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...
NOTE: The intro was totally messed up, I transcribed the chords horizontally instead
of vertically. Now it's corrected. My apologies.
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
G G/F# Em
[Verse 1]
Em6 Cmaj7
I sit here shooting blanks
G G/F# Em
Out of emptiness
Em6 Cmaj7
Ain’t nothing really wanna kill
G G/F# Em
Maybe time I guess
D* C* /G /F#
I sit and spin the world and it's flipside
Em G* A7 A C
And I listen backwards for meanings
[Chorus]
G G/F#
'Cause I’m a stickman
Em Dadd2 F#m7 C /E /F# G
I live with one dimension dead
G/F# Em Dadd2 F#m7 C /C /B /G /F# Em6
Trying not to think too many moves ahead
[Verse 2]
Cmaj7
I draw from memory
G G/F# Em
The stillest kind of life
Em6 Cmaj7
Cut slide after slide
G G/F# Em
Mental pain's the sharpest knife
D* C* /G /F#
Project what's done for everyone to see
Em G* A7 A C
To me it's just a reversal
[Bridge]
G G/F# Em
And I'm a stickman in frames
Dadd2 F#m7
They go one by one
C
If I sped it up
Am
You'd see I'm on the run
B7
From some monster off screen
F#m7
Killing suns
C
Lonely makes me blue
G G/F# Cmaj7* F#m7
Envy turns me green
C
Hate might paint me red
G G/F# Em
If I load my magazine
D* C* /G /F#
But not just now when it's easy to stay clean
Em G* A7 A C
When no one sees where you're bleeding
[Chorus]
G G/F# Em Dadd2 F#m7 C /E /F# G
And I'm a stickman
G G/F# Em Dadd2 F#m7 C /C /B /G /F# Em
Stickman
