{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":967402,"song":"Pretty Ugly Before","artist":"Elliott Smith","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11619648-pretty-ugly-before-chords-by-elliott-smith/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/967402?type=chord","rating":4.71818,"votes":86,"content":"I felt this song deserved a better tab, and though I'm not sure if this is the way \r\nElliott played it, it sounds pretty close to my ears.\r\n\r\n\r\nStandard tuning.\r\n\r\n[ch]C/G[/ch]: 332010\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]/[ch]F#[/ch]: 200212 (Reach your thumb to fret the F# on the low E if you're comfortable \r\nwith it, if not, D7 sounds fine.[/tab]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]: 320033\r\n[ch]E7[/ch]: 020100\r\n[ch]F[/ch]: 133211\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]: 002210\r\n\r\n[tab]Riff thing based around a G shape:\r\n e|--------------------3---|\r\n B|--------------------3---|\r\n G|----------------0---0---|\r\n D|----------0-2-0-----0---|\r\n A|----0-2-0-----------2---|\r\n E|--3---------------0-3---|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]D7/F#[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSunshine     been keeping me up for days[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]D7/F#[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere is no nighttime,      it's only a passing phase[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]D7/F#[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd I feel pretty,      pretty enough for yo-------u[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nI felt so ugly before[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]  (There is a piano part here) [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI didn't know what to do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n(Exactly the same as verse 1, just keep repeating the [ch]C[/ch]/[ch]G[/ch], [ch]D7[/ch]/[ch]F#[/ch], [ch]F[/ch], [ch]Am[/ch] part)\r\n\r\nSometimes is all I feel up to now\r\nBut it's not worth it to you, 'cos you gotta get high somehow\r\nIs it destruction that you're required to feel?\r\nLike somebody wants you, someone that's more for real?\r\nSunshine been keeping me up for days\r\nThere is no nighttime, only a passing phase\r\nAnd I'll feel pretty another hour or two\r\nI felt so ugly before\r\nI didn't know what to do\r\nI felt so ugly before\r\nI didn't know what to do\r\nI felt so ugly before\r\nI didn't know what to do\r\nUgly before","plain_text":"I felt this song deserved a better tab, and though I'm not sure if this is the way \nElliott played it, it sounds pretty close to my ears.\n\n\nStandard tuning.\n\nC/G: 332010\n\nG: 320033\nE7: 020100\nF: 133211\nAm: 002210\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n(Exactly the same as verse 1, just keep repeating the C/G, D7/F#, F, Am part)\n\nSometimes is all I feel up to now\nBut it's not worth it to you, 'cos you gotta get high somehow\nIs it destruction that you're required to feel?\nLike somebody wants you, someone that's more for real?\nSunshine been keeping me up for days\nThere is no nighttime, only a passing phase\nAnd I'll feel pretty another hour or two\nI felt so ugly before\nI didn't know what to do\nI felt so ugly before\nI didn't know what to do\nI felt so ugly before\nI didn't know what to do\nUgly before","chords":["C/G","D7","F#","F","E","G","E7","Am","B","D","A","D7/F#","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}