Elliott Smith – Junk Bond Trader (Guitar Tab)

Capo 3

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================================ tabbed by BFG4 This is my arrangement of the piano line for the guitar. The chords are 100% correct (with respect to capo) obtained from an official Elliott Smith guitar sheet. Capo on the 3rd fret Tuning: Standard Intro (playing the F chord use your thumb on the low F)

Am              F                  C          Dsus4 D  F  G
---0--------0-------------------------------------------------|
---1------1-1--3---1-------1----------------1----------1--0---|
-2-2----2----------------2---------0----0-4-0--2-------2--0---|
-2----2----------------3-------3------2--------5-4------------|   x2
-0---------------------------------3-----------5---5----------|
-----------------1---1---1---1-------------------------1--3---|

Riff

 Am     F                 C         Dsus4 D  F  G
----0-------------1-------0----------------------------------|
----1-------1h3---1--3p1--1-------1----------1--0------------|
----2---0h2-------2-------0---0-4-0--2-2-----2--0------------|
-2------3---------3---------2--------5-4---------------------|    X2
-0------------------------3-------3--5-5---5-----------------|
--------1------------------------------------1--3------------|

Verse (strum chords) Am F The imitation picks you up like a habit C Dsus4 D F G Writing in the glow of the TV's static Am F Taking out the trash to the man C Dsus4 D F G Give the people something they understand Am F A stickman flashing a fine-line smile C Dsus4 D F G Junk bond trader trying to sell a sucker a style Am F Rich man in a poor man's clothes C Dsus4 D F G The permanent installment of the daily dose (Riff) Am F And you tell off when you tell it like it is C Dsus4 D F G Your world's no wider than your hatred of his Am F Checking into a small reality C Dsus4 D F G Boring as a drug you take too regularly Am F The athelete's laugh, the broken crutch C Dsus4 D F G The first true love that folded at the slightest touch Am F Brought down like an old hotel C Dsus4 D F G People digging through the rubble for things they can resell A G "Happy Holidays," said sick saviour A C/F G/B G The leaving lover I still favour A I won't take your medicine G I don't need a remedy A C/F G/B G To be everything I'm supposed to be A I don't want nobody else G I can do it by myself A C G/B G We're meant to be together

 A                        G
--------------------------------------------------------|
-2--------------2---------------------------------------|
-2------2---------4--2----------0-----0-----------------|
----2-----2---2-2-0--2-------0----0------3--2-----------|
-0----------4---0----4----2---------2-------------------|
--------------------------3-----------3-----------------|

Am        Am/C      G/D      G         C/F               G/D      G   G#dim
------------------------3--------0---------0-------0------------------------|
-----1--------1--------------------3---------3-------3-------3--------------|
-------2--------2-----0---0----0---------5-------5---------0---0----0---0---|
---2--------2-------0------------------3-------3---------0------------------|
-0--------3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------3------------------------------------3---4-----|

(riff) Am F Now I'm a policeman directing traffic C Dsus4 D F G Keeping everything moving, everything static Am F I'm the hitchhiker you'll recognize passing C Dsus4 D F G On your way to some everlasting Am F C Dsus4 D F G Better sell it while you can Better sell it while you can Better sell it while you can Better sell it while you can

 C/F     G/B
--3--   --3--|
--5--   --3--|
--5--   --0--|
--3--   --0--|
--x--   --2--|
--x--   --x--|