Elliott Smith - No Name #1
from Roman Candle, 1994
Of course, Elliott tends to have two guitars going at once: one playing rhythm chords
another playing a simple riff on the B string over it. However, the riff is playable in
chords, so this is both combined. The strumming rhythm is tough to convey, so listen to the song.
CHORDS USED:
C x32010
Am x02210
F xx3211
Dm xx0231
G 355433
G7 353433
VERSE:
The chords go C Am F Dm, and the riff (on the B string) goes like this:
B|-1---1h3-3-1---1---1h3-3-1---1---1h3-3---3---3-0---3-|
C Am F Dm
e|-0---0---0-0---0---0---0-0---1---1---1---1---1-1---1-|
B|-1---1h3-3-1---1---1h3-3-1---1---1h3-3---3---3-0---3-|
G|-0---0---0-0---2---2---2-2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-|
D|-2---2---2-2---2---2---2-2---3---3---3---0---0-0---0-|
A|-3---3---3-3---0---0---0-0---x---x---x---x---x-x---x-|
E|-x---x---x-x---x---x---x-x---x---x---x---x---x-x---x-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/elliott_smith/no_name_1_crd.html ]
Verse Rhythm:
C Am F Dm C
at a party he was waiting looking kind of spooky and withdrawn
C Am F Dm C
like he could be underwater the mighty mother with her hundred arms
C Am F Dm C
swept all aside i hate to walk behind
C Am F Dm
other people's ambition i saw you waiting
Chorus Rhythm:
G G7 G
saint like with your warning
F Am F G
leave alone you don't belong here
he got nervous
started whistling
every thought a ricochet
did you notice?
well i wondered
what's the worst thing i could say?
and i froze up and sighed
you remind me of someones daughter
i forgot her
i forgot her name ashamed
go home and live with your pain
leave alone
leave alone 'cos you know you don't belong
you don't belong here
and when i go
don't you follow
leave alone
leave alone 'cos you know you don't belong
you don't belong here
slip out quiet
nobody's looking
leave alone
you don't belong here
