Heatmiser - Plainclothes Man guitar tab
Plainclothes Man
By Heatmiser
written by Elliott Smith
thanks to rebecaa deprospo for help with the lyrics
Tune down one step
Chords used:
Am: x02210
Am/B: x22210
C: x32010
D: x00232
F: xx3211
Fm: 133111
E: 022100
D: xx0232
Dm: xx0231
Pick bass note for each chord in the verses and strum from there.
Verse 1:
Am
You're everybody's second home
Am/B
Always trying to get me alone
C D F
An easy way to lose it all
Always selling all else fails
Am strum D, then F
Over by the west side rails
Verse 2:
_Am
But I don't really need that now
Am/B
I never really did anyhow
C D F
I only really needed alcohol
Something that'll treat me okay
Am strum D,F,Fm
And wouldn't say the things you say
Bridge:
Fm E D
Please turn out the light! I get a sick confusion
Am
headache trying to figure out who's right
Verse 3:
Dreaming on the silver strand
Am/B
Waking up your plainclothes man
C D F
You little bastard, little boy in blue
Someone's gonna get to you
Am strum D, F
And f*** up everything you do
Verse 4:
Am
Unhappy inside (?)
Am/B
He's serious with everyone
C D F
And thinks he'll win you with his angry kiss
Acting like he has no needs
Am strum D, F, G, D
Wanting you to watch him bleed
Chorus:
C G F C
Made for each other, bet you pay me any mind
G D F
Just goes to show my continual decline
C G F C
They say that I'll recover my love of her once in a while
Dm Fm
But I don't know, I don't think so
Verse 5:
Am
There's something that I'll tell you now
Am/B
Now that no one else is around
C D F
The sort of lesson that I learned from you
Not quite the way you planned
Am strum D then F
But I know you'll understand
Verse 6:
Am
Someone takes a photograph
Am/B
A picture while their sweetheart laughs
C D F
A perfect moment in a flash of light
counted back to 301
Am strum D, F
That's exactly what you've done
Bridge:
Fm E D
And I'm so unsurprised,I remember
I remember why I dream in black and white
Strum C, G, F, C
Chorus:
G D F
Goes to show my continual decline
C G F C
They say that I'll recover my love of her once in a while
Dm Fm
But I don't know, I don't think so
Ending (I think):
Am D Fm Am
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