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CAPO 5
F#mThe proDblem I have with the soul contraption
ASwaElloBmwed up slowly like a bad reaction
F#mAll aroDund what you do and say
AWelEl tBmhe symptom falls further away
F#mYou livDe in silence but you can't describe it
ASo EwhaBmt's the point of talking at all?
F#mThe stoDre bought injury.. the family cane
AJusEt aBmnother boy bad at the game
F#mThis iDs wheAn EyoBmu need a friend to keep you moving around
F#m'Cause Dall your thinking has made you slow
AYou EmiBmght be stopping out.. you know
AFrustrated fireworks F#minside your head
F#mThere's Da lit fuse smoking.. you caught instead
AWhat you're dealing.. F#mbut it's just a start
F#mWas a tDime since your problem was a poison dart
AAnd you act like a coF#mwboy.. whatever's in my hat
F#mI'm a hDardboiled hero and I'm not so bad
ABut I didn't know wheF#mn to run from this
F#mA proud Dfan is gonna see you shatter
AI kEnow Bmthat there really isn't anything the matter
F#mNothing Dis gonna be crying words..
ATheEy oBmnly want their voice to be heard
F#mThey usDe it sometimes to show that they're around
AOr EtheBmy build you up a theory like the walls of a town
F#mA tired Dand ancient ruler right now..
AThe EneBmighborhood slaves are hardly skilled
AOpen your parachute aF#mnd drop your weight
F#mFloat oDn down to the center and investigate
AI did my self requireF#mment
F#mBetter Dcop out hard or I'll leave right now
A'Cause this feeling oF#mf loving I felt it in my chest
F#mLike thDe nighttime footsteps of an unknown guest
AI know it wasn't me.. F#mI wasn't moving..
F#mI felt Dthunder.. the rain was pouring
AI kEnow Bmit must be something wrong all this is restoring
F#mYou donD't have to live in a life's mistake
AStaEy iAn the center and wait
AStaEy iAn the center and wait
AStaEy iBmn the center and wait. 

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Big Problem

by Elliott Smith

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

CAPO 5

F#m D

The problem I have with the soul contraption

A E Bm

Swallowed up slowly like a bad reaction

F#m D

All around what you do and say

A E Bm

Well the symptom falls further away

F#m D

You live in silence but you can't describe it

A E Bm

So what's the point of talking at all?

F#m D

The store bought injury.. the family cane

A E Bm

Just another boy bad at the game

F#m D A E Bm

This is when you need a friend to keep you moving around

F#m D

'Cause all your thinking has made you slow

A E Bm

You might be stopping out.. you know

A F#m

Frustrated fireworks inside your head

F#m D

There's a lit fuse smoking.. you caught instead

A F#m

What you're dealing.. but it's just a start

F#m D

Was a time since your problem was a poison dart

A F#m

And you act like a cowboy.. whatever's in my hat

F#m D

I'm a hardboiled hero and I'm not so bad

A F#m

But I didn't know when to run from this

F#m D

A proud fan is gonna see you shatter

A E Bm

I know that there really isn't anything the matter

F#m D

Nothing is gonna be crying words..

A E Bm

They only want their voice to be heard

F#m D

They use it sometimes to show that they're around

A E Bm

Or they build you up a theory like the walls of a town

F#m D

A tired and ancient ruler right now..

A E Bm

The neighborhood slaves are hardly skilled

A F#m

Open your parachute and drop your weight

F#m D

Float on down to the center and investigate

A F#m

I did my self requirement

F#m D

Better cop out hard or I'll leave right now

A F#m

'Cause this feeling of loving I felt it in my chest

F#m D

Like the nighttime footsteps of an unknown guest

A F#m

I know it wasn't me.. I wasn't moving..

F#m D

I felt thunder.. the rain was pouring

A E Bm

I know it must be something wrong all this is restoring

F#m D

You don't have to live in a life's mistake

A E A

Stay in the center and wait

A E A

Stay in the center and wait

A E Bm

Stay in the center and wait.

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