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Brand New Game

unreleased
brand new game - elliott smith

standard tuning

A*  x02225  Dm   xx0231
A7  x02223  Am   x02210
C+9 x32033  F/C  x33211
G*  320033  C/G  332010
A   x02220  G    320003
F#  244322  E    022100
F   133211  B/F# 221xxx

riff
E-------------
B-(0)h(1)/(2)--
G-(0)h(1)/(2)-
D--0-h-1-/-2--
A----------0--
E-------------



A* A7 C+9 G* /F# /G A  riff
A* A7 C+9 G* /F# /G A  riff

A*              A7     C+9         G*      /F# /G    A 
saw you dropped in the slot sayin' i got a brand new game
A*                 A7          C+9                    G*       /F# /G  A 
runnin' down the alley with an hour you bought from a man with no last name
A*       A7   C  G*                F#
like an idiot animal too stupid to shame
      F         Dm
got a brand new game
      Am         F/C       C/G
got a brand new, brand new game
      G         Am
got a brand new game
      F         A*   A7 C+9 G* /F# /G A  riff
got a brand new game

A* A7 C+9 G* /F# /G A  riff

A*      A7   C+9  G*       /F# /G A
ape man in a cave painting on the wall
A*                 A7         C+9                   G*            /F# /G A
nothing gonna keep ambition's menacing glances from nothing thats got it all
A*           A7     C+9        G*                  F#
from gazing over to where hope sleeps artificially small
       F         Dm
like a beast to tame
      Am         F/C       C/G
got a brand new, brand new game
      G         Am
got a brand new game
      F         A*  A7  C+9  
got a brand new game
G*             F     E
no happiness allowed
     Am            B/F#
cause one's never enough
                F     E   /F# /Ab
two is always a crowd

A* A7 C+9 G* /F# /G A  riff
A* A7 C+9 G* /F# /G A  riff
A* A7 C+9 G* F# F Dm

   A                    F   Dm
e|-5--------------------5---5--
B|-5--9--7--5-----------6---6--
G|-6-----------7p6------5---7--
D|-7---------------9\7--7---7--
A|----------------------------
E|-----------------------------

        A*         A7    C+9         G*        /F# /G A
i got a microscope and a slide and a glass eye nature made
A*                 A7           C+9               G*          /F# /G A
everything's impossible there's nothing to do but oppose this promenade
A*             A7  C+9  G*                      F#
push the point to oblivion and keep turning the blade
      F         Dm
got a brand new game
      Am         F/C       C/G
got a brand new, brand new game
      G         Am
got a brand new game
      F         A*  A7 C+9 G* /F# /G A riff
got a brand new game

A*  A7 C+9 G* 
F# F Dm A