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                        The Biggest Lie - Elliott Smith
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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.

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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--|

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[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--------|

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[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

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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

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[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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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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