The Biggest Lie by Elliott Smith Lyric and Guitar Chords

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You can play The Biggest Lie by Elliott Smith using guitar or guitar.
This song by Elliott Smith can also be played by that instruments.
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The Biggest Lie guitar chords has rhythm and included in Elliott Smith (1995) album.
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The Biggest Lie by Elliott Smith Guitar Chords


submitted by m. burgess

tuning is dropped a whole w/ 4th to standard d
fig.1


d-------------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------0-----------------------------------
f-----------------------0--------------------------0---0---------
d-------------------------------------------------------------
g-----5-----5-----5-----5--------5-----5-----5-----5-----------------
D--3-----3-----3-----3--------3-----3-----3-----3---------------------

fig.2


d-------------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------0---------0--------
f----0-----0----0-----0------1------1-1------2--------2------------
d----0-----0----0-----0------0------0-0------2-------2-------------
g------------------5------3------3-------------------------------
D-0-----0-----0---------------------------2------2-----------------
d-------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------0--------------
f----------------------0--0------0------0-------0------------------
d--------------------------------0------0----------0-------------
g----5-----5-----5-----5------------------------------0---2---------
D-3-----3-----3-----3---------0------0------0------------------------

fig.3


d-------------------------------------------------------------
a-----1-------------3------3--------1------1-------0-------0-----
f-----0-------------0------0--------0------0-------0-------0-----
d--------------------------------------------------0-------0----
g--3------3--3---5------5-------3-------3-----------------------
D-----------------------------------------------0------0--------

fig.4


d-------------------------------------------------------------
a-------1--------1--------0------------0--------------------------
f-------0--------0--------2----------2----------------------------
d-------------------------2--------2----------------------------
g---3-------3---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------2--------2--------------------------------

Song format: figures#

1 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 (solo play 1 2 3 4and last 2 bars of 4 again)

then:( second half of 1) 2 3 3 4 3 4 3 4

note: i tried to show timing but i dont think i showed it to good so
just play along with the cd..everything is fairly obvious.
The Biggest LieTune down one step
Chords
G 320003
Em 022000
C x32010
D xx0232
E 022100

Intro:


|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------0-|----------------------|--------------------0-|
|----------------0-----|----------------0---0-|----------------0-----|
|---0---0---0------0---|---0---0---0------0---|---0---0---0------0---|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-3---3---3---3--------|-3---3---3---3--------|-3---3---3---3--------|

I’m

Verse 1: /-Strum-


|----------------------|-----------------|-0----|-2------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|-1----|-3------------|
|----------------0---0-|-----------------|-0----|-2------------|
|---0---0---0------0---|---2---2---2-----|-2----|-0------------|
|----------------------|-------------0-2-|-3----|--------------|
|-3---3---3---3--------|-0---0---0-------|------|--------------|

waiting_______ for a train_____________the subway that only
goes____________ one way________________the stupid thing… etc

I’m waiting for the train
The subway that only
Goes one way
The stupid thing that’ll come to pull us apart
And make everybody late

Vs.2
You gave everything you had
Wanted everything to
Stop that bad

Br.2
And now I’m a crushed credit card registered to Smith
Not the name that you call me with

Solo

Vs.3
You turned white like a saint
I’m tired of dancing on a pot of
Gold flake paint

Br.3
Oh we’re so very precious you and I
And everything that you do makes me want to die
Oh I just told the biggest lie
I just told the biggest lie
The biggest lie


SOLO:over verse and bridge chords
Just move everything in the solo up two frets (or play it like this with
standard tuning)


|-8--8---6--5------|---|-5-5-5--3--5--6--5-|----------8---|
|-10-10--8----8--6-|---|-6-6-6--5--3-------|------6/8---8-|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|


|-8--8--8---6--5------|---|-5-5-5--3--5--6--5-|------------------|
|-10-10-10--8----8--6-|---|-6-6-6--5--3-------|------6--8--8b--6-|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|


|-7--7--6-----11-|-7--|------------------|
|-------------11-|----|----------8---8---|
|----------------|----|-7----7h9---7---7-|
|----------------|----|------------------|
|----------------|----|------------------|
|----------------|----|------------------|

Chords
F:133211
Dm: X00231
Bb: 113331
C: 335553
C: 332010

Intro:


|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------2-|----------------------|
|----------------3-----|----------------3---3-|
|---3---3---3------3---|---3---3---3------3---|
|-1---1---1---1--------|-1---1---1---1--------|

This picking pattern is played throughout the whole song, so
I’ll just put the chords.

Vs.1
I’m waiting for the train
The subway that only
Goes one way

Br.1
The stupid thing that’ll come to pull us apart
Bb C F
And make everybody late

Vs.2
You gave everything you had
Wanted everything to
Stop that bad

Br.2
And now I’m a crushed credit card registered to Smith
Not the name that you call me with

Solo

Vs.3
You turned white like a saint
I’m tired of dancing on a pot of
Gold flake paint

Br.3
Oh we’re so very precious you and I
And everything that you do makes me want to die
Oh I just told the biggest lie
I just told the biggest lie
The biggest lie

SOLO:over verse and bridge chords


|-8--8---6--5------|---|-5-5-5--3--5--6--5-|----------8---|
|-10-10--8----8--6-|---|-6-6-6--5--3-------|------6/8---8-|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|
|------------------|---|-------------------|--------------|


|-8--8--8---6--5------|---|-5-5-5--3--5--6--5-|------------------|
|-10-10-10--8----8--6-|---|-6-6-6--5--3-------|------6--8--8b--6-|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---|-------------------|------------------|


|-7--7--6-----11-|-7--|------------------|
|-------------11-|----|----------8---8---|
|----------------|----|-7----7h9---7---7-|
|----------------|----|------------------|
|----------------|----|------------------|
|----------------|----|------------------|

That’s it. BACK

If you want to learn Elliott Smith The Biggest Lie guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play The Biggest Lie. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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