Plainclothes Man
Elliott SmithVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
You're everybody's second home
Am/B (Just Am works here, too)
Always trying to get me alone
An easy way to lose it all
Always there when all else fails
strum , then
Over by the west side rails
But I don't really need that now
I never really did anyhow
I only really needed alcohol
Something that'll treat me okay
And wouldn't say the things you'd say
Please turn out the light
I get a sick confusion headache trying
to figure out who's right
Dreaming on the silver strand
Waking up to plainclothes man
You little bastard, little boy in blue
Someone's gonna get to you
And fuck up everything you do
He's so unhappy inside
He's serious with everyone
And he thinks he'll win you with his angry kiss
Acting like he has no needs
Wanting you to watch him bleed
Made for each other bet you pay me any mind
Just goes to show my continual decline
They say that I'll recover my love of her once in a while
But I don't know
I don't think so...
There's something that I'll tell you now
Now that no one else is around
The sort of lesson that I learned from you
Not quite the way you planned
But I know you'll understand
Someone takes a photograph
A picture while their sweetheart laughs
A perfect moment in a flash of light
Counting back from 3 to 1
That's exactly what you've done
And I'm so unsurprised
I remember, I remember why I dream in black & white
Goes to show my continual decline
They say that I'll recover my love of her once in a while
But I don't know
I don't think so
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Readable chord sheet for Plainclothes Man by Elliott Smith
[Am]You're everybody's second home Am/B (Just Am works here, too) Always trying to get me alone [C]An easy way to [D]lose it [F]all [Am]Always there when all else fails [Am] strum [D], then [F] Over by the west side rails But I don't really need that now I never really did anyhow I only really needed alcohol Something that'll treat me okay And wouldn't say the things you'd say [Fm]Please turn out the [E]light I get a [D]sick confusion headache trying to figure out who's [Am]right Dreaming on the silver strand Waking up to plainclothes man You little bastard, little boy in blue Someone's gonna get to you And fuck up everything you do He's so unhappy inside He's serious with everyone And he thinks he'll win you with his angry kiss Acting like he has no needs Wanting you to watch him bleed [C]Made for each [G]other bet you p[F]ay me any m[C]ind Just goes to s[G]how my cont[D]inual decl[F]ine They s[C]ay that I'll recov[G]er my love [F]of her once in a [C]while But I don't [Dm]know I don't think [Fm]so... There's something that I'll tell you now Now that no one else is around The sort of lesson that I learned from you Not quite the way you planned But I know you'll understand Someone takes a photograph A picture while their sweetheart laughs A perfect moment in a flash of light Counting back from 3 to 1 That's exactly what you've done And I'm [Fm]so unsurpr[E]ised I reme[D]mber, I remember why I dream in black & white [C] Goes to s[G]how my cont[D]inual decli[F]ne They s[C]ay that I'll rec[G]over my love o[F]f her once in a w[C]hile But I don't [Dm]know I don't think [Fm]so [End] [Am] [D] [Fm] [Am]