The Biggest Lie Chords & Tabs
elliot smith
the biggest lie
album: elliot smith
submitted by m. burgess
tuning is dropped a whole w/ 4th to standard d
fig.1
d-------------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------0-----------------------------------
f-----------------------0--------------------------0---0---------
d-------------------------------------------------------------
g-----5-----5-----5-----5--------5-----5-----5-----5-----------------
D--3-----3-----3-----3--------3-----3-----3-----3---------------------
fig.2
d-------------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------0---------0--------
f----0-----0----0-----0------1------1-1------2--------2------------
d----0-----0----0-----0------0------0-0------2-------2-------------
g------------------5------3------3-------------------------------
D-0-----0-----0---------------------------2------2-----------------
d-------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------0--------------
f----------------------0--0------0------0-------0------------------
d--------------------------------0------0----------0-------------
g----5-----5-----5-----5------------------------------0---2---------
D-3-----3-----3-----3---------0------0------0------------------------
fig.3
d-------------------------------------------------------------
a-----1-------------3------3--------1------1-------0-------0-----
f-----0-------------0------0--------0------0-------0-------0-----
d--------------------------------------------------0-------0----
g--3------3--3---5------5-------3-------3-----------------------
D-----------------------------------------------0------0--------
fig.4
d-------------------------------------------------------------
a-------1--------1--------0------------0--------------------------
f-------0--------0--------2----------2----------------------------
d-------------------------2--------2----------------------------
g---3-------3---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------2--------2--------------------------------
Song format: figures#
1 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 (solo play 1 2 3 4and last 2 bars of 4 again)
then:( second half of 1) 2 3 3 4 3 4 3 4
note: i tried to show timing but i dont think i showed it to good so
just play along with the cd..everything is fairly obvious.
The Biggest LieTune down one step
Chords
G 320003
Em 022000
C x32010
D xx0232
E 022100
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--------|
I'm
Verse 1: /-Strum-\
G Em C D
|----------------------|-----------------|-0----|-2------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|-1----|-3------------|
|----------------0---0-|-----------------|-0----|-2------------|
|---0---0---0------0---|---2---2---2-----|-2----|-0------------|
|----------------------|-------------0-2-|-3----|--------------|
|-3---3---3---3--------|-0---0---0-------|------|--------------|
waiting_______ for a train_____________the subway that only
goes____________ one way________________the stupid thing... etc
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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/elliott_smith/the_biggest_lie_tab.html ]
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
Just move everything in the solo up two frets (or play it like this with
standard tuning)
G Dm Bb C
|-8--8---6--5------|---|-5-5-5--3--5--6--5-|----------8---|
|-10-10--8----8--6-|---|-6-6-6--5--3-------|------6/8---8-|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
F Dm Bb C
|-8--8--8---6--5------|---|-5-5-5--3--5--6--5-|------------------|
|-10-10-10--8----8--6-|---|-6-6-6--5--3-------|------6--8--8b--6-|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
Bb Dm Bb C
|-7--7--6-----11-|-7--|------------------|
|-------------11-|----|----------8---8---|
|----------------|----|-7----7h9---7---7-|
|----------------|----|------------------|
|----------------|----|------------------|
|----------------|----|------------------|
The Biggest Lie
Chords
F:133211
Dm: X00231
Bb: 113331
C: 335553
C*: 332010
Intro:
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------2-|----------------------|
|----------------3-----|----------------3---3-|
|---3---3---3------3---|---3---3---3------3---|
|-1---1---1---1--------|-1---1---1---1--------|
This picking pattern is played throughout the whole song, so
I'll just put the chords.
Vs.1
F Dm
I'm waiting for the train
Bb C
The subway that only
F Dm
Goes one way
Br.1
Bb C Bb Dm
The stupid thing that'll come to pull us apart
Bb C* F
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
Bb C Bb Dm
Oh we're so very precious you and I
Bb C Bb Dm
And everything that you do makes me want to die
Bb C Dm F Bb Dm
Oh I just told the biggest lie
Bb C Dm F Bb Dm
I just told the biggest lie
Bb C Dm F Bb Dm
The biggest lie
Bb C F
SOLO:over verse and bridge chords
F Dm Bb C
|-8--8---6--5------|---|-5-5-5--3--5--6--5-|----------8---|
|-10-10--8----8--6-|---|-6-6-6--5--3-------|------6/8---8-|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
F Dm Bb C
|-8--8--8---6--5------|---|-5-5-5--3--5--6--5-|------------------|
|-10-10-10--8----8--6-|---|-6-6-6--5--3-------|------6--8--8b--6-|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
Bb Dm Bb C
|-7--7--6-----11-|-7--|------------------|
|-------------11-|----|----------8---8---|
|----------------|----|-7----7h9---7---7-|
|----------------|----|------------------|
|----------------|----|------------------|
|----------------|----|------------------|
That's it. BACK
