The Biggest Lie - Elliott Smith
I've tabbbed as much detail as neccesary, 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. Its easy to add the extra fill-in notes once
you've got the main rhythm and structure down.
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>Chords<
....G......Em.....C.....D/F#....E...
| d | 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 1 3 0 |
| F | 0 0 0 2 1 |
| C | 0 2 2 0 2 |
| G | 2 2 3 0 2 |
| D | 3 0 2 0 |
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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 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 2 2 2 2 2 2 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....
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>>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/F#...........C................E....C
the stupid thing that will come to pull us apart
.....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/F#...........C..................E....C
and now i'm a crushed credit card registered to smith
....D/F#......................G...
not the name that you call me with
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>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 | |
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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/F#....C.................E....C
oh we're so very precious, you and i
>>>The song then differs from the previous verses....
(C)......D/F#...........C...................G......C
and everything that you do makes me want to die
.....D/F#..................G..D/F#.....C....E....C
oh i just told the biggest lie
.......D/F#.............G..D/F#.....C....E....C
i just told the biggest lie
D/F#........G..D/F#......C....E....C....D/F#....G
...........the biggest lie
......thats about it, just add some fill-in notes and hammer-ons and it will sound near perfect.