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Little One

From a Basement on the Hill
little one - elliott smith

standard D - DGCFAD

intro (as played live Nov 9, 2001 at the Wiltern, L.A., CA)
D--10--12--9---10--7---8-------12-----------------------------
A--8---8---8---8---8---8---10------8---8---8---8-----8--8--7--
F--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---10--9---8-----8--7--5--
C-------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------10--10--10--10-------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------

   G   G/F#  G              Eb          Cm7           D         A           A   /F# /E /F#
D--10---10---7-h-8--7-------6--5\3------6----5p3------2-----------------0---2-------------
A--8----8----8----------8---4--------4--4----4----4---3-----------------2---3-------------
F--0---------7--------------0-----------3-------------2--------------2------2-------------
C--9------------------------5-----------5-------------0-----------2---------0-------------
G--10---9-------------------6-----------3----3------------------0-------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------2--0--2--
   one more little one i'll go down and stay down and sleep the rest of the day

  G     G/F#  G        Eb          Cm7            D         A  D       B     Em
D--10----10--7h8-7-----6--5\3-------6----5p3------2---------0--2-------------0--
A--8-----8---8-----8---4--------4---4----4----4---3---------2--3-------4-----0--
F--0---------7---------0------------3-------------2-------2----2-------4-----0--
C--9-------------------5------------5-------------0-----2------0--1/2--4--4--2--
G--10----9-------------6------------3----3------------0-------------------2--2--
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------0--0--
   dream new music to calm down and stay down and keep evil away

      B7        Em      A            D          A            D      B7
D-----2---------3-------------0------2----------------0------2------2--
A-----0---------0-------------2------3----------------2------3------0--
F-----2---------0-----------2--------2--------------2--------2------2--
C-----1---------2---------2----------0------------2----------0------1--
G-----2---------2-------0-----------------------0-------------------2--
D---------------0------------------------------------------------------
    i hear you asleep, changing your shape, dissolve in some dream

   Em      B7        Em       A         D          A            D      D7
D--0-------2---------3--------------0---2----------------0------2------8--
A--0-------0---------0--------------2---3----------------2------3------7--
F--0-------2---------0------------2-----2--------------2--------2------5--
C--2-------1---------2----------2-------0------------2----------0------0--
G--2-------2---------2--------0--------------------0----------------------
D--0-----------------0----------------------------------------------------
    till a new one appears to take you along where you've never been

   G  /F  /E    /Db  /D   /C  /B    /Bb
D--3---3---3-----3----3----3---3-----3--
A--3---3---3-----3----3----3---3-----3--
F--0---0---0-----0----0----0---0-----0--
C--0---3---2-----1----0-----------------
G--2-----------------------3---2-----1--
D--3------------------------------------
   one two three four five six seven eight

   Em/C#             C7       G         Am          A   Cm  B7
D--0-----------------3-3-5-6--3---------0-----------0---3---2--
A--0-----------------5-5-7-8--0---------1-----------2---4---4--
F--0-----------------3--------0---------2-----------2---5---2--
C--2-----------------5--------0---------2-----------2---5---4--
G--4-----------------3--------2---------0-----------0---3---2--
D--0--------------------------3--------------------------------
     the moonlight tonight   seems to belong to me, cos i  

   Em    G     A   /G /F# Em        G    C    D7          
D--0-----3-----0----------0---------3----0----2--5--7--8---
A--0-----0-----2----------0---------0----1----1--7--9--10--
F--0-----0-----2----------0---------0----0----2------------
C--2-----0-----2----------2---------0----2----0------------
G--2-----2-----0--0-------2---------2----3-----------------
D--0-----3----------3-2---0---------3----------------------
   never go to sleep,   i need some company

(played the same as first verse/chorus)
one hit wouldn't hurt a bit
i'll go down and see what's there to find
if it's good shit you won't know
and i won't know the fact that i'm dying
if i seem to be reckless with myself it's the fault of no one
all things have a place under the moon as well as the sun

   G   G/F#  G           Eb          Cm7                     G
D--10---10---7-h-8--7----6----5\3-----6----5p3------6--5--3--3--
A--8----8----8---------8-4---------4--4----4----4---4--4--4--3--
F--0---------7-----------0------------3-------------------5--4--
C--9---------------------5------------5-------------------5--5--
G--10---9----------------6------------3----3--------3--3--3--5--
D------------------------------------------------------------3--
   one more little one i love you