The Biggest Lie Elliott Smith
submitted by m. burgess
tuning is dropped a whole w/ 4th to standard d
fig.1
d------------------------------------------------------------- a--------------------------0----------------------------------- f-----------------------0--------------------------0---0--------- d------------------------------------------------------------- g-----5-----5-----5-----5--------5-----5-----5-----5----------------- D--3-----3-----3-----3--------3-----3-----3-----3---------------------
fig.2
d------------------------------------------------------------- a--------------------------------------------0---------0-------- f----0-----0----0-----0------1------1-1------2--------2------------ d----0-----0----0-----0------0------0-0------2-------2------------- g------------------5------3------3------------------------------- D-0-----0-----0---------------------------2------2----------------- d------------------------------------------------------------- a-----------------------------------------------0-------------- f----------------------0--0------0------0-------0------------------ d--------------------------------0------0----------0------------- g----5-----5-----5-----5------------------------------0---2--------- D-3-----3-----3-----3---------0------0------0------------------------
fig.3
d------------------------------------------------------------- a-----1-------------3------3--------1------1-------0-------0----- f-----0-------------0------0--------0------0-------0-------0----- d--------------------------------------------------0-------0---- g--3------3--3---5------5-------3-------3----------------------- D-----------------------------------------------0------0--------
fig.4
d------------------------------------------------------------- a-------1--------1--------0------------0-------------------------- f-------0--------0--------2----------2---------------------------- d-------------------------2--------2---------------------------- g---3-------3--------------------------------------------------- D---------------------2--------2--------------------------------
Song format: figures#
1 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 (solo play 1 2 3 4and last 2 bars of 4 again)
then:( second half of 1) 2 3 3 4 3 4 3 4
note: i tried to show timing but i dont think i showed it to good so
just play along with the cd..everything is fairly obvious.
The Biggest LieTune down one step
Chords
G 320003
Em 022000
C x32010
D xx0232
E 022100
Intro:
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |--------------------0-|----------------------|--------------------0-| |----------------0-----|----------------0---0-|----------------0-----| |---0---0---0------0---|---0---0---0------0---|---0---0---0------0---| |----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |-3---3---3---3--------|-3---3---3---3--------|-3---3---3---3--------|
I'm
Verse 1: /-Strum-\
[G] [Em] [C] [D]
|----------------------|-----------------|-0----|-2------------| |----------------------|-----------------|-1----|-3------------| |----------------0---0-|-----------------|-0----|-2------------| |---0---0---0------0---|---2---2---2-----|-2----|-0------------| |----------------------|-------------0-2-|-3----|--------------| |-3---3---3---3--------|-0---0---0-------|------|--------------|
waiting_______ for a train_____________the subway that only
goes____________ one way________________the stupid thing... etc
I'm [G]waiting for the [Em]train
[C] The sub[D]way that only
[G]Goes one w[Em]ay
[C] The stupid [D]thing that'll[C] come to pull us [E]apart
[C] And ma[D]ke everybody l[G]ate
Vs.2
You gave everything you had
Wanted everything to
Stop that bad
Br.2
And now I'm a crushed credit card registered to Smith
Not the name that you call me with
Solo
Vs.3
You turned white like a saint
I'm tired of dancing on a pot of
Gold flake paint
Br.3
[C] Oh we're [D]so very [C]precious you an[E]d I
[C] And every[D]thing that you do[C] makes me want to [E]die
[C] Oh I j[D]ust told the biggest [C]lie[D] [C] [D]
[C] I [D]just told the biggest [C]lie[E] [C] [D]
[C] [D] The biggest [C]lie[D] [C] [E]
[C] [D] [G]
SOLO:over verse and bridge chords
Just move everything in the solo up two frets (or play it like this with
standard tuning)
[G] [Dm] [Bb] [C]
|-8--8---6--5------|---|-5-5-5--3--5--6--5-|----------8---| |-10-10--8----8--6-|---|-6-6-6--5--3-------|------6/8---8-| |------------------|---|-------------------|--------------| |------------------|---|-------------------|--------------| |------------------|---|-------------------|--------------| |------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
[F] [Dm] [Bb] [C]
|-8--8--8---6--5------|---|-5-5-5--3--5--6--5-|------------------| |-10-10-10--8----8--6-|---|-6-6-6--5--3-------|------6--8--8b--6-| |---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------| |---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------| |---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------| |---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
[Bb] [Dm] [Bb] [C]
|-7--7--6-----11-|-7--|------------------| |-------------11-|----|----------8---8---| |----------------|----|-7----7h9---7---7-| |----------------|----|------------------| |----------------|----|------------------| |----------------|----|------------------|
Chords
F:133211
Dm: X00231
Bb: 113331
C: 335553
C*: 332010
Intro:
|----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------| |--------------------2-|----------------------| |----------------3-----|----------------3---3-| |---3---3---3------3---|---3---3---3------3---| |-1---1---1---1--------|-1---1---1---1--------|
This picking pattern is played throughout the whole song, so
I'll just put the chords.
Vs.1
I'm [F]waiting for the [Dm]train
[Bb] The sub[C]way that only
[F]Goes one [Dm]way
Br.1
[Bb] The stupid [C]thing that'll[Bb] come to pull us a[Dm]part
Bb C* F
And make everybody late
Vs.2
You gave everything you had
Wanted everything to
Stop that bad
Br.2
And now I'm a crushed credit card registered to Smith
Not the name that you call me with
Solo
Vs.3
You turned white like a saint
I'm tired of dancing on a pot of
Gold flake paint
Br.3
[Bb] Oh we're [C]so very [Bb]precious you and[Dm] I
[Bb] And every[C]thing that you do[Bb] makes me want to [Dm]die
[Bb] Oh I j[C]ust told the biggest [Dm]lie[F] [Bb] [Dm]
[Bb] I [C]just told the biggest [Dm]lie[F] [Bb] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] The biggest [Dm]lie[F] [Bb] [Dm]
SOLO:ov[Bb]er verse and[C] bridge cho[F]rds
[F] [Dm] [Bb] [C]
|-8--8---6--5------|---|-5-5-5--3--5--6--5-|----------8---| |-10-10--8----8--6-|---|-6-6-6--5--3-------|------6/8---8-| |------------------|---|-------------------|--------------| |------------------|---|-------------------|--------------| |------------------|---|-------------------|--------------| |------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
[F] [Dm] [Bb] [C]
|-8--8--8---6--5------|---|-5-5-5--3--5--6--5-|------------------| |-10-10-10--8----8--6-|---|-6-6-6--5--3-------|------6--8--8b--6-| |---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------| |---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------| |---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------| |---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
[Bb] [Dm] [Bb] [C]
|-7--7--6-----11-|-7--|------------------| |-------------11-|----|----------8---8---| |----------------|----|-7----7h9---7---7-| |----------------|----|------------------| |----------------|----|------------------| |----------------|----|------------------|
That's it. BACK
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