The Biggest Liev2

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-----------------

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-------------------------------------------------------------

a-----------------------------------------------0--------------

f----------------------0--0------0------0-------0------------------

d--------------------------------0------0----------0-------------

g----5-----5-----5-----5------------------------------0---2---------

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-----------------------

fig.4

d-------------------------------------------------------------

a-------1--------1--------0------------0--------------------------

f-------0--------0--------2----------2----------------------------

d-------------------------2--------2----------------------------

g---3-------3---------------------------------------------------

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:

I'm

Verse 1: /-Strum-\

waiting_______ for a train_____________the subway that only

goes____________ one way________________the stupid thing... etc

I'm waiting for the train

The subway that only

Goes one way

The stupid thing that'll come to pull us apart

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

Oh we're so very precious you and I

And everything that you do makes me want to die

Oh I just told the biggest lie

I just told the biggest lie

The biggest lie

SOLO:over verse and bridge chords

Just move everything in the solo up two frets (or play it like this with

standard tuning)

The Biggest Lie

Chords

F:133211

Dm: X00231

Bb: 113331

C: 335553

C*: 332010

Intro:

This picking pattern is played throughout the whole song, so

I'll just put the chords.

Vs.1

I'm waiting for the train

The subway that only

Goes one way

Br.1

The stupid thing that'll come to pull us apart

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

Oh we're so very precious you and I

And everything that you do makes me want to die

Oh I just told the biggest lie

I just told the biggest lie

The biggest lie

SOLO:over verse and bridge chords

That's it. BACK