Ballad of Big Nothing chords by Elliott Smith (Official Version)
Intro 1
C
Am
C
Am
Fm
G
G
Throwing candy out to the crowd
Verse 1
C
D
Dragging down the main
G7
The helpless little thing with the dirty mouth
C
F
Who's always got something to say
G7
You're sitting around at home now
C
D
waiting for your brother brother to call
Dm
G
I saw him down in the alley
Fm
G
Having had enough of it all
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Chorus 1
C
Said you can do what you want
Am
to whenever you want to
Fm
Dm7b5
Fm
G
C
You can do what you want to
Am
there's no one to stop you
Fm
Dm7b5
Fm
G
All spit and spite you're
Verse 2
C
D
Up all night and down every day
G7
A tired man with only hours to go
C
F
just waiting to be taken away
G7
Getting in to the back of a car
C
D
for candy from some stranger
Dm
G
Watching the parade with pinpoint
Fm
G
Eyes full of smoldering anger
Chorus 2
C
You can do what you want
Am
to whenever you want to
Fm
Dm7b5
Fm
G
C
You can do what you want to
Am
there's no one to stop you
Fm
Dm7b5
Fm
G
C
Now you can do what you want to
Am
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
Outro 1
C
Am
C
Am
Fm
G
G
G
C
Ballad of Big Nothing
Elliott Smith
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