Elliott Smith – Bottle Up And Explode (Guitar Live)

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This chart is from Live at La Luna Elliott played these early Bm versions in Drop D, judging from live snippets you can see and occasionally hearing the low D. These chords can all work in standard, however. But I had to tab the intro in Drop D to get it right, and also, after the chart I list Drop D chord forms I think are very close to what he used.
[Intro]
   A                 A#dim           Bm           (sl)
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------3---3-2---2/3-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------4---4-2---3/4-|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--2-2---2-----4-4/5-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|

   D     G#mMa7  G                D            E
E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------0--|
G|-----2-----4--------4------4----2---------2--------1--|
D|---4-------5--------5------5----0------------------2--|
A|-5------------------------------x---------------------|
D|-------6-6---6-5---------5------4-4-4-4-4-4-0-2-2-etc-|
[Verse 1]
Bm              G              D
Bottle up and explode over and over

           F#                G
'Cause you react slower than slow

        E    G                   D
Put it away    check out for the day

Bm              G              D
You're in for a round of overexposure

F#                     G                   E
Things mother nature decides to let you control
[Chorus]
A             A#dim          Bm     D
Bottle up and explode seeing stars

   G#       G
Surrounding you

    D/F#      E     F#
Red white and blue
[Verse 2]
Bm              G                      D
You look at him like you don't want to know him

      F#                        G
But I know in the past that you have

                  E
The last time you cried

G                     D
Who'd you think was inside?

Bm            G                      D
Thinking that you were about to come over

        F#                       G
But I'm tired now of waiting for you

          E
You never show
[Chorus]
A             A#dim                 Bm     D
Bottle up and go if you're going to hide

     G#    G
It's up to you

        D/F#   E        F#
But I'm coming through
[Solo] | Bm | G | D | F# | G | E | | Bm | G | D | F# | G | E | [Chorus]
A             A#dim            Bm    D
Bottle up and go I can make it out-side

G#       G          D/F#     E    F#
I'll get through, crying for you

G     D/F#    E    F#
   crying for you

G     D/F#    E
   crying for you
--------------------------------------- Drop D A x0222x A#dim x12020
Bm     x24432
G#mMa7 6x43xx
G 5x54xx D 00023x D/F# 4x02xx E 2x2100 F# 4x43xx