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Stickman by Elliott Smith
Always strum the bass notes first. The first time you play Em6, strum the bass at E, 
then keep struming at Db (lowest note in the Em6 chord). 
I'm not really sure about the chord's names, but who cares...
G:      320003
G/F#:   200033
Em6:    x45400
Cmaj7:  x35400
Em:     022000
D*:     x57775
C*:     x35553
G*:     355433
A7:     x02023
A:      x02220
F#m7:   x422x0
C:      x32010
Dadd2:  x54030
Am:     x02210
B7:     x2120x
Cmaj7*: 332000
[Intro]
e|-7--7--7-7--7-7
B|-8--10-8-7--7-7
G|-7--7--9-11-9-9
D|-9--7--9-7--8-7
A|-10-9--7-9--x-x
E|-x--x--x-7--9-8
G G/F# Em
[Verse 1]
Em6I sit here shooting Cmaj7blanks
Out at GemptineG/F#ssEm  
Em6Ain’t nothing really wanna Cmaj7kill
Maybe time I GguG/F#essEm  
          D*       C*                       /G /F#
I sit and spin the world and it's flipside
           Em  G*             A7        A  C  
And I listen backwards for meanings
[Chorus]
'Cause I’m a GsticG/F#kman
                Em     Dadd2    F#m7   C/E /F# G  
I live with one dimension dead
          G/F#               Em    Dadd2    F#m7   C/C /B /G /F# Em6  
Trying not to think too many moves ahead
[Verse 2]
I draw from memoCmaj7ry
The stillest kind of GlG/F#ifeEm  
Em6Cut slide after Cmaj7slide
Mental pain's the sharpest GknG/F#ifeEm  
               D*       C*              /G /F#
Project what's done for everyone to see
         Em  G*        A7     A  C  
To me it's just a reversal
[Bridge]
And I'm a GstickG/F#man in frEmames
They go Dadd2one by F#m7one
If I sped it Cup
You'd see I'm on the Amrun
From some monster B7off screen
Killing F#m7suns
Lonely makes me Cblue
               G   G/F#  Cmaj7* F#m7  
Envy turns me green
Hate might paint me Cred
If I load my magaGziG/F#neEm  
             D*            C*                   /G /F#
But not just now when it's easy to stay clean
          Em  G*                  A7       A  C  
When no one sees where you're bleeding
[Chorus]
              G   G/F#   Em   Dadd2    F#m7   C/E /F# G  
And I'm a stickman
      G   G/F#   Em   Dadd2   F#m7   C/C /B /G /F# Em  
Stickman

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Stickman

by Elliott Smith

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

G/F#

Em6

Dadd2

F#m7

Stickman by Elliott Smith

Always strum the bass notes first. The first time you play Em6, strum the bass at E,

then keep struming at Db (lowest note in the Em6 chord).

I'm not really sure about the chord's names, but who cares...

G: 320003

G/F#: 200033

Em6: x45400

Cmaj7: x35400

Em: 022000

*: x57775

*: x35553

*: 355433

A7: x02023

A: x02220

F#m7: x422x0

C: x32010

Dadd2: x54030

Am: x02210

B7: x2120x

Cmaj7

*: 332000

[Intro]

e|-7--7--7-7--7-7

B|-8--10-8-7--7-7

G|-7--7--9-11-9-9

D|-9--7--9-7--8-7

A|-10-9--7-9--x-x

E|-x--x--x-7--9-8

G G/F# Em

[Verse 1]

Em6 Cmaj7

I sit here shooting blanks

G G/F# Em

Out at emptiness

Em6 Cmaj7

Ain’t nothing really wanna kill

G G/F# Em

Maybe time I guess

D* C* /G /F#

I sit and spin the world and it's flipside

Em G A7 A C

And I listen backwards for meanings

[Chorus]

G G/F#

'Cause I’m a stickman

Em Dadd2 F#m7 C G

/E /F#

I live with one dimension dead

G/F# Em Dadd2 F#m7 C Em6

/C /B /G /F#

Trying not to think too many moves ahead

[Verse 2]

Cmaj7

I draw from memory

G G/F# Em

The stillest kind of life

Em6 Cmaj7

Cut slide after slide

G G/F# Em

Mental pain's the sharpest knife

D* C* /G /F#

Project what's done for everyone to see

Em G A7 A C

To me it's just a reversal

[Bridge]

G G/F# Em

And I'm a stickman in frames

Dadd2 F#m7

They go one by one

If I sped it up

You'd see I'm on the run

From some monster off screen

F#m7

Killing suns

Lonely makes me blue

G G/F# Cmaj7 F#m7

Envy turns me green

Hate might paint me red

G G/F# Em

If I load my magazine

D* C* /G /F#

But not just now when it's easy to stay clean

Em G A7 A C

When no one sees where you're bleeding

[Chorus]

G G/F# Em Dadd2 F#m7 C G

/E /F#

And I'm a stickman

G G/F# Em Dadd2 F#m7 C Em

/C /B /G /F#

Stickman

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