Ballad Of Big Nothing Chords

by Elliott Smith
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Pandamonio [a] 115.
5 contributors total, last edit on Aug 7, 2020
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Chords

C
Am
Fm
G
D
F
Dm
E

Strumming

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[Intro]
 
        C        Am            C        Am
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---10\2-2-2----10\2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-----10\2-2-2-2-2-2--0-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
 
     Fm                  G
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|------1-3-1-3---5-7-9-10-12-12-|
D|------3-3-3-3------------------|
A|---3---------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
G
Throwing candy out to the crowd
C                 D
Dragging down the main
    G
The helpless little thing with the dirty mouth
      C                       F
Who's always got something to say
G
You're sitting around at home now
C                           D
Waiting for your brother to call
Dm        G
I saw him down at the alley
Fm                      G
Having had enough of it all
 
 
[Chorus]
             C                    Am                   Fm Dm Fm G
Said you can do what you want to whenever you want to
         C                           Am                 Fm Dm Fm G
You can do what you want to, there's no one to stop you
 
 
[Verse 2]
G                                 C
All spit and spite, you're up all night
               D
And down every day
G
A tired man with only hours to go
     C                   F
Just waiting to be taken away
G
Getting into the back of a car
    C               D
For candy from some stranger
Dm             G                  Fm
watching the parade with pinpoint eyes
          G
Full of smoldering anger
 
 
[Chorus]
 
        C                    Am                   Fm Dm Fm G
You can do what you want to whenever you want to
        C                    Am                   Fm Dm Fm G
You can do what you want to, there's no one to stop you
            C                     Am
Now you can do what you want to whenever you want to
C                      Am
Do what you want to whenever you want to
G                     E
Do what you want to whenever you want to
Am                        D
Though it doesn't mean a thing
F          Fm
Big nothing
 
 
[Ending]
 
        C        Am            C        Am
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---10\2-2-2----10\2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-----10\2-2-2-2-2-2--0-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
 
     Fm                  G          C
e|-------------------------------|--0---|
B|-------------------------------|--1---|
G|------1-3-1-3---5-7-9-10-12-12-|--0---|
D|------3-3-3-3------------------|--2---|
A|---3---------------------------|--3---|
E|-------------------------------|------|
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