i better be quiet now (tutorial) - Elliott Smith

since so many people asked me for tabs, I tried to make a good tab and after a good fight with the tab-software I figured that it would be nicer and simpler to explain it directly in a video ;-) Congrats if you watch this 'til the end! Greetings from Belgium, fademer

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[peacelovemusic2461]

so is this in drop d or not? im very confused my acoustic is in standard d tuning for elliott smith songs and i really would rather not tune up to drop d can someone help me here? very good tutorial and cover by the way :)

[fademer]

@peacelovemusic2461 hi, it is in drop d indeed. You could play it in standard d tuning, but not with this version obviously. Or else you just downtune your bass string to C and put a capo on 4 ;-)

[uberdingdong]

This is great! thank you! The only one thing i would say, that you might already realise, at the end of each verse it sounds like elliott slides from 2 to 4th fret on the D string, instead of a hammer-on. But hey, this is immaterial, you've still made my day with this tutorial!

[fademer]

@uberdingdong thanks for your comment!  You're certainly right about the slide, I am a perfectionist but maybe not THAT much :-)

[Ekrindul]

This song is a little easier to play, IMO, if you don't mess with drop D, and move the capo down a whole step. The chords become much more commonplace.

[fademer]

@Ekrindul You are completely right and I am aware of that, i'm even saying that at 0:45 :-)

[locopeligroso45]

@peacelovemusic2461 drop d

[locopeligroso45]

i have try to tab it. i'll send you

[fondfarewell2]

This is the simple way to play it. Elliott didn't play it this way though. The chord progression is right though.

[valahogy]

i reckon the version where u dont use the capo at all is better coz u can do that little riff heapz better at the very end of each verse

[peacelovemusic2461]

@fademer i think i will put a capo on 4 with my low d to c like you said thanks a ton great tutorial again :)

[betweenthecolorbars]

so helpful, so clear, thank you very much. I look forward to covering this song I would have otherwise left alone because of the time it would have taken to learn it.

[andimaraf]

hey man, i've learned it! :)