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Elliott Smith

Ballad Of Big Nothing

by Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith

Biography:

Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003) was an American songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity. His primary instrument was the guitar, but he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, bass, drums and harmonica. Smith had a distinctive vocal style characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery" and use of multi-tracking to create vocal harmonies.

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[Intro]

C Am C Am
e|--------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------
D|---102-2-2----102-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-----102-2-2-2-2-2--0-
A|--------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------

Fm G
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--------------5-7-9-10-12-12-|
------3-5-3-5----------------|
---3-------------------------|
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[Verse 1]
G
Throwing candy out to the crowd
C D
Dragging down the main
G
The helpless little thing with the dirty mouth
C F
Who's always got something to say
G
You're sitting at home now
C D
Waiting for your brother to call
Dm G
I saw him down at the alley
Fm G
Having had enough of it all


[Chorus]
C Am Fm Dm Fm G
Said you can do what you want to whenever you want to
C Am Fm Dm 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
D
And down every day
G
A tired man with only hours to go
C F
Just waiting to be taken away
G
Getting into the back of a car
C D
For candy from some stranger
Dm G Fm
watching the parade with pinpoint eyes
G
Full of smoldering anger


[Chorus]

C Am Fm Dm Fm G
You can do what you want to whenever you want to
C Am Fm Dm 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
G E
Do what you want to whenever you want to
Am D
Though it doesn't mean a thing
F Fm
Big nothing


[Ending]
(Repeat the intro and finish with a C chord)




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