The Biggest Lie Acoustic chords by Elliott Smith

Difficulty: Novice

Tuning: D G C F A D (Step Down)


Chords:
 G   320003
 Em  022000
 C   x32010
 D   xx0232 or D/F# 2x0232
 E   022100


Intro:

D|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------0-|----------------------|--------------------0-|
F|----------------0-----|----------------0---0-|----------------0-----|
C|---0---0---0------0---|---0---0---0------0---|---0---0---0------0---|
G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|-3---3---3---3--------|-3---3---3---3--------|-3---3---3---3--------|
                                                                I'm

Verse 1:                                   /-Strum-\
   G                     Em                 C      D
D|----------------------|-----------------|-0----|-2------------|
A|----------------------|-----------------|-1----|-3------------|
F|----------------0---0-|-----------------|-0----|-2------------|
C|---0---0---0------0---|---2---2---2-----|-2----|-0------------|
G|----------------------|-------------0-2-|-3----|--------------|
D|-3---3---3---3--------|-0---0---0-------|------|--------------|
   waiting_______ for a   train_____________the subway that only
   goes____________ one  way________________the stupid thing... etc


Verse 1:
    G               Em
I'm waiting for the train
C       D
The subway that only
G         Em
Goes one way


Chorus:
C           D            C                E
 The stupid thing that'll come to pull us apart
C      D             G
 And make everybody late


Verse 2:
G                       Em
You gave everything you had
C       D
 Wanted everything to
G         Em
Stop that bad


Chorus 2:
C             D       C                         E
And now I'm a crushed credit card registered to Smith
C       D                     G
Not the name that you call me with


Solo:
    G                      Dm                 Bb    C
 D|-10--10--8--5------|---|-7-7-7--5--7--8--7-|-----------10---|
 A|-12--12--10---10--8|---|-8-8-8--7--5-------|------8/10---10-|
 F|-------------------|---|-------------------|----------------|

   F                         Dm                  Bb    C
 D|-10-10-10---8----7------|---|-7-7-7--5--8--8--7-|--------------------|
 A|-12-12-12--10----10--8--|---|-8-8-8--7--5-------|------8--10--10b--8-|
 F|---------------------|---|-------------------|-----------------------|

    Bb        Dm     Bb   C
 D|-9--9--8-----13-|-9--|--------------------|
 A|-------------13-|----|----------10---10---|
 F|----------------|----|-9----9h11---9---9--|

Verse 3:
G                       Em
You turned white like a saint
C            D            G
I'm tired of dancing on a pot of
           Em
Gold flake paint


Chorus 3:
C         D       C              E
 Oh we're so very precious you and I
C         D                C                 E
 And everything that you do makes me want to die
C      D                    C   D        C         D
 Oh I just told the biggest lie
C  D                     C     E        C        D
 I just told the biggest lie
C    D               C         D        C        E
         The biggest lie


Outro:
C          D          G