Elliott Smith - Pretty Mary K guitar tab
PRETTY MARY K
3/4 TIME!!!
intro/riff:
B------------8/10--12/14--10------
G-6-7/9--11--0-0---0--0---0------------
D-0-0-0--0---0-0---0--0---0----------------
A-0-0-0--0----------------------------
**i'm almost 100% positive that this is not right b/c those open strings
don't sound quite right...but the "6 7/9 11 8/10 12/14 10" is accurate i
think. i would encourage anyone to supply the correct tab for this riff if
they've figured it out or saw elliott play it live or whatever...**
verse 1:
(the :||: stuff means play each measure twice!)
D Gm Bb7 A7 Bb
e||--------10-----||--------10-----||-------10----||-----9---||-----6---||
B||.---10----10--.||.---11----11--.||.---9----9--.||.--8--8-.||.--6--6-.||
G||.-11--11----11.||.-12--12----12.||.-10-10---10.||.-9-9--9.||.-7-7--6.||
D||---------------||---------------||-------------||---------||---------||
A F#m Em F Gm D
e|---5--|---5----||-----5---||-----3---||----3--|------|--------|---|
B|-5--5-|-5---7p5||.--7--7-.||.--5--5-.||--5--5-|5h6---|-6-5-3--|-3-|
G|6-6--6|6-6-----||.-6-6--6.||.-4-4--4.||-3-3--3|------|-5-5-3--|-2-|
D|------|--------||---------||---------||-------|------|-3-3-5--|-0-|
D D Gm Gm
almost forgot
Bb7 Bb7 A7 A7
started to say
Bb Bb A A
rode into the sun
F#m F#m
past everyone
Em Em F Gm D D
hallelujah, pretty mary k
verse 2:
(strum the chords or pluck thru the above tab)
D Gm Gm Bb7 Bb7 A7 A7
i found faith in the in-firm-ar-y
Bb Bb A A
there's a soldier lying in bed
F#m F#m Cmaj7 B Bb
with a wound to the head
Bb F Gm Gm
calling out to pretty mary k
Gm E E E E
intro riff
bridge
Bb Bb F F C C Bb Bbm
here's what you get for things that haven't happened yet
Bbm Bbm Dm G C E C *
e-6----6-5---5---------------------------------------------
B----------8------8-6-8--6-9-6-8---------------------------
G-------------------------------6-7--9-10--9---7-----------
D-------------------------------5-5--7-7---7---0-----------
A-------------------------------0-0--0-0---0---------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
*: start picking through the following chords using the verse 1 tab
D D Gm Gm Bb7 Bb7 A7 A7 Bb Bb A A C C G G
e---------------------------------8---7------------
B---------------------------------8---8------------
G---------------------------------9---7------------
D--------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------0-2-3--
E-----------------------------------------3--------
i happened upon pretty mary k
but a soldier's uniform waved you away
D D Gm Gm
i walk round the dock
Bb7 Bb7 A7 A7
and talk to st. james
Bb Bb A A
though i'm already done
F#m F#m Cmaj7 B Bb
and ask everyone
Bb
"have you seen her?"
F Gm Bm Bm E E
pretty mary k
Gm Gm
have you seen her?
F Gm D
pretty mary k
ending:
D Asus4 Gm Bb C D
e----------------------------2-----------
B----------------------------3-----------
G----------------------------2-----------
D-0--------------------------0-----------
A-------0---------0---1---3--------------
E-------------3--------------------------
i hope this is easy enough to understand, i wrote the chords above the
lyrics from memory, so if they're a little off then just listen to the
song for rhythm. i'm pretty sure that the only part that's not accurate
is the intro riff, which i will continue to work on but in the meantime i
encourage you to work on it also...other than that i think it's a pretty
good transcription...but if i'm wrong and it's confusing then please let
me know -- dwwagner@cs1.presby.edu or wagner@mindspring.com
david wagner
