Stained Glass Eye

stained glass eye - elliott smith

standard E tuning (EADGBE) tuned a little flat

D    xx0232  G  320003
D/g  xx0032  Em 022000
D/f# xx4232  A  x02220
D/b  xx0432  F# 244322
D/e  xx2032


D      D/g  D/f# D    D/b  D   D/f# D/e D/g D/f# G      /F#
people sink your boat when you cut  a   tra-gic  figure
Em               A       Em               A
they drink their lemonade and throw you a line
D         D/g D/f# D       D/b D  D/f# D/e D/g    D/f# G      /F#
boil your problem  down to yes or no       what's the  matter
Em             A        Em               A
they bomb your promenade and this makes it shine
F#                   G    /F#      Em     A  /G
so you must play the comic if they want one
F#                 G     /F#           Em     A  /G
and describe their moment when they're in one
D      D/g  D/f# D  D/b D   D/f# D/e D/g    D/f# G      /F#
people pass you  by passing up   the chance to   know you
Em        A      Em            A
they're irregular in the usual way
D          D/g   D/f# D     D/b     D D/f#  D/e D/g   D/f# G      /F#
you should crack a    smile once in a while it  makes you  pretty
Em           A         Em                    A
it makes you wanna give them a piece of your mind
F#                G    /F#      Em     A  /G
but they can't be people not if I'm one
F#                  G             /F#       Em    A  /G
and if I have to be like them I'd rather be no one
D        D/g  D/f# D     D/b D    D/f# D/e D/g D/f# G      /F#
couldn't make the  scene not with all  the peo-ple  looking
Em        A           Em                A
all these connoisseurs on guard all the time
D      D/g   D/f# D   D/b   D  D/f# D/e D/g D/f# G      /F#
rather spend the  day blank as hell     by  the  window
Em      A        Em                A
looking out of my stained glass eye

la la la... [fades out]
D  D/g  D/f#  D  D/b  D  D/f#  D/e  D/g  D/f#  G  /F#  Em  A...