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Ballad of Big Nothing Chords

Music by: Elliott Smith · 1997
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[Intro 1]
[C][Am][C][Am]
[Fm]Thro[G]wing[G] candy out to the crowd

[Verse 1]
[C]Dragging down the [D]main
The [G]helpless little thing with the dirty mouth
Who's [C]al ways got something to [F]say
[G]You're sitting around at home now
[C]waiting for your brother brother to [D]call
[Dm]I saw him down[G] in the alley
[Fm]Having had enoug[G]h of it all

[Chorus 1]
Said you can [C]do what you want
to when[Am]ever you want to
[Fm][Fm][G]
You can [C]do what you want to
there's [Am]no one to stop you
[Fm][Fm][G]
All spit and spite you're

[Verse 2]
Up all [C]night and down every [D]day
[G]A tired man with only hours to go
just [C]waiting to be taken a[F]way
[G]Getting in to the back of a car
for [C]candy from some [D]stranger
[Dm]Watching the parade [G]with pinpoint
[Fm]Eyes full of [G]smoldering anger

[Chorus 2]
You can [C]do what you want
to when[Am]ever you want to
[Fm][Fm][G]
You can [C]do what you want to
there's [Am]no one to stop you
[Fm][Fm][G]
Now you can [C]do what you want to
when[Am]ever you want to
[C]Do what you want to when[Am]ever you want to
[G]Do what you want to when[E]ever you want to
[Am]Though it doesn't mean a [D]thing
[F]Big not[Fm]hing

[Outro 1]
[C][Am][C][Am]
[Fm][G][G][G][C]
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