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Some Song

Elliott Smith (self-titled)
standard D tuning
all chords are barre chords except the A's in the verses (but they are barred in the chorus).
F should be played barred on the 8th fret, not the first.
play mostly just the bass end of all the chords.

A

D             A                    D
it's a junkie dream makes you so uptight
               A                       D
yeah it's halloween tonight and every night
                       A
hear you scratch your skin
                 D
your sandpaper throat
                   A                     D
you're a symphony, man, with one fucking note
                 A             D
charlie beat you up week after week
                  A                       D
and when you grow up you're going to be a freak
               A          C#            G           C  G  A
want a violent girl who's not scared of anything
        F       C     G  A      
help me kill my time
         F        C     G  A
cos I'll never be fine
        F       C     G  A
help me kill my time
D                A                  D
you went down to look at old dallas town
                  A                  D
where you must be sick just to hang around
            A                  D
seen it on tv how to kill your man
                 A                      D
then like gacy's scene a canvas in your hand
                     A                         D
you better call your mom she's out looking for you
                    A                     D
in the jail and the army and the hospital too
                 A          C#     G            C     G  A       
but those people there couldn't do anything for you
        F       C     G  A
help me kill my time
         F        C    G  A
cos I'll never be fine
        F       C     G  A
help me kill my time
        F       C     G  A
help me kill my time
        F       C     G  A
help me kill my time
         F        C     G  A
cos I'll never be fine
        F       C      G  A  F  C
help me kill my time