Elliott Smith – Ballad Of Big Nothing (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
      C           Am            C        Am
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B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10\2-2-2----10\2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-----10\2-2-2-2-2-2--0-|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

   Fm                  G
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|----1-3-1-3---5-7-9-10-12-12-|
D|----3-3-3-3------------------|
A|-3---------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
[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 around at home now

 C                          D
Waiting for your brother to call

Dm           G
   I saw him down in 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]
      C           Am            C        Am
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B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10\2-2-2----10\2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-----10\2-2-2-2-2-2--0-|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

   Fm                  G         C
e|-----------------------------|-0---------------|
B|-----------------------------|-1---------------|
G|----1-3-1-3---5-7-9-10-12-12-|-0---------------|
D|----3-3-3-3------------------|-2---------------|
A|-3---------------------------|-3---------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------|