Lirik dan Chord Lagu Ballad of Big Nothing - Elliott Smith

Lagu ini ditulis sendiri olehnya dan muncul sebagai trek ketiga yang ada di dalam album ketiganya, bertajuk Either/Or.

Album tersebut dirilis secara resmi pada 25 Februari 1997 melalui label musik Kill Rock Stars.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Ballad of Big Nothing” dari Elliott Smith.

[Intro]

C   Am   C   Am

Fm    G

[Verse 1]
G
Throwing candy out to the crowd
C                              D
Dragging down the main
           G
The helpless little thing with the dirty mouth
            C                                      F
Who's always got something to say
G
You're sitting around at home now
C                                          D
Waiting for your brother to call
Dm              G
I saw him down at the alley
Fm                                   G
Having had enough of it all

[Chorus]
                    C                                    Am                          Fm Dm Fm G
Said you can do what you want to whenever you want to
              C                                           Am                           Fm Dm Fm G
You can do what you want to, there's no one to stop you

[Verse 2]
G                                                 C
All spit and spite, you're up all night
                           D
And down every day
G
A tired man with only hours to go
          C                              F
Just waiting to be taken away
G
Getting into the back of a car
        C                             D
For candy from some stranger
Dm                 G                                Fm
watching the parade with pinpoint eyes
                 G
Full of smoldering anger

[Chorus]

              C                                  Am                          Fm Dm Fm G
You can do what you want to whenever you want to
               C                                          Am                         Fm Dm Fm G
You can do what you want to, there's no one to stop you
                    C                                    Am
Now you can do what you want to whenever you want to
C                                   Am
Do what you want to whenever you want to
G                                   E
Do what you want to whenever you want to
Am                                        D
Though it doesn't mean a thing
F                  Fm
Big nothing

[Ending]

C   Am   C   Am

Fm   G   C