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Ballad Of Big Nothing

Elliot Smith

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Ballad of Big Nothing - Elliot Smith


Tab by Charlotte Thistle - A Girl With A Guitar
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Tuning: Open C: CGCEGC
This tuning may not work well on many people�s steel string guitars so I wrote it 
in Open D instead. However if you want to play in Open C the tab is exactly the 
same. 

Instead of retyping each chord each time it is strummed, I just entered �D�s 
and �U�s below the tab line to indicate the strums, down or up. So the number of 
D�s and U�s is the number of strums on that chord (Listen to the recording for 
exact rhythm).

Intro:					    
	  D       bmi7/D  D     bmi/D     gmi Gsus gmi Gsus   emi13/D    f#m,add4 Dadd4 A7
D {|----0------0-----0-----0----------------------0-----2----4----5----7--|
A {|----0------0-----0-----0----------------------0-----0----0----0----0--|
F#{|----0------0-----0-----0--------4--6--4--6----1-----1----0----0----7--|
D {|-12/4---12/4-----4--12/4--------5--5--5--5----2-----2----0----0----5--|
A {|----0------2-----0-----0--------X--X--X--X----2-----2----0----0----0--|
D {|----0------0-----0-----0-----5----------------0-----0----4----5----7--|
	   DD      DUDDUD  DD	   DUDDUD      D   D	D   D	  D	  D
      D     D    DDDUDDUDD

(no vocals .........................................................)  Throwing

candy out to the crowd



	D    Dsus D   E    Dsus4ma7  D6sus4 Dsus4
D {|--7---7---7---2-----0-------0-----0------|
A {|--9---10--9---2-----0-------0-----0------|
F#{|--8---8---8---2-----7-------5-----3------|
D {|--0---0---0---2-----5-------5-----5------|
A {|--0---0---0---2-----0-------0-----0------|
D {|--0---0---0---2-----0-------0-----0------|
	DDU  D    U	DUDDUD	DDUUDU    U      D

Dragging down the main   The helpless little thing with the dirty mouth 



	D    Dsus D   	G    Dsus4ma7  D6sus4 Dsus4
D {|--7---7---7---5-----0-------0-----0------|
A {|--9---10--9---5-----0-------0-----0------|
F#{|--8---8---8---5-----7-------5-----3------|
D {|--0---0---0---5-----5-------5-----5------|
A {|--0---0---0---5-----0-------0-----0------|
D {|--0---0---0---5-----0-------0-----0------|
	DDU  D    U	DUDDUD	DDUUDU    U      D

who's always got something to say you're sitting around at home
	D    Dsus D   E   	emi13/D     A      Asus    A5 
D {|--7---7---7---2-------0-------7-----7-----7-----|
A {|--9---10--9---2-------0-------7-----7-----7-----|
F#{|--8---8---8---2-------1-------7-----8-----10----|
D {|--0---0---0---2-------2-------7-----7-----7-----|
A {|--0---0---0---2-------2-------7-----7-----7-----|
D {|--0---0---0---2-------0-------7-----7-----7-----|
	DDU  D    U	DUDDUD	  DDDUD	     DUD    D	     UD		

waiting for your brother to call      I saw him down at the alley

	gmi/D,add2  Dsus4  Gadd2/D   D5ma7
D {|---0--------0------0------0---|
A {|---0--------0------0------0---|
F#{|---4--------3------5------7---|
D {|---5--------5------5------7---|
A {|---5--------0------0------0---|
D {|---0--------0------0------0---|
	  DDDUD	     DUD      D       UD

Having had enough of it all  Said you can 



D {|--|--0------0---0----0----0------0-----0----0---0---|--|
A {| .|--7/9----7---5----4----4------0-----0----0---4---|. |
F#{|--|--0------0---0----0----3------4-----1----4---3---|--|
D {| .|--0------0---0----4----4------5-----2----5---5---|. |
A {|--|--0------0---0----2----2------5-----2----5---0---|--|
D {|--|--7/9----7---5----0----0------0-----0----0---X---|--|
	    D  DUU   U	  U     DU    DUDU	DD	DUD	DD   DD
do what you want to whenever you want to
You can do what you want to there's no one to stop you


D {|---0----|
A {|---0----|
F#{|---7----|
D {|---5----|
A {|---0----|
D {|---0----|
DD DUD DUD DD

All spit and spite you're up all ...


	D    Dsus D   E    Dsus4ma7  D6sus4 Dsus4
D {|--7---7---7---2-----0-------0-----0------|
A {|--9---10--9---2-----0-------0-----0------|
F#{|--8---8---8---2-----7-------5-----3------|
D {|--0---0---0---2-----5-------5-----5------|
A {|--0---0---0---2-----0-------0-----0------|
D {|--0---0---0---2-----0-------0-----0------|
	DDU  D    U	DUDDUD	DDUUDU    U      D

night and down every day A tired man with only hours to go 
 


	D    Dsus D   	G    Dsus4ma7  D6sus4 Dsus4
D {|--7---7---7---5-----0-------0-----0------|
A {|--9---10--9---5-----0-------0-----0------|
F#{|--8---8---8---5-----7-------5-----3------|
D {|--0---0---0---5-----5-------5-----5------|
A {|--0---0---0---5-----0-------0-----0------|
D {|--0---0---0---5-----0-------0-----0------|
	DDU  D    U	DUDDUD	DDUUDU    U      D

just waiting to be taken away... getting in to the back of a car 



	D    Dsus D   E   	emi13/D     A      Asus    A5 
D {|--7---7---7---2-------0-------7-----7-----7-----|
A {|--9---10--9---2-------0-------7-----7-----7-----|
F#{|--8---8---8---2-------1-------7-----8-----10----|
D {|--0---0---0---2-------2-------7-----7-----7-----|
A {|--0---0---0---2-------2-------7-----7-----7-----|
D {|--0---0---0---2-------0-------7-----7-----7-----|
	DDU  D    U	DUDDUD	  DDDUD	     DUD    D	     UD		

for candy from some stranger Watching the parade with pinpoint 



	gmi/D,add2  Dsus4  Gadd2/D   D5ma7
D {|---0--------0------0------0---|
A {|---0--------0------0------0---|
F#{|---4--------3------5------7---|
D {|---5--------5------5------7---|
A {|---5--------0------0------0---|
D {|---0--------0------0------0---|
	  DDDUD	     DUD      D       UD

eyes full of smoldering anger You can 

D {|--|--0------0---0----0----0------0-----0----0---0---|--|
A {| .|--7/9----7---5----4----4------0-----0----0---4---|. |
F#{|--|--0------0---0----0----3------4-----1----4---3---|--|
D {| .|--0------0---0----4----4------5-----2----5---5---|. |
A {|--|--0------0---0----2----2------5-----2----5---0---|--|
D {|--|--7/9----7---5----0----0------0-----0----0---X---|--|
	    D  DUU   U	  U     DU    DUDU	DD	DUD	DD   DD

do what you want to whenever you want to
You can do what you want to there's no one to stop you

D {|--|--0------0---0----0----0---------|--|
A {| .|--7/9----7---5----4----4---------|. |
F#{|--|--0------0---0----0----3---------|--|
D {| .|--0------0---0----4----4---------|. |
A {|--|--0------0---0----2----2---------|--|
D {|--|--7/9----7---5----0----0---------|--|
	    D  DUU   U	  U     DU    DUDU

Now you can do what you want to whenever you want to
Do what you want to whenever you want to


					    
     e5/b         c#5/g#		  f#5/c#		      e	  	 gmi/D add2
D {|-------------------------------------------------2-------0-----|
A {|-------------------------------------------------2-------0-----|
F#{|-------------------------------------------------2-------0-----|
D {|-------------------------------------------------2-------4-----|
A {|--7---------4----------------9-------------------2-------5-----|
D {|--7---------4----------------9-------------------2-------5-----|
            DDUUD	     DDUUD	    	   DDUUD
     	 	      DDUUD	 DUDUUDUUDUUD

Do what you want to  whenever you want to  though it doesn't mean a  thing     Big nothing
			 
					
						   


Outro:					    
	  D       bmi7/D  D     bmi/D     gmi Gsus gmi Gsus   emi13/D    f#m,add4 Dadd4 A7
D {|----0------0-----0-----0----------------------0-----2----4----5----7--|
A {|----0------0-----0-----0----------------------0-----0----0----0----0--|
F#{|----0------0-----0-----0--------4--6--4--6----1-----1----0----0----7--|
D {|----4---12/4-----4--12/4--------5--5--5--5----2-----2----0----0----5--|
A {|----0------2-----0-----0--------X--X--X--X----2-----2----0----0----0--|
D {|----0------0-----0-----0-----5----------------0-----0----4----5----7--|
	   DD      DUDDUD  DD	   DUDDUD      D   D	D   D	  D	  D
      D     D    DDDUDDUDD

	 D
D {|---0----||
A {|---0----||
F#{|---0----||
D {|---0----||
A {|---0----||
D {|---0----||
	 D

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Ballad Of Big Nothing

Elliot Smith