Ballad Of Big Nothing
Elliott SmithVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Throwing candy out to the crowd
Dragging down the main
The helpless little thing with the dirty mouth
Who's always got something to say
You're sitting at home now
Waiting for your brother to call
I saw him down at the alley
Having had enough of it all
Said you can do what you want to whenever you want to
You can do what you want to, there's no one to stop you
All spit and spite, you're up all night
And down every day
A tired man with only hours to go
Just waiting to be taken away
Getting into the back of a car
For candy from some stranger
watching the parade with pinpoint eyes
Full of smoldering anger
You can do what you want to whenever you want to
You can do what you want to, there's no one to stop you
Now you can do what you want to whenever you want to
Do what you want to whenever you want to
Do what you want to whenever you want to
Though it doesn't mean a thing
Big nothing
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Readable chord sheet for Ballad Of Big Nothing by Elliott Smith
[C] [Am] [C] [Am] [Fm] [G] [G]Throwing candy out to the crowd [C]Dragging down the [D]main The [G]helpless little thing with the dirty mouth Who's [C]always got something to [F]say [G]You're sitting at home now [C]Waiting for your brother to [D]call [Dm]I saw him [G]down at the alley [Fm]Having had enough of it [G]all Said you can [C]do what you want to w[Am]henever you want to [Fm] [Dm] [Fm] [G] You can d[C]o what you want to, there's [Am]no one to stop you [Fm] [Dm] [Fm] [G] [G]All spit and spite, you're up all [C]night And down every [D]day [G]A tired man with only hours to go Just [C]waiting to be taken [F]away [G]Getting into the back of a car For [C]candy from some [D]stranger [Dm]watching the pa[G]rade with pinpoint [Fm]eyes Full of sm[G]oldering anger You can [C]do what you want to w[Am]henever you want to [Fm] [Dm] [Fm] [G] You can [C]do what you want to, [Am]there's no one to sto[Fm]p y[Dm]ou [Fm] [G] Now you can [C]do what you want to wh[Am]enever you want to [C]Do what you want to whe[Am]never you want to [G]Do what you want to wh[E]enever you want to [Am]Though it doesn't mean a t[D]hing [F]Big nothing[Fm] [C] [Am] [C] [Am] [Fm] [G] [C]