Elliott Smith - Confusion Tabs

Standard Tuning Capo 5
Feel free to pick around freely...

Chords:
D       xx0232  A9     xx7687
D*      x04232  A9*    xx5687
E7      020130  A9**   xx4687
A       x02220  A9***  x7x687
A7sus4  x02030  D5     xx0235
G6      x55430  
A7      x02020
Bm      x24432
F#      244322

Intro:
   A9          D           A9
|-----------7--------2--5-------5-------5------5-----5------5----|
|------5--8--------3----------3-------3------3-----3------3------|
|----6-----------2-----------------------------------------------|
|--7-----------4-----------4-------3-------2-----4------2-----5--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
   
   Bm    F#    Bm   G6
|------2-----2---------0---|
|----3-----2----------3----|
|--4-----3-----4-----4-----|
|-------------------5------|
|------------------5-------|
|--------------------------|

D                        D*                E7
funny you swear you got nowhere special to go
                                 A    A7sus4
but I know you will, before too long
D
cos you're always there, standing there
D*                          E7
staring at the hole in the robe
                                   A7
like it was a place somebody would go
    D5   A9  A9*  A9** A9***    A9*  A9** A9
|---5----7----7----7---7---------7---7----7--|
|---3----8----8----8---8---------8---8----8--|
|---2----6----6----6---6---------6---6----6--|
|---0----7----5----4-------------5---4----7--|
|----------------------7---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------| Bm F# Bm G6
   con - fu - sion is king, the talk of  your  town
 D       /G          E      /D     /C#   E
with the hollywood design, knowing everyone
/C#        /D    Bm F# Bm G6
would you cover mine?

D                     D*             E7
you spoke softer than anybody i ever heard
                                A    A7sus4 
softer than the velvet in your hair, 
D                           D*                     E7
tying back black while you laugh at me, black as a bird
                                         A7
i live in a cage, and i could take you there

D5    A9   A9*  A9**  A9***       A9* A9** A9    Bm F# Bm G6
con - fu - sion  is   king,  the talk of   your town
D             /G              E
streets, i'm living with the pain
/D      /C#       E   /C#    /D      Bm F# Bm G6
this is what you see always looking down

D                        D*                  E7
hanging out, better off? can't tell how to behave
                                   A   A7sus4
with her on the stage i hear your song
D                               D*                        E7
with the animals painted in the dark on the walls of the cave
                                         A7
pictures of the ones i guess you won't forget

D5    A9   A9*  A9** A9***      A9* A9** A9  Bm F# Bm G6
con - fu - sion is   king, the talk  of  my town
D   /G                E         /D    /C#      E
I  don't know if you hear the meaning of  the word
/C#    /D       Bm F# Bm G6
maybe just yourself?

D                         D*
little things trigger big problems
                     E7
you can wipe out a stain and
                                A  A7sus4
maybe i destroy what makes you sad
D
if you're rid of so many minds
D*                     E7
buried that you never relay 
                                        A7
until your body's numb and it's all too bad

D5    A9   A9*  A9** A9***      A9* A9** A9   Bm F# Bm G6
con - fu - sion is   king, the talk of   the town
D /G                 E
i don't know how to speak it
   /D        /C#     E
i don't know how to help you
  /C#    /D    Bm F# Bm G6
i'll just be around
D /G                 E
i don't know how to speak
  /D         /C#     E
i don't know how to help
 /C#     /D    Bm F# Bm
i'll just be around