Baby Britain chords by Elliott Smith

Chords with lyrics

Baby Britain - From the Album "XO"
By Elliott Smith

This song is actually played on Piano but it transfers to Guitar fine.

Chords used:

Em7: 022030
Am7: x02010
G:  320033
C:  x32010
G/B: x20003
Am:  x02210
A/C#: x4222x
D:  xx0232
B/D#: x6444x

E minor 7Em7           Am7Am7
baby britain feels the best
G+G       C majorC
floating over a sea of vodka
E minor 7Em7        Am7Am7
separated from the rest
G+G          C majorC
fights problems with bigger problems
E minor 7Em7           Am7Am7
sees the ocean fall and rise
G+G             C majorC
counts the waves that somehow didn't hit her
E minor 7Em7          Am7Am7
water pouring from her eyes
G+G      C majorC
alcoholic and very bitter

Chorus:

  E minorEm Em/GEm/G Em/A Em/B C majorC
for someone half as  smart
   E minorEm Em/GEm/G Em/A Em/B C majorC
you'd be  a  work of  art
  E minorEm Em/GEm/G Em/A Em/B C majorC G/BG/B
you put your-self a- part
A minorAm          C majorC
and i can't help until you start

Verse 2:

E minor 7Em7            Am7Am7
we knocked another couple back
G+G            C majorC
the dead soliders lined up on the table
E minor 7Em7           Am7Am7
still prepared for an attack
G+G              C majorC
they didn't know they'd been disabled
E minor 7Em7          Am7Am7
felt a wave a rush of blood
G+G           C majorC
you won't be happy til the bottle's broken
E minor 7Em7              Am7Am7
and you're out swimming in the flood
G+G         C majorC
you kept back kept unspoken

Repeat chorus

Bridge:

C majorC           A/C#A/C#
you got a look in your eye
            D MajorD
when you're saying goodbye
          B/D#B/D#
like you wanna say hi

Instrumental:

E minorEm Em/GEm/G Em/A Em/B C majorC (3X)
G/BG/B A minorAm C majorC

Verse 3:

E minor 7Em7             Am7Am7
the light was on but it was dim
G+G       C majorC
revolver's been turned over
E minor 7Em7           Am7Am7
and now it's ready once again
G+G           C majorC
the radio was playing crimson and clover
E minor 7Em7            Am7Am7
london bridge is safe and sound
G+G           C majorC
no matter what you keep repeating
E minor 7Em7           Am7Am7
nothing's gonna drag me down
G+G         C majorC
to a death that's not worth cheating


Repeat chorus 2X


For the chorus part, all you are doing is playing E minor 7Em7 with an ascending
bass line that looks like this when tabbed out:

All E MajorE minors listed here are actually E minor 7Em7 chords

 E minorEm Em/GEm/G Em/A Em/B  C majorC
--0---0----0----0----0---------
--0---0----0----0----1---------
--0---0----0----0----0---------
--2---2----2----2----2---------
--2---2----0----2----3---------
--0---3------------------------

Other versions of Baby Britain

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Baby britain acoustic by Elliott Smith