Elliott Smith
Ballad Of Big Nothing
Either/Or (1997)

c \ e    c \ e    d e    c \ e    d           c d e f x
    C/G      A5     C/G      A5     Fm(sus4)  G

G
Throwing candy out to the crowd
C                 D7                                  (embarque)
Dragging down the main
    G7
The helpless little thing with the dirty mouth
      C                       F    f♯
Who's always got something to say

G7
You're sitting around at home now
C                           D7
Waiting for your brother to call
Dm7       G(sus4)
I saw him down in the alley
Fm          G(sus4)
Having had enough of it all

               C
  Said you can do what you want to
      Asus2            Fm   Fm G
  Whenever you want to
          C
  You can do what you want to
          Asus2              Fm Dm Fm G
  There's no one to stop you

All spit and spite you're up all
Night and down every day
A tired man with only hours to go
Just a-waiting to be taken away

Getting in to the back of a car
For candy from some stranger
Watching the parade with pinpoint
Eyes full of smoldering anger

  Refrain

              C
  Now you can do what you want to
      Asus2
  Whenever you want to (oh yeah)
  C
  Do what you want to
      Asus2
  Whenever you want to (oh yeah)

  F
  Do what you want to
      E7
  Whenever you want to
  Am                       D7
  Though it doesn't mean a thing
  F         g Fm
  Big nothing

C  Am  C  Am  Fm(sus4)  G  w/ intro  G    C