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
