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Looking Over My Shoulder

Elliott Smith
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
usual  there are a couple of guitars here, one playing
 chords and one
 establishing the melody. I've just lumped
 them together so you can play it
 by yourself. So the chords
 are approximately the actual chord he's playing
 combined
 with the melody note.
¿  - 1x0101
 Wiped out  in the city  slick
 
 Another sick  rock 'n roller  acting  like a
 dick
 Needin' cash
Burnin' through  the
 trash
 That piles  up in this place
  ¿
And  fills  up behind  my empty face
 
   ( )
 Full of things that I'm not to do
 repeat intro
 progression):
 You come over with all of your friends
 And all their opinions
 I don't want to know
 And I'm looking over my shoulder
 Bookin' away with
 nowhere to go
 I run down to the corner lot
 It's forty-five past
 two
 I almost forgot to show
 Got a date to make with Mr. so 'n so
 After
 which
 I wonÕt care when you all start to bitch
 And moan about bein'
 alone
 You come over with all of your friends
 And all their
 opinions I don't want to know
 And I'm looking over my shoulder
 Bookin' away
 with nowhere to go
Well  can't you
 just leave me alone
 You've already  thrown all the sticks and stones you had to
 send my way
 Well can't you just leave it at that
 And spare us both the
 bother cause I just bounce back
 Anyway
 I got nothin' that I want
 to do
 More than make another sonnet fuck you to play
 Whenever you make my
 life clichŽ
 So to fit in some little box with the all the labeled shit
 You
 would say to keep confusion away
 You come over with all of your
 friends
 And all their opinions I don't want to know
 And I'm looking over my
 shoulder
 Bookin' away with nowhere to go
 You come over with all of your
 friends
 And all their opinions I don't want to know
 And I'm looking over my
 shoulder
 Bookin' away

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Readable chord sheet for Looking Over My Shoulder by Elliott Smith

[As]usual there are a couple of guitars here, one playing
chords and one
establishing the melody. I've just lumped
them together so you can play it
by yourself. So the chords
are approximately the actual chord he's playing
combined
with the melody note.

[F]¿ - 1x0101

[D] [Dm7] [Gsus4] [G] [Bb] [F] [A7] [E]
[D]

Wiped o[D]ut in the city[D/F] sli[G]ck
 [B7]
Another si[Em]ck rock 'n rol[G7]ler act[C]ing like a
dick
Needin' [B7]cash
[Em]Burnin' [G7]through the [C]
trash
That [G]piles up in this [D/F#]place
    [F]¿
[Am]And fills[Am/G] up b[F]ehind my empty face
        [Dm]              [Bb]
     [F]   ([A7Sus4] [A7])
Full of things that I'm not to do

repeat intro
progression):

You come over with all of your friends
And all their opinions
I don't want to know
And I'm looking over my shoulder
Bookin' away with
nowhere to go

I run down to the corner lot
It's forty-five past
two
I almost forgot to show
Got a date to make with Mr. so 'n so
After
which
I wonÕt care when you all start to bitch
And moan about bein'
alone

You come over with all of your friends
And all their
opinions I don't want to know
And I'm looking over my shoulder
Bookin' away
with nowhere to go

[E]Well can't you                [Gm]
just leave me alone
[Bm]      [Bm/A]   [Bm] [Ab]                      [G]
You've alre[Gm]ady thrown all the sticks and stones you had to
send my way
Well can't you just leave it at that
And spare us both the
bother cause I just bounce back
Anyway

I got nothin' that I want
to do
More than make another sonnet fuck you to play
Whenever you make my
life clichŽ
So to fit in some little box with the all the labeled shit
You
would say to keep confusion away

You come over with all of your
friends
And all their opinions I don't want to know
And I'm looking over my
shoulder
Bookin' away with nowhere to go

You come over with all of your
friends
And all their opinions I don't want to know
And I'm looking over my
shoulder
Bookin' away

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