Chord/Tab song: Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands

Song: Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
Album: XO (1998)
Tabbed by Kevin Tracy
Standard Tuning

This is one of my favorite Elliott Smith songs, but there were no tabs for it on
UG so I figured it out myself. This is my first ever tab submission so go easy on me.

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Chords Used: Of course there's multiple ways to play these chords but these sound the best to me.

[Em] [Em6] [C/E] [G] [D/F#] [F] [C/E] [B7]

e |----0----|----0----|----0----|----3----|---------|----1----|----0----|----2----||
B |----0----|----2----|----1----|----3----|----3----|----1----|----1----|----4----||
G |----0----|----0----|----0----|----0----|----2----|----2----|----2----|----2----||
D |----2----|----2----|----2----|----0----|----0----|----3----|----0----|----4----||
A |----2----|----4----|----3----|----2----|----0----|----3----|----3----|----2----||
E |----0----|----0----|----0----|----3----|----2----|----1----|----0----|---------||

[B7/A] [B7/G] [B7/F#] [B7sus4] [D7] [Cm]

e |----2----|----2----|----2----|----x----|----5----|----3----|
B |----4----|----4----|----4----|----5----|----7----|----4----|
G |----2----|----2----|----2----|----2----|----5----|----5----|
D |----4----|----4----|----4----|----4----|----7----|----5----|
A |----0----|----x----|----x----|----2----|----5----|----3----|
E |---------|----3----|----2----|---------|---------|---------|
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INTRO: Em

VERSE:

[Em]Everybody cares, e[Em6]verybo[C/E]dy understan[G]ds[D/F#]
Yes eve[F]rybo[C]dy ca[B7-B7sus4-B7]res about you
Yeah, and whe[F]ther or no[C]t you wa[B7-B7sus4-B7]nt them to
It's a [Em]chemical emb[Em6]race that ki[C/E]cks you in the [G]head[D/F#]
To a pur[F]e syntheti[C]c sympat[B7-B7sus4-B7]hy
that inf[F]uriates[C] you total[B7-B7sus4-B7]ly
And a quie[F]t lie[C] that [B7]makes you wan[B7/A]t to scream[B7/G] and shou[B7/F#]t

CHORUS:

G F C Em [Riff A]
So here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun
G F C Em [Riff B]
Raining its guiding light upon everyone
For a mo[Em]ment's rest you can[Em6] lean ag[C/E]ainst the banister[G][D/F#]
After run[F]ning upstairs[C] again an[B7-B7sus4-B7]d again
From wherever th[F]ey came to f[C]ix you in, bu[B7-B7sus4-B7]t

Riff A:

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------0----|
|--2---------------------------------2h4-2-2-------|
|--2------------------0--2---2-3-2-----------------|
|--0---0---2-2---3-3-------------------------------|

Riff B:

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------7--------------------------------------0---|
|---------7h9-----9--7-----7------------------------------|
|------10--------------10-------------------7h9-7-7-------|
|--------------------------------7-7h8--7-----------------|

VERSE:

[Em]Always fair city's [Em6]finest[C/E] follow right[G] behind[D/F#]
You've got a pre[F]tty vis[C]ion in[B7-B7sus4-B7] your head
A pe[F]ncil full[C] of poison[B7-B7sus4-B7] lead
And a sic[F]kened smile[C] illeg[B7]al in ever[B7/A]y town[B7/G][B7/F#]

CHORUS:

G F C Em [Riff A]
So here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun
G F C Em [Riff B]
Raining its guiding light upon everyone
G F C Em [Riff A]
Here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun
G F C Em [Riff B]
Raining its guiding light upon everyone

BRIDGE:

[C]You say you mean well, you don't know what yo[G]u mean
[Cm]Fucking oughta stay the hell awa[D7]y from things you know nothing about[Em]


CODA:
My favorite part of the song. I'll tab out the main guitar part but there's a few
layers of guitar/keyboard so just jam out and mess around with a wah pedal or whatever if you can

First chords are the same as verse:

[Em] [Em6] [C/E] [G] [D/F#]
sweet guitar part at ~2:43

|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|------------4------------|
|-----0h2-0---------|------4-----------4------|
|--3----------------|----4----4-----4-----4---|
|--3------------3---|-2-----------------------|
|--1----------------|-------------------------| x 2

Then 3:08:

|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-----0h2-0---------|------4---------4----------|
|--3----------------|----4--------4-------------|
|--3------------3---|-2--------0----------------|
|--1----------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|---------4-----------4---|
|------4----------4-------|
|-------------------------|
|--3----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------2--------------|
|---------------------3--|------------------0--------------|
|------------------2-----|------------------2--------------|
|--------2------0--------|---2--------------1---2---4---5--|
|-----2------------------|---3---0---1---2-----------------|
|--0---------------------|---------------------------------|

Then the rhythm guitar goes a little something like this (3:17):

[B7] [G] [Em] [D][C][B7]

|---2-------------------|---0---0-0------------------------------|
|---0-------------------|---0---0-0-----3-3-3--------------------|
|---2-------------------|---0---0-0-----2-2-2--------------2-----|
|---1----2--4------5----|---2---2-2-----0-0-0-----2--------1-----|
|---2-------------------|---2---2-2---------------3--0--1--2-----|
|-----------------------|---0------------------------------------|

And the last chord progression (3:40) is:

[B7] [B7/A] [B7/G] [B7/F#] [Em] [D][C][B7]

And thats about it...enjoy