Stickman

Elliott Smith

key:

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 at 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