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 Ddim**3434
 C#dim**2323
 C#sus4446674
Ddimsome-C#dimthing Ddimcame from Enothing today
while i was saying C#sus4nooooooC#oo
                      D   C#  C#/B  
don't you knock on my doooor
i F#mcan't answer Eyou anyBmore
(as above)
absence makes the heart grow fond
staying away from people
was a question before
but i can't answer you anyBmoBmreD  A  
stepped to the sEcene F#mwhere we'd Emeet
and Bwrote a sAong
i did everything rigEht for F#msomebody tEhat
does Beverything wroDdimng
(For instrumental part,play above chord changes,but play C#m C#,instead of C#sus4 C#)
so i go from coast to coast
over the hawthorn bridge
              D   C#  C#/B  
to the one i adore
you aFmsked me what iE'm looking fBorC#  
but i cDan't answer yEou anymBorC#e
                   D        E      A  F#m(bar chord 9th fret)
no, i can't answer you anymore
(I think theres two guitars playing,as having a capo on 2 makes it easier to play 
theres no capo when playing the A chord,as it plays variations on the A chord just before 
to the scene" and "I did everything right",as such....
002200
002220
00224*
00225*
002224
002225
if you listen to the record you'll hear how its played.Then the A at the end,just before 
F#m,is played...
002220
002230
002220
002200
002220
then F#m,ninth fret)

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I Cant Answer You Anymore

by Elliott Smith

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Ddim

C#dim

C#sus4

F#m

Ddim

**3434

C#dim

**2323

C#sus4

446674

Ddim C#dim Ddim E

some-thing came from nothing today

C#sus4 C#

while i was saying noooooooo

D C# C# B

don't you knock on my doooor

F#m E B

i can't answer you anymore

(as above)

absence makes the heart grow fond

staying away from people

was a question before

B Bm D A

but i can't answer you anymore

E F#m E

stepped to the scene where we'd meet

B A

and wrote a song

E F#m E

i did everything right for somebody that

B Ddim

does everything wrong

(For instrumental part,play above chord changes,but play C#m C#,instead of C#sus4 C#)

so i go from coast to coast

over the hawthorn bridge

D C# C# B

to the one i adore

Fm E B C#

you asked me what i'm looking for

D E B C#

but i can't answer you anymore

D E A F#m

(bar chord 9th fret)

no, i can't answer you anymore

(I think theres two guitars playing,as having a capo on 2 makes it easier to play

theres no capo when playing the A chord,as it plays variations on the A chord just before

to the scene" and "I did everything right",as such....

002200

002220

00224*

00225*

002224

002225

if you listen to the record you'll hear how its played.Then the A at the end,just before

F#m,is played...

002220

002230

002220

002200

002220

then F#m,ninth fret)

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