• Song:

    The Biggest Lie

  • Artist:

    Elliott Smith

  • Album:

    1997-04-13: Brownies, N...

The Biggest Lie
Elliott Smith
Tabbed by: gnarlyowen

Chords used:

   G  Em C  D  E
e|-3--0--0--2--0--|
b|-0--0--1--3--0--|
g|-0--0--0--2--1--|
d|-0--2--2--0--2--|
a|-2--2--3--0--2--|
e|-3--0--0--0--0--|

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--------|
                                                                
Verse 1:                                
   G                     Em                 C      D
 |----------------------|-----------------|-0----|-2------------|
 |----------------------|-----------------|-1----|-3------------|
 |----------------0---0-|-----------------|-0----|-2------------|
 |---0---0---0------0---|---2---2---2-----|-2----|-0------------|
 |----------------------|-------------0-2-|-3----|-x------------|
 |-3---3---3---3--------|-0---0---0-------|-x----|-x------------|

      G               Em
  I'm waiting for the train
 C       D             
  The subway that only 
  G         Em
  Goes one way
 C           D            C                E
  The stupid thing that'll come to pull us apart
 C      D             G
  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
 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      D                    C   D        C         D
  Oh I just told the biggest lie
 C  D                     C     E        C        D
  I just told the biggest lie
 C    D               C         D        C        E
          The biggest lie

       C          D          G

SOLO:over verse and bridge chords
                                               
 e|-8--8---6--5------|---|-5-5-5--3--5--6--5-|-----8---|
 b|-10-10--8----8--6-|---|-6-6-6--5--3-------|-6/8---8-|
 g|------------------|---|-------------------|---------|
 d|------------------|---|-------------------|---------|
 a|------------------|---|-------------------|---------|
 e|------------------|---|-------------------|---------|
       
 e|-8--8--8---6--5------|---|-5-5-5--3--5--6--5-|--------------|
 b|-10-10-10--8----8--6-|---|-6-6-6--5--3-------|--6--8--8b--6-|
 g|---------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
 d|---------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
 a|---------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
 e|---------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
 
 e|-7--7--6-----11-|-7--|------------------|
 b|-------------11-|----|----------8---8---|
 g|----------------|----|-7----7h9---7---7-|
 d|----------------|----|------------------|
 a|----------------|----|------------------|
 e|----------------|----|------------------|
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