Elliott Smith - Ballad of Big Nothing guitar tab
Ballad of Big Nothing
Chords used:
C: x32010
Am: x02210
Fm: 133111
G: 320033
Dm: x00231
F: x33211
Intro:
C Am C Am
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Fm G
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Verse:
G
Throwing candy out to the crowd
C Dm
Dragging down the main
G
The helpless little thing with the dirty mouth
C Dm
Who's always got something to say
G
You're sitting around at home now
C Dm
Waiting for your brother to call
F G
I saw him down in the alley
Fm G
Having had enough of it all
Chorus:
C Am Fm G
Said you can do what you want to whenever you want to
C Am Fm G
You can do what you want to there's no one to stop you
Verse 2:
G C
All spit and spite, you're up all night
Dm
And down every day
G
A tired man with only hours to go
C Dm
Just waiting to be taken away
G
Getting into the back of a car for
C Dm
Candy from some stranger
F G Fm
Watching the parade with pinpoint eyes
G
Full of smoldering anger
Chorus:
C Am Fm G
You can do what you want to whenever you want to
C Am Fm G
You can do what you want to, there's no one to stop you
C Am
Now you can do what you want to whenever you want to
C Am
Do what you want to whenever you want to
F G
Do what you want to whenever you want to
C Dm
Though it doesn't mean a thing
F
Big Nothing
_Repeat Intro for ending and end with a C chord
