E|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||||||-|| The Biggest Lie - Elliott Smith E|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||||||-|| Tabbed by: Yoshima Tuning: DGCFD - This is a whole step down on each string. This is the way Elliott plays, however it can be played in standard as long as you can sing that high. I personally play it in standard with a capo on the 6th or 7th so I can sing it lower. I've tabbbed as much detail as necessary, the vital structure is here but I've obviously left out any slight variations and unimportant fill-in notes as it would just get messy. It's easy to add the extra fill-in notes once you've got the main rhythm and structure down. E|E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||||| Chords The names of these chords are those of the shapes when formed in standard tuning. G Em C D/F# E E|---------0------0----------------| B|--0------0------1------3------0--| G|--0------0------0------2------1--| D|--0------2------2------0------2--| A|--2------2------3------0------2--| E|--3------0-------------2------0--| E|E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||||| [Intro] E|-------------------------------------------| B|--------------------0----------------------| G|----------------0-------------------0---0--| D|----0---0---0-----0-----0---0---0-----0----| A|-------------------------------------------| E|--3---3---3---3-------3---3---3---3--------| E|E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||||| [Verse] E|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|--------------------0---------------0---0--| D|----0---0---0---0-------0---0---0-----0----| A|------------------0------------------------| E|--3---3---3---3-------3---3---3---3--------| I'm wait ing for a E|---------------------------0-0--0-0-0-----------------| B|--------------0------------1-1--1-1-1----3-3--3-3-3---| G|--------------0------------0-0--0-0-0----2-2--2-2-2---| D|----2---2---2----2---2-----2-2--2-2-2----0-0--0-0-0---| A|-------------------2----3--------------0-0-0--0-0-0---| E|--0---0---0----------------------------2--------------| train Sub way that only E|------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------0---------------------0-----------------| G|--------------0---------------------0-----------------| D|----0---0---0-----0---0---2---2---2----2---0----------| A|-------------------------------------0---2---3--------| E|--3---3---3----3----2---0---0---0---------------------| goes one way The chords below are a mixture of strumming and fingerpicking, The rhythm is more important than which strings are strummed/picked. E|---------------------------------------------------------| B|--1-1--1-1-1----3-3--3-3-3----1-1--1-1-1----0-0--0-0-0---| G|--0-0--0-0-0----2-2--2-2-2----0-0--0-0-0----1-1--1-1-1---| D|--2-2--2-2-2----0-0--0-0-0----2-2--2-2-2----2-2--2-2-2---| A|--3-3--3-3-3----0-0--0-0-0--3-3-3--3-3-3----2-2--2-2-2---| E|--------------2-2-2--2-2-2----------------0--------------| Stupid thing that'll come pull us apart E|---------------------------------------------------------| B|----1-1--1-1-1----3-3--3-3-0-----------------------------| G|----0-0--0-0-0----2-2--2-2-2-----------------------------| D|----2-2--2-2-2----0-0--0-0-0---ba| ck to start of verse----| A|--3-3-3--3-3-3----0-0--0-0-0-----------------------------| E|----------------2-2-2--2-2-2-----------------------------| make everybody late E|E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||||| The above guitar section is used for the first two verses... Here are the chords if you just want to strum... G Em C I'm waiting for the train D/F# G Em C the subway that only goes one way D/F# C E C the stupid thing that will come to pull us apart D/F# G and make everybody late G Em C you spent everything you had D/F# G Em C wanted everything to stop that bad D/F# C E C and now I'm a crushed credit card registered to Smith D/F# G not the name that you call me with E|E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||||| [Interlude] Second guitar enters whilst the first guitar plays the verse part in the background. E|--10---8--7--5--3----7-7--5--7---8--7---| B|--12--10--8--7--5----8-8--7--8--10--8---| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------| E|------10------10--------10---8--7--5--3----7-7--5--7---8--7---| B|--8/10--10----10-10-----12--10--8--7--5----8-8--7--8--10--8---| G|--9/11-----11----11-------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------10--------8-7-8-7--12~--12~-12/8----------5-5-5--------| B|--8--8/10-10-10b-8--8-8-8-8--12~--12~-12/8---5---5/7-7-7---------| G|--9--9/11--------9-----------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||||| The guitar part for the next verse starts off the same as the first two, again the chords are strummed and fingerpicked. G Em C you turned white like a saint D/F# G Em C I'm tired of dancing on a pot of gold flaked paint D/F# C E C oh we're so very precious, you and I The song then differs from the previous verses... (C) D/F# C E C and everything that you do makes me want to die D/F# C D/F# C E C oh I just told the biggest lie D/F# C D/F# C E C I just told the biggest lie D/F# C D/F# C E C D/F# G the biggest lie