Elliott Smith

and she ^/B lo ^Cmaj7 cked the car and ^/B sl ^C ipped past
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into rhythmic quietude lights bur - ning
voice ^Am dry a ^/B nd h ^C oarse
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i threw the screen door like a bastard back and forth
th ^/B e c ^Cmaj7 himes fell ^/B ov ^C er each ot ^D her
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i fell onto my knees
the sound of the ^Am car ^Asus4 driving ^Am off ^{Bm F#} made me f ^Am eel ^/B dis ^C eased
^E a sick ^G shouting like you h ^Am ear at the fairground
^E now i'm picking ^G up to put a ^Am way anything of your's that's still around
^E i don't kn ^G ow what to do with your cl ^Am othes or your letters
it'll m ^E ake a w ^D hisper out of y ^C ou ^{/B /C /G /F# /F}
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she took the oldsmobile out past condor ave
the f ^/B air ^Cmaj7 ground's lit
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a drunk man sits by the gate she's driving through
got his ^Am hat tipped ^Asus4 bot - ^Am tle ^Bm back ^F# in be ^Am tween ^/B his t ^C eeth
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looks like he's buried in the sand at the beach
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i can't think about you driving off to leave barely awake
to t ^Am ake a ^Asus4 lit - ^Am tle ^Bm nap ^F# while the r ^Am oad ^/B is s ^C traight
^E i wish that c ^G ar had ^Am never been discovered
they t ^E ook away the b ^G ottle and the h ^Am at he was under
^E that's the o ^G ne thing that ^Am he could never do
and it'll m ^E ake a w ^D hisper out of y ^C ou ^{/B /C /G /F# /F}
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she took the oldsmobile out past condor ave
^/B c ^Cmaj7 ops were runnin ^/B g a ^C round the scene
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looking for some kind of clue
they n ^Am ever ^Asus4 get ^Am up - ^Bm tight ^F# when a m ^Am oth g ^/B ets c ^C rushed
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unless a light bulb really loved him very much
^/B i ^Cmaj7 'm lying down ^{/B C}
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blowing smoke from my cigarette
little w ^Am hisper ^Asus4 smoke ^Am s ^Bm igns ^F# that you'll ^Am nev ^/B er g ^C et
^E you're in your ^G oldsmobile ^Am driving by the moon
^E headlights b ^G urning bright ^Am ahead of you
and ^E someone's burning o ^G ut, out on ^Am condor ave
trying to m ^E ake a ^D whisper out of y ^C ou ^{/B /C /G /F# /F
E} what a shitty th ^G ing to say
^Am did you really mean it?
you ^E never said a w ^G ord to me a ^Am bout what passed between us
^E so now i'm leaving y ^G ou alone
you can ^Am do whatever the hell you want to
^E na, ^D na, na, na, na, na, ^C na ^{/B /C /G /F# /F E}