Chords for Elliott Smith - Stick Man
Tempo:
77.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Em
A
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I [B] [Em] [C#] [C]
[G] [Em]
sit here [C] shooting blanks [Em] out of emptiness.
[Bm]
[Em] Ain't nothing really wanna kill, maybe time I get.
[Bm] I [Em] sit [D] and spin the [C] world on its left side, [E] and [D] listen backwards [A] for me.
[C]
Cause [G] I'm a [B] sick man, I [Em] live with [G] one dimension, [A] dead.
[C]
[G] [B] Try not to [Em] think, too [G] many moves [C#] ahead.
[A] [C]
[G] [Em] Drawn from [C] memory, [Em] still this kind of life.
Slide after slide, ain't so sharp as knife.
[C]
[E] Just [D] one stunt [C] for everyone to see.
[E] To me it's just a [A] reversal.
[C] And I'm a [B] sick man, in [Em] frames that [G] go one by [A] one.
If I spread [C] it out, you'd say I'm on the [Am] run.
From strong monsters, [B] off screen.
Screen killing [A] stars, only makes [C] me blue.
Killing pictures [G] make me green.
[C] [A] Hate my [C] pigment well, I love my [G] magazine.
[C] [E] But not [D] just now, when [C] it's easy to stay clean.
[E] No [D] one sees where [A] you're bleeding.
[C]
[G] And I'm a [B] sick man, [Em] [Bm]
[C#] [C]
[G] [Bm] sick [Em] man.
[Bm] [C#] [C]
[G] [Em] [G]
[A] [C]
[G] [D] [Em] [G]
[A] [C]
[A] [C] [G]
[E]
[N]
[G] [Em]
sit here [C] shooting blanks [Em] out of emptiness.
[Bm]
[Em] Ain't nothing really wanna kill, maybe time I get.
[Bm] I [Em] sit [D] and spin the [C] world on its left side, [E] and [D] listen backwards [A] for me.
[C]
Cause [G] I'm a [B] sick man, I [Em] live with [G] one dimension, [A] dead.
[C]
[G] [B] Try not to [Em] think, too [G] many moves [C#] ahead.
[A] [C]
[G] [Em] Drawn from [C] memory, [Em] still this kind of life.
Slide after slide, ain't so sharp as knife.
[C]
[E] Just [D] one stunt [C] for everyone to see.
[E] To me it's just a [A] reversal.
[C] And I'm a [B] sick man, in [Em] frames that [G] go one by [A] one.
If I spread [C] it out, you'd say I'm on the [Am] run.
From strong monsters, [B] off screen.
Screen killing [A] stars, only makes [C] me blue.
Killing pictures [G] make me green.
[C] [A] Hate my [C] pigment well, I love my [G] magazine.
[C] [E] But not [D] just now, when [C] it's easy to stay clean.
[E] No [D] one sees where [A] you're bleeding.
[C]
[G] And I'm a [B] sick man, [Em] [Bm]
[C#] [C]
[G] [Bm] sick [Em] man.
[Bm] [C#] [C]
[G] [Em] [G]
[A] [C]
[G] [D] [Em] [G]
[A] [C]
[A] [C] [G]
[E]
[N]
Key:
C
G
Em
A
B
C
G
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
sit here [C] shooting blanks [Em] out of emptiness.
[Bm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ Ain't nothing really wanna kill, maybe time I get.
[Bm] I [Em] _ _ _ sit _ [D] and spin the [C] world on its left side, [E] and [D] listen backwards [A] for me.
_ [C] _ _
Cause [G] I'm a [B] sick man, I [Em] live with [G] one dimension, [A] dead.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [B] Try not to [Em] think, too [G] many moves [C#] ahead.
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ [Em] _ _ Drawn from [C] memory, [Em] still this kind of life.
_ Slide _ _ _ _ _ after slide, ain't so sharp as _ knife.
[C] _ _ _
_ [E] Just [D] one stunt [C] for everyone to see.
[E] To me it's just a [A] _ reversal.
_ [C] _ _ And I'm a [B] sick man, in [Em] frames that [G] go one by [A] one.
If I spread [C] it out, you'd say I'm on the [Am] run.
From strong monsters, [B] off screen.
Screen killing [A] _ stars, only makes [C] me blue.
Killing pictures [G] make me _ green.
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ Hate my [C] pigment well, I love my [G] magazine. _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] But not [D] just now, when [C] it's easy to stay clean.
_ [E] No [D] one sees where [A] you're _ bleeding.
[C] _ _
[G] And I'm a [B] sick man, [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Bm] sick [Em] man.
_ [Bm] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
sit here [C] shooting blanks [Em] out of emptiness.
[Bm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ Ain't nothing really wanna kill, maybe time I get.
[Bm] I [Em] _ _ _ sit _ [D] and spin the [C] world on its left side, [E] and [D] listen backwards [A] for me.
_ [C] _ _
Cause [G] I'm a [B] sick man, I [Em] live with [G] one dimension, [A] dead.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [B] Try not to [Em] think, too [G] many moves [C#] ahead.
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ [Em] _ _ Drawn from [C] memory, [Em] still this kind of life.
_ Slide _ _ _ _ _ after slide, ain't so sharp as _ knife.
[C] _ _ _
_ [E] Just [D] one stunt [C] for everyone to see.
[E] To me it's just a [A] _ reversal.
_ [C] _ _ And I'm a [B] sick man, in [Em] frames that [G] go one by [A] one.
If I spread [C] it out, you'd say I'm on the [Am] run.
From strong monsters, [B] off screen.
Screen killing [A] _ stars, only makes [C] me blue.
Killing pictures [G] make me _ green.
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ Hate my [C] pigment well, I love my [G] magazine. _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] But not [D] just now, when [C] it's easy to stay clean.
_ [E] No [D] one sees where [A] you're _ bleeding.
[C] _ _
[G] And I'm a [B] sick man, [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Bm] sick [Em] man.
_ [Bm] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _