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                        The Biggest Lie - Elliott Smith
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Tabbed by: Yoshima
Email: derby@fsmail.net

Tuning: DGCFAD - This is a whole step down on each string. This is the way 
                 Elliott plays, however it can be played in standard as long
                 as you can sing that high. I personally play it in standard
                 with a capo on the 6th or 7th so i can sing it lower.
 
I've tabbbed as much detail as neccesary, the vital structure is here but 
i've obviously left out any slight variations and unimportant fill-in notes 
as it would just get messy. Its easy to add the extra fill-in notes once 
you've got the main rhythm and structure down.
 
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>Chords<

The names of these chords are those of the shapes when formed on standard tuning.

....G......Em.....C.....D/F#....E...    
d|---------0------0----------------|
A|--0------0------1------3------0--|
F|--0------0------0------2------1--|
C|--0------2------2------0------2--|
G|--2------2------3------0------2--|
D|--3------0-------------2------0--|

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>Intro<

d|-------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------0----------------------|
F|----------------0-------------------0---0--|
C|----0---0---0-----0-----0---0---0-----0----|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|--3---3---3---3-------3---3---3---3--------|

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>Verse<


d|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------0---------------0---0--|
C|----0---0---0---0-------0---0---0-----0----|
G|------------------0------------------------|
D|--3---3---3---3-------3---3---3---3--------|
 ..................i'm..wait.........ing.for.a 


d|---------------------------0-0--0-0-0-----------------|
A|--------------0------------1-1--1-1-1----3-3--3-3-3---|
F|--------------0------------0-0--0-0-0----2-2--2-2-2---|
C|----2---2---2----2---2-----2-2--2-2-2----0-0--0-0-0---|
G|-------------------2----3--------------0-0-0--0-0-0---|
D|--0---0---0----------------------------2--------------|
 ...train.........................Sub....way..that..only


d|------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------0---------------------0-----------------|
F|--------------0---------------------0-----------------|
C|----0---0---0-----0---0---2---2---2----2---0----------|
G|-------------------------------------0---2---3--------|
D|--3---3---3----3----2---0---0---0---------------------|
    goes.............one..way............................


>>>The chords below are a mixture of strumming and fingerpicking,
     The rhythm is more important than which strings are strummed/picked.

d|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|--1-1--1-1-1----3-3--3-3-3----1-1--1-1-1----0-0--0-0-0---|
F|--0-0--0-0-0----2-2--2-2-2----0-0--0-0-0----1-1--1-1-1---|
C|--2-2--2-2-2----0-0--0-0-0----2-2--2-2-2----2-2--2-2-2---|
G|--3-3--3-3-3----0-0--0-0-0--3-3-3--3-3-3----2-2--2-2-2---|
D|--------------2-2-2--2-2-2----------------0--------------|
 ........Stupid..thing.that'll.come.pull.us.apart...........


d|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|----1-1--1-1-1----3-3--3-3-0-----------------------------|
F|----0-0--0-0-0----2-2--2-2-2-----------------------------|
C|----2-2--2-2-2----0-0--0-0-0---back to start of verse----|
G|--3-3-3--3-3-3----0-0--0-0-0-----------------------------|
D|----------------2-2-2--2-2-2-----------------------------|
 ........make......everybody.late....

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>>The above guitar section is used for the first two verses...

>Here are the chords if you just want to strum...

G...................Em......C                   
i'm waiting for the train
 
.......D/F#..........G........Em......C
the subway that only goes one way

...........D/F#...........C................E....C
the stupid thing that will come to pull us apart

.....D/F#..........G...
and make everybody late


....G....................Em.....C
you spent everything you had

.......D/F#..........G.........Em.....C
wanted everything to stop that bad

..............D/F#...........C..................E....C
and now i'm a crushed credit card registered to smith

....D/F#......................G...
not the name that you call me with

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>Interlude<

Second guitar enters whilst the first guitar plays the verse part in the background.

d|--10---8--7--5--3----7-7--5--7---8--7---|
A|--12--10--8--7--5----8-8--7--8--10--8---|
F|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|

d|------10------10--------10---8--7--5--3----7-7--5--7---8--7---|
A|--8/10--10----10-10-----12--10--8--7--5----8-8--7--8--10--8---|
F|--9/11-----11----11-------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------10--------8-7-8-7--12~--12~-12/8----------5-5-5--------|
A|--8--8/10-10-10b-8--8-8-8-8--12~--12~-12/8---5---5/7-7-7---------|
F|--9--9/11--------9-----------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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The guitar part for the next verse starts off the same as the first two, again
the chords are strummed and fingerpicked.

G.......................Em........C
you turned white like a saint

.............D/F#.........G..................Em........C
i'm tired of dancing on a pot of gold flaked paint

.........D/F#....C.................E....C
oh we're so very precious, you and i


>>>The song then differs from the previous verses....


(C)......D/F#...........C...................G......C
and everything that you do makes me want to die

.....D/F#..................G..D/F#.....C....E....C
oh i just told the biggest lie

.......D/F#.............G..D/F#.....C....E....C
i just told the biggest lie

D/F#........G..D/F#......C....E....C....D/F#....G
...........the biggest lie


......thats about it, just add some fill-in notes and hammer-ons and it will sound near perfect.