Elizabeth On The Bathroom Floor Guitar Tab

Electro-Shock Blues Tabs:

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tabbed by carl
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chord shapes:
Asus2 F G F#
E|--7--------8-------10------9---|
B|--10-------10------12------11--|
G|--9--------10------12------11--|
D|--11-------10------12------11--|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

intro:
Asus2 F
E|-------7-----------7------------8-----------8--|
B|--10-----10-----10---10------10---10-----10----|
G|-----9-------9------------10----------10-------|
D|--11---------11-----------10-------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

1st VERSE:

Asus2 F
layin' on the bathroom floor
Asus2 F
kitty licks my cheek once more
G
and I 
F#
I could try
Asus2 F
but wakin' up is harder when you wanna die


2nd VERSE:

walter's on the telephone
tell him I am not at home
cause I 
think that I 
am going to a place where I'll be always high

my name's elizabeth
my life is *** and piss

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Matt Average	#1 by Matt Fraczek at May 2, 1971 at 2:04 AM EST
	"but waking up is harder when you wanna die"...i can relate

No Picture Jami Average	#2 by Jami B. at Aug 22, 1972 at 10:07 AM EST
	According to various sources, the song is a compilation of various poems and just general writing from his sister's diary, while she institutionalized.

No Picture The Great South Lead Player	#3 by The Great Southern Trendkill at Jan 17, 1975 at 1:19 PM EST
	As far as I was aware, Elizabeth wasn't actually his sister, as it were. She was someone who he grew up with in the orphanage and therefore was probably like a sister but was actually just a friend. I think there have also been rumours about a romantic involvement between E and her at some point but he apparantly won't mention anything to do with it. I like Malformation's idea but I can't see this song as anything other than one of the most negative and depressing songs I've ever heard.

No Picture Jebus Wanna Be	#4 by Jebus ------ at Nov 11, 1977 at 12:30 AM EST
	it sounds like its about elizabeth wurtzle the ghurl that wrote prozac nation! but i dunno

No Picture Satan SAF! Rhythm Player	#5 by Satan SAF! Lucifer at Oct 16, 1981 at 10:23 PM EST
	Scrap that, further research (I have nothing better to do) has shown me that she was actually his sister and that he had a mum so possibly, just possibly, wasn't an orphan.

No Picture Alex Wanna Be	#6 by Alex Gibb at Jun 12, 1985 at 9:36 AM EST
	To those who say that this is only about a suicide attempt: Then how do you explain the line... "Kitty licks my cheek once more"...? Is that only part of her mindset, feeling that this is it, this is the end, and she's experiencing her last moments of consciousness?

No Picture Angus Rhythm Player	#7 by Angus Young at Apr 23, 1989 at 11:03 AM EST
	DuctTape, I think that line is fairly literal. Elizabeth has just tried to commit suicide, but obviously the cat doesn't know what that means, so it's just licking her face, trying to wake her up. So she's not dead (supporting the failed attempt interpretation) because she feels the cat's tongue, which leads into the next few lines in that verse about not wanting to be woken up (ever).

No Picture bigl Wanna Be	#8 by bigl shattuck at Jul 16, 1994 at 9:24 PM EST
	As far as I was aware, Elizabeth wasn't actually his sister, as it were. S

No Picture fasterdisco Average	#9 by fasterdisco at Nov 29, 1994 at 3:32 PM EST
	I didn't know any of that. I found it strangely uplifting even though it was obviously a sad song.It just kept playing over and over in my head for three days. It was really odd. I had just assumed it was the heroin overdose of a dear friend of his. The music in contrast to the words seems soaring and peaceful. I like it. 1

No Picture Nileppezdel Lead Player	#10 by Nileppezdel at May 31, 1995 at 12:39 PM EST
	eris13 your right there,this is about a fail attempt by elizabeth, walter mentioned in the song was elizabeths boyfriend

No Picture Josh Average	#11 by Josh Clayton at Mar 4, 1999 at 1:58 PM EST
	I agree with RememberToBreathe "But waking up is harder when you wanna die" Is so...right. I wish I couldn't relate.

No Picture AfroMan Average	#12 by AfroMan at Apr 6, 2000 at 12:01 AM EST
	The last few moments of his sister's life before she died after committing suicide. Very scary and very painful.

No Picture Token Rhythm Player	#13 by Token at Apr 13, 2000 at 1:00 PM EST
	Actually I read somewhere that this song is a reference to a previous, unsuccessful suicide attempt by his sister, Elizabeth.

No Picture ramon. Average	#14 by ramon. at Jul 3, 2002 at 8:49 AM EST
	i like to think of this song more positively than all of that. the tone of it is really hopeless and depressing but i read that this song is about one of elizabeth's suicide attempts that failed. so although at the time she feels like she can never wake up again she does. granted, she later really does commit suicide but i find it interesting that E chose to write about this particular attempt when it wasn't when she died.

No Picture CARL Rhythm Player	#15 by CARL WEBER at Dec 7, 2003 at 2:30 AM EST
	no, zeeboi's right, this is about his sister, he wrote the whole album when his sister and his mother and someone else he was close to died. he also wrote Daisies Of The Galaxy at the same time because he thought that this album was too sad and he wanted to write something happy also. he just waited a bit to release it.