care what poison you choose

Em7/D C

And what person you choose

Bm

It should've been me, yeah

C D

Shouldn't it be?

Verse 3:

G G6

Crushing quiet

D Am /A /G

Blows in through the window

D/F# Em C

To someone who wants you

G D

That you never know

G G6

But I pick up around you

D Am /A /G

And clear everything out

D/F# Em C

Leave you where I found you

G D C /A /G

I figured you out

D/F# Em C

Leave you where I found you

G D C

I figured you out

Repeat verse chord progression to the end

Scott

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