This is a (simplified) tab of Tom's Start, as heard from the live acoustic
MP3 on elliottsmith.com.  If you drop your standard tuning one step to Eb,
you can play the chord forms in the key of G, as I have presented below.
This works to my ears.  Happy playing a great Elliott song.


CHORD CHART
	E	A	D	G	B	e
C	x	3	2	0	1	0
D	x	x	0	2	3	2
Em	0	2	2	0	0	0
Em7	0	2	0	0	0	0
F	1	3	3	2	1	1
F7	1	3	1	2	1	1
F#m	2	4	4	2	2	2
G	3	2	0	0	3	3
G/F#	2	0	0	0	3	3
Am	x	0	2	2	1	0
Bm	x	2	4	4	3	2


INTRO
B-----3-----------3---------3---------3--------3-------3-------3-------3----
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e----------3-----------2---------5---------3--------5------3-------5--------
3---

[G - Bm - F - C - Am - G - Am - C]
[G - Bm - F - C - Am - G - Am - C]

[G]Activity is killing the [Am]actor
And a [D]cop's standing out in the [C]road
[Am]Turning traffic a[F]way[-F#m]
[G]There was nothing she could do until [Am]after
When his [D]body'd been buried down be[C]low
[Am]Way back in the [F]day[-F#m]

[Em]Oh, [Em7]my, [Em]nothing else could have been [C]done
He [G]made his [G/F#]life a [Em]lie so[C - F7]
[Em]He [Em7]might [Em]never have to know [C]anyone
He [G]made his [G/F#]life the [Em]lie you know[C - F7]

[G]I told him that he shouldn't up[Am]set her
And that he'd [D]only be making things [C]worse
[Am]Involving somebody [F]else [-F#m]
[G]But I knew that he'd never for[Am]get her
While her [D]memory worked in re[C]verse
[Am]To keep her safe from her[F]self [-F#m]

[Em]And oh, [Em7]my, but [Em]nothing else could have been [C]done
She [G]made her [G/F#]life a [Em]lie so [C - F7]
[Em]She [Em7]might [Em]never have to know any[C]one
She [G]made her [G/F#]life the [Em]lie you know [C - F7]
Oh...

[G - Bm - F - C - Am - G - Am - C]
[G]What [Bm]I [F]used to [C]be
Will [Am]pass [G]away
And [Am]then you'll [C]see
That [G]all [Bm]I [F]want [C]now
Is [Am]hapi[G]ness for [Am]you and [C]me
For [Am] you and me [C - G]