Clementine - Elliott Smith cover

A cover of Clementine by Elliott Smith, performed by Ethan Daum. Another amazing song off of Elliott's self titled album. I love how the lyrics play off of the folk tune Clementine - I looked up the lyrics the other day, and they are so tragic for such a pleasant sounding song! In the song the storyteller sings of a woman he loves, who one day trips and falls into a "foaming brine". He then watches her drown (somewhat graphically) because he can't swim. Oh my goodness! :)
For you guitarists:
The tuning is fun on this one. C G C E A D
The beginning chord is like a normal D shape. The main chords in the verse are 000032 - but you work the melody line in there, and your thumbs plugs along on that low E string. Then it goes to 442000. Most of the other chords are just a plain bar, and you do some hammer ons with them. The other main chord you'll see is x02120 - and some hammer ons happen on the second fret of the high E string.
I bet you can figure it out if you listen and watch my hands closely! I think the hardest part is getting your thumb to hit that low E string on the right beats.

[@danhiggins9151]

You taught me how to play Angeles so many years ago and I'm still grateful for that man. Hope you're doing well.

[@ethandaum]

Awesome, glad I could help! And thank you!

[@anano6406]

Same! this guy taught me Between the bars and i am very grateful.❤️

[@sodykiss2209]

Same

[@trpackz2848]

Me too! And now I learned Clementine by watching your awesome cover! Your tutorials are the best, Angeles is still my favorite song to play. Still gotta learn the tommorow tomorrow bridge tho ;)

[@shayboual1892]

I just started learning

[@ashleehenry7706]

This is my favorite Elliott Smith song and this is such a great cover! Thank you!

[@choosybloosy]

It’s just jaw dropping isn’t it?

[@regperatrovich9406]

It has to be exhausting to be this talented; the hours of work one must put in day in, day out. Good on you, brother!

[@ethandaum]

Haha, thanks! I think I'm just lucky in that I actually enjoy figuring chords out and practicing - so it's often more life-giving than exhausting for me :)

[@michaelmccarthy3964]

Only vids I watch straight away, class as always

[@ethandaum]

Wow thanks, I'm honored to hear that :)

[@embersflames7272]

My favorite Elliott Smith song...your covers are so accurate but so unique and it's like hearing the song for the first time again..thank you for sharing your voice and music 💚

[@thelook87]

Stoked to see you posting again! I've spent hours playing along with your tutorials :3

[@ethandaum]

Nice, I love hearing that I’ve helped people with some of these songs that we love :) Thanks!

[@regperatrovich9406]

+1

[@kendricprado7535]

please do a tutorial on this!!!

[@jaymandude]

dude your voice is literally amazing

[@James-ke4gq]

his songs are so so beautiful, each one like a new painting. Thank you for playing them

[@ethandaum]

Amen, and my pleasure :)

[@James-ke4gq]

@@ethandaum I keep coming back to this man I put my guitar in this tuning today just to riff around if you wanna check out my girlfriend and I's cover of Rose Parade her name is danielle this is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJXTmXisnr-amJI

[@turcovers]

This cover is absolutely beautiful. Your voice is everything, man.

[@petersherlock7006]

Spectacular. So well done. Love this Elliott song !!!

[@frafrafrafrafra]

One of the few songs by Elliott that I still haven't learnt. I'm learning it right now, and I have to be thankful for your lessons.

[@ktmtxt]

Loved it, you have a very sensitive approach to singing and you're precise with the guitar strumming. Well done buddy 👌

[@wasnatehere]

heck of a voice!

[@j7xilmitico956]

Such a great cover

[@boidinktwistie4389]

love the turnaround at 2:04, always pulls the neck hairs up!

[@lucvaillancourt8580]

That whole album is so beautiful.

[@NoahKarapanagiotidis]

very well played!

[@brendonleary]

Thankyou. Thankyou. Thankyou. I very much like your rendition, and it is easy to learn from in this format... ie, no need to go overboard with slow, in-depth explanations.

[@mattkostiv5042]

Ive been waiting for this one!

[@zHumanfactor]

Spot on.

[@andreacarroll3851]

Amazing cover! You have a great taste in music!

[@Erorrandz]

Beautiful. Thank you

[@antidepressantscale4675]

Absolute respect man, love how you share your knowledge. This is just amazing.

[@kreitz1]

thanks to you i was able to learn this song and post my own cover! i appreciate what you do!!

[@ethandaum]

Nice work! That makes me very happy - you do it beautifully!

[@kreitz1]

Ethan's guitar lessons and music im glad it does! and i appreciate that!

[@louieo.blevinsmusic2011]

Thanks for putting the tuning in description. I assumed that’s what it was but wasn’t 100% sure. Damn, you sure do love some Elliott Smith. I learned open chords/barre first and then really learned the whole guitar from doing Elliott Smith covers. So grateful for his music. Not trying to go down his rabbit hole again but I am listened to his whole discography again. Never understood how some of those New Moon songs never made an album. Going Nowhere/Go By are some of his best IMO.

[@ConstanceKatz-vf3ks]

love this song!! beautiful cover

[@davidperry366]

Great job! I love this song!

[@devinsilbert8972]

Superb cover, a big help while trying to dial this one in, thank you! Keep it up

[@aoldatabase]

this is so great!! i remember seeing all your covers from a while ago and im so happy you are still posting. This has always been in my top 3 favorite songs ever and your voice compliments it really well. Keep doing what you do because you are amazing!!

[@ethandaum]

Thanks so much!

[@amphat1594]

lovely

[@treblekicker]

This is so great. Was my favorite song for years. You nailed it!

[@ethandaum]

Thanks! I love knowing which songs made it to various people's "favorite song" status :)

[@gearsghoul4500]

Wonderful cover!

[@andreatermini9274]

Just wonderful....

[@benjomein]

Wow! Amazing cover of my favorite Elliott song :) thanks man!

[@matthewellis1129]

Dude, you nailed this!

[@LeonardoLima-nk4fv]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[@specializedsxtrails]

Another great one, huge thumbs up! Not trying to rush but No name #3 is a great song to cover, haha!

[@itschnatt]

This, and your other Elliott covers are beautiful. Just a heads up, looks like we're getting a 25th anniversary edition of this album. Take care!

[@ethandaum]

Cool, thanks!

[@mearsey]

Wonderful - thank you for posting!!

[@cabwaylingo_]

you sing soooo sincerely, i love that so much

[@Anuswarhol]

Damn you killed this!!

[@Feelingawesome0]

What an awesome voice!

[@theaquabatsrule777]

Great cover wow

[@juststeve6892]

I am so grateful when i watched your Angeles tutorial video, man i thought i was never gonna figure that one out thanks to you! Please do a tutorial for this one though ): more power to you and bless you.

[@fuser3501]

muy bueno Ethan!

[@randomstuffandye]

This is an amazing cover!!!

[@YokeRoel]

I really love your covers, why did you stop putting those out? I keep coming back to your account and would love more! :)

[@foleydvm]

this is wonderful....

[@izelfernando6944]

That was so perfect!!

[@messeriness03]

Amazing cover!!!!

[@sojungvage9740]

awesome cover! :)

[@GDWhiting]

these chords, what a genius

[@ColombianThunder]

Thw strumming is for sure the most difficult part to get right. Gonna need a lot of practice. Thanks for the video! It's a wonderful cover

[@Ryan-hp8bs]

please do a tutorial for this you play it so well oml

[@yvindh6737]

Thank you for teaching me Angeles when I started playing guitar

[@ethandaum]

I love hearing from people who learned it - glad it helped!

[@samuelalvarez9873]

That was flawless man!

[@Carrandas]

The guitar sounds like on the record, great job!

[@flipper2525]

Always wanted to know how this was played! Thank you!

[@김봄동-c6q]

Brilliant again.

[@emmanuelem630]

Excellent !

[@viciouscircle7802]

Few ppl can sing elliot and it sound good 👍 Guitar also flawless ❤

[@Ducruet]

I love you dude thank you for being so perfect

[@zml6580]

this is badass dude

[@kookythymes2838]

You making videos on another channel? Loved these covers for a while man, where ya been!

[@chaeyo.0]

i loving it

[@brendandelohery1447]

Great job man!

[@philspill6854]

Soo good! Thanks man

[@benjaminsmith9849]

Brilliant man

[@Kaw226]

Always wanted to see how he did chords while singing "sorry" thanks! All the content's been awesome👌🏿

[@ethandaum]

Thanks! Yeah I had always been intrigued by some of the chords in this one. I think the different tuning really introduces something new to the hear. We're so used to hearing the normal chord shapes and those normal intervals between the strings.

[@Kaw226]

@@ethandaum True, maybe playing in different tunings is what i need to be more eager

[@ethandaum]

Give it a shot! It can definitely spark some creativity for me, because it’s a whole new thing. You have to play around because you don’t know what anything will sounds like.

[@Kaw226]

@@ethandaum sounds like a plan, im up early today to dedicate a couple of hours to practice, i cant wait. & you probably already have a set of songs youre gonna do, but do you think maaybe you could do a visual for big decision and everything means nothing to me?? There's an oold cover on here for big decision thats really good but tbh i think i just wanna hear/see you play it!

[@ethandaum]

@@Kaw226 I actually learned Everything Means Nothing to Me on piano a long time ago, and I'm kind of hoping that someday I'll find a good piano set up to do that one. I haven't learned Big Decision yet, but I hope to someday, and I super appreciate that you want to hear me do it :)

[@JulienAgostini-q3z]

good job sir

[@minpil-u7v]

hey, what is that beautiful guitar? I like the depth of it and color it gives:)

[@aguscg7897]

you are a superstar!

[@Em-gj2sg]

Your voice is so beautiful

[@ethandaum]

I really appreciate that - thank you!

[@xXSUPEReduardoXx]

Awesome as usual!! Any chance you'll do a cover/ tutorial of go by?

[@ethandaum]

Someday!

[@StefanMichaels-ut9jg]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@samslater6147]

cant believe someone was down bad enough to dislike this video

[@BlackAlbino2000]

What an excellent cover from a stunningly brilliant Elliott Smith song.. what Tuning did you play it in ?

[@ethandaum]

C G C E A D. There are some more guitar notes in the video description too. Cheers!

[@rickgriego2844]

Sounds great!are you in standard?I tought myself to play it in C standard/open E flat.you can really hear a low c note ringing out on the recording,but your shit sounds dead on.excellent.

[@AlexDucruet]

Dude u rock

[@Megasir]

Ethan is returning for more videos soon

[@bp8764]

really good man. cheers. Drop D tuning?

[@8ulls3y3]

Nice...

[@Broan13]

Hey man! I love the cover. I have tried to play this with the adeline tabs and just was never happy with them. I have the opening down no problem. Easy to figure out the melody. Having a hard time figuring out exactly what you are doing with the chords at 0:53 seconds "though your still her man" section. Could you give a quick note what is pressed and what isn't?

[@ethandaum]

Hey! Let's see if I can give an explanation that makes sense. "Though you're still her man" is 5x553x 7x775x. From that chord I do a hammer on to the 7th fret of the B string and then take it off, leaving my other fingers where they were - that covers "it seems a". For "long time" it's just 00007x. For the word "gone" I tried to hit the 5th fret of the high E string with my pinky, and then slide it down to the 4th fret, landing on the chord 222234 - I wasn't entirely successful on that last part though :) Hope this helps!

[@dedappy328]

This is beautiful! Can you play somebody that i used to know?

[@ethandaum]

Thanks! I haven’t learned that one in detail yet... I can kind of fake it. But I’ll definitely learn that one someday

[@Bolthazard101]

2020's not all bad :)

[@ethandaum]

Very kind :)

[@chet2020]

great.can you do elliott smith-son of sam" lesson?

[@jacksonreagin7533]

tutorial please!!

[@chippchipp1]

Any tips for playing and singing simultaneously? As soon as I start singing, I start playing like garbage.

[@ethandaum]

Hmm, good question! I can definitely relate to that. I guess when I'm really struggling with that I often practice them separately. Then after enough practice I'll be able to play guitar without thinking about it much - after it just sinks into your muscle memory. Then you can focus more on the singing. Or sometimes when playing and singing, I'll focus more on one of them, and be okay with making mistakes on the other - then I'll switch my focus. You might have to taylor those theories to your own music brain though - play around and see what's helpful :)

[@joaquinabdul4908]

[@mattmeade983]

Could you please break down in a lesson??????

[@atendriyadasa6746]

If the protagonist had REALLY been in love (instead of this Western "I love you IF..." Hucksterism) and had jumped in the river, we would've had a "Running Bear!"... but No.

[@saiimonlv5748]

cringe cover

[@shanebagel]

HOOD CLASSIC amazing cover sir