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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Title: "Can't Make A Sound" By: Elliott Smith Album: Figure 8 -------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Steve Riccio e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------- *Standard Tuning
*Chords Used:
C X32010 Cdim9 XX2023 C/G X3X013 D XX0232 E 022100 Em 022000 A X02220 Am7/G X02013 Am7 X02010 A7 X02020 B 224442 B7 021202 G 320003
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[Verse] C/G Cdim9 I have become a silent movie Am7/GD the hero killed the clown
[Chorus] Em can't make a sound B7 can't make a sound C can't make a sound
[Verse] C/G Cdim9 Nobody knows what he's doing Am7/GD still hanging around
[Chorus] Em can't make a sound B7 can't make a sound C can't make a sound Cdim9 can't make a sound DA7C the slow motion moves me GB7 the monologue means nothing to me
(Break) C/G Cdim9 Am7DAm7B
[Verse] C/G Cdim9 bored in a role, but he can't stop Am7D standing up to sit back down A7B and lose the one thing found C/G Cdim9 spinning the world like a toy top Am7D tll there's a ghost in every town
[Chorus] Em can't make a sound B7 can't make a sound C can't make a sound Cdim9 can't make a sound DA7C eyes locked and shining GB7 can't you tell me what's happening?
(Break) CGAEAm7/GB
CGAEAm7/GB Why should you want any other, when you're a world within a world?