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Can't Make A Sound Tab by Elliott Smith

Can't Make A Sound tab by Elliott Smith

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Verse 1:
    C                       A7   A7*          Em   Em*         D
e|--------------------------------3-----------------3----------2------------|
B|--1------------------------2----2----------------------------3------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------2------------|
D|--2------------------------2----2------------2----2-----------------------|
A|--3------------------------------------------2----2-----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      I have become a silent movie / Where the hero killed the clown

Chorus 1:
    D              Em                    B7                   C
e|--2------------------------------------2----------------------------------|
B|--3---------------------------------------------------------1-------------|
G|--2------------------------------------2----------------------------------|
D|------------------2--------------------1--------------------2-------------|
A|------------------2--------------------2--------------------3-------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
       Can't make a sound / Can't make a sound / Can't make a sound
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Verse 2:
    C                        A7   A7*  Em   Em*       D
e|--------------------------------3----------3--------2---------------------|
B|--1------------------------2----2-------------------3---------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------2---------------------|
D|--2------------------------2----2----2-----2------------------------------|
A|--3----------------------------------2-----2------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      Nobody knows what he's doing /   Still hanging around

Chorus 2:
    D             Em                    B7
e|--2-----------------------------------2-----------------------------------|
B|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-----------------------------------2-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------2--------------------1-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------2--------------------2-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      Can't make a sound / Can't make a sound

    B7             C                    A7   A7*
e|--2----------------------------------------3------------------------------|
B|-----------------1--------------------2----2------------------------------|
G|--2-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--1--------------2--------------------2----2------------------------------|
A|--2--------------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      Can't make a sound / Can't make a sound

Bridge 1:
       D   A7      C        Cmaj7   Cmaj9
e|-----2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3----2------1--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2------------------------0------0----0-------------------------------|
D|----------2------2----------2------0--------------------------------------|
A|-----------------3--------3------2------0---------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   The slow motion moves me

       G               B7
e|-----3---------------2----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------2----------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------1----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----2---------------2----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----3--------------------------------------------------------------------|
   The monologue means nothing to me

Solo:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12--10--8---------8--10/12--10p8----------------------------------------|
G|-------------9~---9-----------------9~---9--8--11--9~---------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------9----11----12--|
B|----8--10/12--12--10--8-----------10/12--12--10--8------------------------------|
G|--9----------------------11~---9--------------------11h12p11--11---11----11-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 3:
    C                        A7      A7*           Em    Em*       D
e|------------------------------------3-------------------3--------2--------|
B|--1-------------------------2-------2----------------------------3--------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------2--------|
D|--2-------------------------2-------2-------------2-----2-----------------|
A|--3-----------------------------------------------2-----2-----------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Bored in the role, but he can't stop / Standing up to sit back down

    D   Em       Em*        B
e|--2-------------3---------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3-----------------------4-----------------------------------------------|
G|--2-----------------------4-----------------------------------------------|
D|-------2--------2---------4-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------2--------2---------2-----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      Or lose the one thing found

    C                        A7    A7*                Em       Em*    D
e|----------------------------------3---------------------------3-----2-----|
B|--1-------------------------2-----2---------------------------------3-----|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------2-----|
D|--2-------------------------2-----2------------------2--------2-----------|
A|--3--------------------------------------------------2--------2-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Spinning the world like a toy top / 'Til there's a ghost in every town

Chorus 2:
    D             Em                    B7
e|--2-----------------------------------2-----------------------------------|
B|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-----------------------------------2-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------2--------------------1-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------2--------------------2-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      Can't make a sound / Can't make a sound

    B7             C Csus2(#11) Csus2        A7   A13 A7
e|--2--------------------2--3----------------------2--3---------------------|
B|-----------------1-----1--1-----------------2----2--2---------------------|
G|--2-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--1--------------2--------------------------2----2--2---------------------|
A|--2--------------3-----3--3-----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      Can't make a sound    /    Can't make a sound

Bridge 2:
    D    A7         C        Cmaj7  Cmaj9
e|--2-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3----2----------1-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2----------------------------0------0----0------------------------------|
D|-------2----------2----------2------0-------------------------------------|
A|------------------3--------3------2------0--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Eyes locked and shining

    G                 B7
e|--3-----------------2-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------2-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------1-----------------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----------------2-----------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Can't you tell me what's happening?

Outro:
    C Cmaj7   G     A Asus4 A  E   E7     C     B   B
e|--------------------------------------------------2-----------------------|
B|--5---5---------------------------------1-----4---4-----------------------|
G|--5---4-----4-----6---7--6---1----1-----------4---4-----------------------|
D|--5---5-----5-----7---7--7---2----------2-----4---4-----------------------|
A|--3---3-----5-----7---7--7---2----2-----3-----2---2-----------------------|
E|------------3-----5---5--5------------------------------------------------|

    C       Cmaj7  G        A Asus4 A  E      E7       C              B    B
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------2--|
B|--5----------5---------------------------------------1--------------4----4--|
G|--5----------4---4--------6----7--6--1------1-----------------------4----4--|
D|--5----------5---5--------7----7--7--2---------------2--------------4----4--| (4x)
A|--3----------3---5--------7----7--7--2------2--------3--------------2----2--|
E|-----------------3--------5----5--5-----------------------------------------|
    Why should you want any other    /   when you're a world within a world?

    C Cmaj7   G     A Asus4 A  E   E7     C     B   B
e|--------------------------------------------------2-----------------------|
B|--5---5---------------------------------1-----4---4-----------------------|
G|--5---4-----4-----6---7--6---1----1-----------4---4-----------------------|
D|--5---5-----5-----7---7--7---2----------2-----4---4-----------------------| (3x)
A|--3---3-----5-----7---7--7---2----2-----3-----2---2-----------------------|
E|------------3-----5---5--5------------------------------------------------|


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| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
| ~  Vibrato
| h  Hammer-on

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