6-4-2012
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Elliott Smith: "PICTURES OF ME" lyrics and chords of an amazing song from the album Either/Or (1997)
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| The (often) outrageous chord changes of this fantastic song are often "completely wrong" on various internet sites - which is why I have tried to show what I feel to be the correct chords, plus a few personal notes. |
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D
E7 |
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| Bb
G
[A G# G] Flirting with the flicks You say it's just for kicks |
the mini bass line (3 notes in brackets) actually makes you feel that there is a chord change; however, Elliot stays on G! |
| G!!
A
Bb You'll be the victim of your own dirty tricks |
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| F
E7
Bb You got yourself to tease and displease |
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| 2. Doors swinging wide You walked in to hide | |
| Looking at your feet Failure's complete | |
| Saw you and me on the coin-op TV | That's Smith too - in this line the drums suddenly sort of casually drop in - very laid back |
| Frozen in fear every time we appear | |
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CHORUS |
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| C
C/B
Bb I'm not surprised at all and really, why should I be? |
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| G
Dm See nothing wrong See nothing wrong |
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| C
C/B
Bb I'm so sick and tired of all these pictures of me |
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A!! Completely wrong Totally wrong |
A major: that's kind of surprising here - and often totally wrong on the internet ... |
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... then again, it's logical because it leads back to D major |
| 3. You go walking by Here come another guy | |
| Jailer who sells Personal hells | |
| Who'd like to see me down on my fucking knees | |
| Everybody's dying just to get the disease | lyrics: this is certainly one hell of a paradoxical statement |
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| SOLO: D E7 Bb G G A Bb F E7 Bb | Note that the lead guitar just stays on D in the first part of the solo - very simple yet very effective because of the tension between this minimalist "melody" and the chords |
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| I'm not surprised at all and really, why should I be? | |
| See nothing wrong See nothing wrong | |
| I'm so sick and tired of all these pictures of me | |
| Completely wrong Totally wrong | |
| I'm not surprised at all and really, why should I be? | |
| See nothing wrong See nothing wrong | |
| I'm so sick and tired of all these pictures of me | |
| Bb
E7
Bb Oh everybody's dying just to get the disease Everybody's dying just to get the disease Everybody's dying just to get the disease |
Bb to E7 is simply outrageous - except that the note D actually comes up in both chords! |
Here's the song at youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_FwWF9Dg-8
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