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Where I Get It From

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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[Riff 1]
e|------------1-----|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------0-----------|
A|-2/3--------2-----|
E|---------2--3-----|
| My daddy was shy |
| My uncle worked in |
| My mama was ten feet |
|Great Grandad went mad |
| Dad's little hands|
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This is how to time the first
lines with the riff.
[Riff 2]
e|----------------|
B|-------------2--|
G|-------------2--|
D|-2-----------2--|
A|-2--------------|
E|-0--0--2--3-----|

[Verse]
(Riff 1)x2
G C G
My daddy was shy, he lived in Cheyenne
G D
He turned as red as I've ever seen a man
G C
And his skin was thick, and he was hard as a brick
D Em
And just couldn't talk to no one
D C G
And that must be where I get it from

G C G
My uncle worked in a plutonium mine
G D
His job was to set up the dynamite
G C
And he got too close to a charge underground
D Em
And all of his feelings went numb
D C G
And that must be where I get it from

[Chorus]
D C G
Ki-yay, yippee yi-yo
Em (Riff 2) A C
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
D C G Em A A
Ki-yay, yippee yi-yo

[Verse]
(Riff 1)
G C G
My mama was ten feet tall
G D
She wasn't afraid of nothing at all
G C
And she said her prayers to be proper and all
D Em
She swore on a grave and a gun
D C G
And that must be where I get it from

G C G
Great-grandad went mad, he was totally tweaked
G D
He wore the same suit every day of the week
G C
And I asked how it feels to be such a freak
D Em
And he said, "You tell me, son"
D C G
And that must be where I get it from

[Chorus]
D C G
Ki-yay, yippee yi-yo
Em (Riff 2) A C
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
D C G Em A A
Ki-yay, yippee yi-yo

[Verse]
(Riff 1)
G C G
Dad's little hands sat in his lap
G D
Like a couple of crabs who got caught in a trap
G C
And he shook my hand from so far away that
D Em
He looked like a spot on the sun
D C G
And I guess that's where I get it from
D C Em
And I guess that's where I get it from
D C G
And I guess that's where I get it from