Elliott Smith - Junk Bond Trader
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Capo on the 3rd fret

Tuning: Standard

Intro     (playing the F chord use your thumb on the low F)

Am (x02210@1)            F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)        Dsus4D  F (133211@1)G---0--------0-------------------------------------------------| (320003@1)---1------1-1--3---1-------1----------------1----------1--0---|
-2-2----2----------------2---------0----0-4-0--2-------2--0---|
-2----2----------------3-------3------2--------5-4------------|   x2
-0---------------------------------3-----------5---5----------|
-----------------1---1---1---1-------------------------1--3---|

Riff

Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)       Dsus4D  F (133211@1)G----0-------------1-------0----------------------------------| (320003@1)----1-------1h3---1--3p1--1-------1----------1--0------------|
----2---0h2-------2-------0---0-4-0--2-2-----2--0------------|
-2------3---------3---------2--------5-4---------------------|    X2
-0------------------------3-------3--5-5---5-----------------|
--------1------------------------------------1--3------------|

Am (x02210@1)                              FThe (133211@1)imitation picks you up like a habit
C (x32010@1)                        Dsus4D  FG
Writing in the glow of the TV's static
Am (x02210@1)                        FTaking (133211@1)out the trash to the man
C (x32010@1)                            Dsus4D FG
Give the people something they understand

Am (x02210@1)                  FA (133211@1)stickman flashing a fine-line smile
C (x32010@1)              Dsus4D          F (133211@1)    GJunk (320003@1)bond trader trying to sell a sucker a style
Am (x02210@1)          FRich (133211@1)man in a poor man's clothes
C (x32010@1)            Dsus4D           F (133211@1)   GThe (320003@1)permanent installment of the daily dose

(Riff)

Am (x02210@1)              FAnd (133211@1)you tell off when you tell it like it is
     C (x32010@1)              Dsus4D    F (133211@1)   GYour (320003@1)world's no wider than your hatred of his
Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1) Checking into a small reality
C (x32010@1)                  Dsus4D   FG
Boring as a drug you take too regularly

Am (x02210@1)              FThe (133211@1)athelete's laugh, the broken crutch
     C (x32010@1)                 Dsus4D        F (133211@1)  GThe (320003@1)first true love that folded at the slightest touch
Am (x02210@1)                  FBrought (133211@1)down like an old hotel
        C (x32010@1)                           Dsus4D     F (133211@1)  GPeople (320003@1)digging through the rubble for things they can resell

A (x02220@1)              G"Happy (320003@1)Holidays," said sick saviour
A (x02220@1)                 C/F (x4111x@5) G/B (143121@7)GThe (320003@1)leaving lover I still favour
AI (x02220@1)won't take your medicine
GI (320003@1)don't need a remedy
A (x02220@1)                  C/F (x4111x@5)    G/B (143121@7)GTo (320003@1)be everything I'm supposed to be
AI (x02220@1)don't want nobody else
GI (320003@1)can do it by myself
A (x02220@1)               C (x32010@1)   G/B (143121@7)GWe're (320003@1)meant to be together

A (x02220@1)                      G--------------------------------------------------------| (320003@1)-2--------------2---------------------------------------|
-2------2---------4--2----------0-----0-----------------|
----2-----2---2-2-0--2-------0----0------3--2-----------|
-0----------4---0----4----2---------2-------------------|
--------------------------3-----------3-----------------|

Am (x02210@1)      Am/C (032210@1)    G/D (4x3121@7)    G (320003@1)       C/F (x4111x@5)             G/D (4x3121@7)    G (320003@1) G#dim------------------------3--------0---------0-------0------------------------| (1201xx@1)-----1--------1--------------------3---------3-------3-------3--------------|
-------2--------2-----0---0----0---------5-------5---------0---0----0---0---|
---2--------2-------0------------------3-------3---------0------------------|
-0--------3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------3------------------------------------3---4-----|

(riff)

Am (x02210@1)            FNow (133211@1)I'm a policeman directing traffic
        C (x32010@1)                Dsus4D     FG
Keeping everything moving, everything static
Am (x02210@1)                      FI'm (133211@1)the hitchhiker you'll recognize passing
C (x32010@1)                 Dsus4D  FG
On your way to some everlasting

Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)   Dsus4D    FG
Better sell it while you can
Better sell it while you can
Better sell it while you can
Better sell it while you can



C/F (x4111x@5)   G/B--3-- (143121@7)  --3--|
--5--   --3--|
--5--   --0--|
--3--   --0--|
--x--   --2--|
--x--   --x--|