Lirik dan Chord Lagu Ballad of Big Nothing - Elliott Smith

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “Ballad of Big Nothing” adalah sebuah lagu yang dibawakan oleh penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Amerika Serikat, 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.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Waltz, No. 2 (XO) dari Elliott Smith

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