Elliott Smith – The Biggest Lie (Guitar Tab)

D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Yoshima Email: [email protected] Tuning: DGCFAD - This is a whole step down on each string. This is the way Elliott plays, however it can be played in standard as long as you can sing that high. I personally play it in standard with a capo on the 6th or 7th so I can sing it lower. I've tabbbed as much detail as necessary, the vital structure is here but I've obviously left out any slight variations and unimportant fill-in notes as it would just get messy. It's easy to add the extra fill-in notes once you've got the main rhythm and structure down. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chords The names of these chords are those of the shapes when formed in standard tuning.

    G      Em     C     D/F#    D      E      Esus4  C/G
d|---------0------0----------------------------------0--|
A|--0------0------1------3------3------0------0------1--|
F|--0------0------0------2------2------1------2------0--|
C|--0------2------2------0------0------2------2------2--|
G|--2------2------3------0-------------2------2------3--|
D|--3------0-------------2-------------0------0------3--|

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[Intro]
d|-------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------0----------------------|
F|----------------0-------------------0---0--|
C|----0---0---0-----0-----0---0---0-----0----|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|--3---3---3---3-------3---3---3---3--------|

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[Verse]
d|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------0---------------0---0--|
C|----0---0---0---0-------0---0---0-----0----|
G|------------------0------------------------|
D|--3---3---3---3-------3---3---3---3--------|
                   I'm  wait         ing for a

d|---------------------------0-0--0-0-0-----------------|
A|--------------0------------1-1--1-1-1----3-3--3-3-3---|
F|--------------0------------0-0--0-0-0----2-2--2-2-2---|
C|----2---2---2----2---2-----2-2--2-2-2----0-0--0-0-0---|
G|-------------------2----3--------------0-0-0--0-0-0---|
D|--0---0---0----------------------------2--------------|
    train                         Sub    way  that  only

d|------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------0---------------------0-----------------|
F|--------------0---------------------0-----------------|
C|----0---0---0-----0---0---2---2---2----2---0----------|
G|-------------------------------------0---2---3--------|
D|--3---3---3----3----2---0---0---0---------------------|
    goes             one  way

The chords below are a mixture of strumming and fingerpicking, The rhythm is more important than which strings are strummed/picked.

d|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|--1-1--1-1-1----3-3--3-3-3----1-1--1-1-1----0-0--0-0-0---|
F|--0-0--0-0-0----2-2--2-2-2----0-0--0-0-0----1-1--1-2-1---|
C|--2-2--2-2-2----0-0--0-0-0----2-2--2-2-2----2-2--2-2-2---|
G|--3-3--3-3-3----------------3-3-3--3-3-3----2-2--2-2-2---|
D|------------------------------------------0--------------|
         Stupid  thing that'll come pull us apart

d|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|----1-1--1-1-1----3-3--3-3-0-----------------------------|
F|----0-0--0-0-0----2-2--2-2-2-----------------------------|
C|----2-2--2-2-2----0-0--0-0-0---back to start of verse----|
G|--3-3-3--3-3-3----0-0--0-0-0-----------------------------|
D|----------------2-2-2--2-2-2-----------------------------|
         make      everybody late

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The above guitar section is used for the first two verses... Here are the chords if you just want to strum... G Em C I'm waiting for the train D/F# G Em C the subway that only goes one way D C E Esus4 E the stupid thing that will come to pull us apart C D/F# G and make everybody late G Em C you spent everything you had D/F# G Em C wanted everything to stop that bad D C E Esus4 E and now I'm a crushed credit card registered to Smith C D/F# G not the name that you call me with ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Interlude]
Second guitar enters whilst the first guitar plays the verse part in the background.
d|--10---8--7--5--3----7-7--5--7---8--7---|
A|--12--10--8--7--5----8-8--7--8--10--8---|
F|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|

d|------10------10--------10---8--7--5--3----7-7--5--7---8--7---|
A|--8/10--10----10-10-----12--10--8--7--5----8-8--7--8--10--8---|
F|--9/11-----11----11-------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------10--------8-7-8-7--12~--12~-12/8----------5-5-5--------|
A|--8--8/10-10-10b-8--8-8-8-8--12~--12~-12/8---5---5/7-7-7---------|
F|--9--9/11--------9-----------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The guitar part for the next verse starts off the same as the first two, again the chords are strummed and fingerpicked. G Em C you turned white like a saint D/F# G Em C I'm tired of dancing on a pot of gold flaked paint D C E Esus4 E oh we're so very precious, you and I The song then differs from the previous verses... C D C E Esus4 E and everything that you do makes me want to die C/G D/F# C D C E Esus4 E oh I just told the biggest lie C/G D/F# C D C E Esus4 E I just told the biggest lie C/G D/F# C D C E Esus4 E the biggest lie C/G D/F# G That's about it, just add some fill-in notes and hammer-ons and it will sound near perfect.