Ballad Of Big Nothing Elliott Smith

Ballad Of Big Nothing

Elliott Smith

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1010
0:00 2:39
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: C
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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[Intro]
C Am C Am Fm Dm7

[Verse 1]
G7
  Throwing candy out to the crowd
    C             D
Dragging down the main
    G7
The helpless little thing with the dirty mouth
        C                     F
Who's always got something to say
G7                                      C
  You're sitting around at home now waiting for your
           D
brother to call
Dm7          G7
   I saw him down in the alley,
Fm            G7
  having had enough of it all

[Chorus]
Said,
         C                       Am
"You can do what you want to whenever you want to
Fm Dm7b5 Fm G7        C
              You can do what you want to,
        Am
there's no one to stop you"
Fm Dm7 Fm G7

[Verse 2]
G7
  All spit and spite,
                   C               D
you're up all night and down every day
G7                                           C
  A tired man with only hours to go just waiting to be
       F
taken away
G7                                      C
  Getting into the back of a car for candy from some
D
stranger
Dm7               G7                 Fm
   Watching the parade with pinpoint eyes full of
G7
smoldering anger

[Chorus]
         C                       Am
"You can do what you want to whenever you want to
Fm Dm7b5 Fm G7        C
              You can do what you want to,
        Am
there's no one to stop you"

[Bridge]
Fm Dm7 Fm G7
            Now,
        C                       Am
you can do what you want to whenever you want to
C                       Am
Do what you want to whenever you want to
G7                      E
Do what you want to whenever you want to
      Am                       D
Though  it doesn't mean a thing
F           Fm
 Big nothing

[Outro]
C Am C Am Fm Dm7 G7
C

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