Bottle Up And Explode
Elliott Smith
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Tom : A
[Intro]
B Cdim C#m B/D# E Bbdim
V V V V V V V V
e|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
B|-4-----4-----4---|-4-----4-----4---|-----5---5-4---|-------5-----2---|
G|-4-----4-----4---|-3-----3-----3---|---------------|-----------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---6---6-----4-|-----6-----2-----|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4---4-----6---|-6/7-----1-------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
A E F#
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----------2---|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------2-------|-4---------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Verse 1:
C#m A E
Bottle up and explode over and over
G# A
Keep the troublemaker below
F# A Esus4
Put it away and check out for the day
C#m A E
And in for a round of overexposure
G# A F#
The thing mother nature provides to get up and go
B B/C C#m
Bottle up and explode seeing stars
E A
Surrounding you
E F#
Red white and blue
Verse 2:
C#m A E
You look at him like you've never known him
G# A
But I know for a fact that you have
F#
The last time you cried
A Esus4
Who'd you think was inside?
C#m A E
Thinking that you were about to come over
G# A
But i'm tired now waiting for you
F#
You never show
B B/C C#m
Bottle up and go if you're gonna hide
E A
It's up to you
E F#
I'm coming through
SOLO (played twice):
B B/C C#m
Bottle up and go i can make it outside
E A E F#
I'll get through becoming you
A E F#
Becoming you
A E F#
Becoming you
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Detected progression: B → Cdim → C#m → B/D# → E → Bbdim → A → E
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