True Love

true love by elliott smith

standard tuning

A * x02225 Amaj7 x02224
Asus4 x0223x A6 x02222
A x0222x C x35553
Gm7 x20032 F 133211
E 022100 F#m xx4225
Bm x24432 Dm xx0321
A# x13331 E11b9 020201
Fmaj7 xx3210 F# x44322
Am x02210

riff2 over Bm
E | – – – – – – –
B | – 3 – 2 – 3 –
G | – – – – – – –

intro

A * Amaj7 Asus4 A6 A C Gm7 F E riff1
E | – 5 – – – – – 4 – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – 1 – – – – 0 – – – 0 – 2 – 4 – – |
B | – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 3 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 5 – – – – 3 – – – 3 – – 1 – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – |
G | – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 5 – – – 5 – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – 1 – – – 1 – 2 – 4 – – |
D | – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – |
A | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – 2 – – 3 – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – 3 – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – |
E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – |

F#m Amaj7 Bm
true love is a rose behind glass
riff2 F#
it’s locked and kept closed
A /B C
maybe just to me ’cause my heart’s been attacked
Gm7 F E riff1
shattered by tough love , bad love
F#m Amaj7
so bought mine off the street
Bm riff2 F#
true love , man , it just can’t be beat
A /B C Gm7 F E
i felt so complete , married to heavenly bodies above

Fmaj7 Am E11b9 E riff1
and each night i look up at a bright honeymoon

F#m Amaj7
’cause it sure seemed built to last
Bm riff2 F# A
and even after my honeymoon past i kept right with that , man ,
/B C Gm7 F E riff1
like a ghost to the house it once haunted
F#m Amaj7
and day after day
Bm riff2 F#
i’d steal with my true love away
A /B C
to some hideout we left undisturbed
Gm7 F E
we could do what we wanted

Fmaj7 Am E11b9 E riff1
but i started to feel like a liar saying “i love you”

Dm C A#
she was madly in love , and mad mean there was no in – between
E riff1
it raised my alarm
Dm C A#
i found i can’t make a stand i’m her hired hand
E riff1
i have to do harm

F#m Amaj7 Bm riff2 F#
one day i got sick , she played me a nasty old trick
A /B
said , “i need cigarettes”
C Gm7 F E riff1
walked around the block caught a cab
F#m Amaj7
stayed gone for too long
Bm riff2 F#
my love had gotten too strong
A /B C
just to try to getting back on my own
Gm7 F E riff
i had to go to rehab

Dm C A#
all i need is a safe place to bleed
E riff1
is this where it’s at?
Dm C
half of no chance , steps in a dance
A# E
rest of my live spin in combat

riff1 A * Amaj7
now i’m the king of the ward
Asus4 A6
’cause i’m good and i swallow my sword
A /B C Gm7 F E riff1
puke it up for the doctor to write a new prescription
F#m Amaj7
tranquil as a dove
Bm riff2 F#
people that have lost their true love
A /B C Gm7 F E
that all seem to fit the same description

Fmaj7 Am
i feel cold , useless and old
E11b9 E riff1
wish i was no one

A * Amaj7 A * Amaj7

A * Amaj7 A Amaj7
take me up , my love
A * Amaj7 A Amaj7
take me up today
A * Amaj7 A Amaj7
take me out of this place
A * Amaj7 A Amaj7
take me up with you today

original tab by ian
new arrangement and additions by alexander rex