Stickman
Elliott Smith
Stickman by Elliott Smith Always strum the bass notes first. The first time you play Em6 strum the bass at E then keep struming at Db (lowest note in the Em6 chord). I’m not really sure about the chord’s names but who cares... G: 320003 G/F#: 200033 Em6: x45400 Cmaj7: x35400 Em: 022000 D*: x57775 C*: x35553 G*: 355433 A7: x02023 A: x02220 F#m7: x422x0 C: x32010 Dadd2: x54030 Am: x02210 B7: x2120x Cmaj7*: 332000 [Intro] e|-7--7--7-7--7-7 B|-8--10-8-7--7-7 G|-7--7--9-11-9-9 D|-9--7--9-7--8-7 A|-10-9--7-9--x-x E|-x--x--x-7--9-8 / [Verse 1] I sit here shooting blanks Out at emptiness Ain’t nothing really wanna kill Maybe time I guess I sit and spin the world and it’s flipside And I listen backwards for meanings [Chorus] ’Cause I’m a stickman I live with one dimension dead Trying not to think too many moves ahead [Verse 2] I draw from memory The stillest kind of life Cut slide after slide Mental pain’s the sharpest knife Project what’s done for everyone to see To me it’s just a reversal [Bridge] And I’m a stickman in frames Dadd2 F#m7 They go one by one If I sped it up You’d see I’m on the run From some monster off screen Killing suns Lonely makes me blue Envy turns me green Hate might paint me red If I load my magazine But not just now when it’s easy to stay clean When no one sees where you’re bleeding [Chorus] And I’m a stickman Stickman