Elliott Smith – The Biggest Lie (Guitar)

Tuning: D G C F A D (Step Down)
Refer to sections Intro & Verse 1 to figure out picking pattern.

D|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------0-|----------------------|--------------------0-|
F|----------------0-----|----------------0---0-|----------------0-----|
C|---0---0---0------0---|---0---0---0------0---|---0---0---0------0---|
G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|-3---3---3---3--------|-3---3---3---3--------|-3---3---3---3--------|
                                                                I'm

[Verse 1]                                   /-Strum-\
   G                     Em                 C      D
D|----------------------|-----------------|-0----|-2------------|
A|----------------------|-----------------|-1----|-3------------|
F|----------------0---0-|-----------------|-0----|-2------------|
C|---0---0---0------0---|---2---2---2-----|-2----|-0------------|
G|----------------------|-------------0-2-|-3----|--------------|
D|-3---3---3---3--------|-0---0---0-------|------|--------------|
   waiting_______ for a   train_____________the subway that only
   goes____________ one  way________________the stupid thing... etc

    G               Em
I'm waiting for the train

C/G      D/F#
The subway that only

G         Em
Goes one way

C           D            C                E
 The stupid thing that'll come to pull us apart

C/G     D/F#          G
 And make everybody late

G                        Em
You spent everything you had

C/G     D/F#
 Wanted everything to

G         Em
Stop that bad

C             D                C                 E
And now I'm a crushed credit card registered to Smith

C/G      D/F#                  G
Not the name that you call me with

G  Em  C  D  C  E  C/G  D/F#

[Verse 3]

            G           Em
You turned white like a saint

     C/G             D/F#
I'm tired of dancing on a pot of

 G          Em
Gold flake paint

C         D       C                E
 Oh we're so very precious you and I

C         D                C                 E
 And everything that you do makes me want to die

C/G    D/F#                 C    D        C         E
 Oh I just told the biggest lie

C/G    D/F#                C     D        C        E
 I just told the biggest lie

C/G    D/F#               C         D        C        E
         The biggest lie