Cant Make A Sound
Elliott Smith
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Tom : Em
[Verse 1]
C A7
* Em Em * D
I have become a silent movie / Where the hero killed the clown
[Chorus 1]
D Em B7 C
Can't make a sound / Can't make a sound / Can't make a sound
[Verse 2]
C A7
* Em Em * D
Nobody knows what he's doing / Still hanging around
[Chorus 2]
D Em B7
Can't make a sound / Can't make a sound
B7 C
A7 A7 *
Can't make a sound / Can't make a sound
[Bridge 1]
D A7 C Cmaj7 Cmaj9
The slow motion moves me
G B7
The monologue means nothing to me
[Solo]
[Verse 3]
C A7
* Em Em * D
Bored in the role, but he can't stop / Standing up to sit back down
D Em
Em * B
Or lose the one thing found
C A7
* Em Em * D
Spinning the world like a toy top / 'Til there's a ghost in every town
[Chorus 2]
D Em B7
Can't make a sound / Can't make a sound
B7 C Csus2(#11) Csus2 A7 A13 A7
Can't make a sound / Can't make a sound
[Bridge 2]
D A7 C Cmaj7 Cmaj9
Eyes locked and shining
G B7
Can't you tell me what's happening?
[Outro]
C Cmaj7 G A Asus4 A E E7 C B C Cmaj7 G A Asus4 A E E7 C B
D|--5----------5---5--------7----7--7--2---------------2--------------4----4--| (4x)
Why should you want any other / when you're a world within a world?
C Cmaj7 G A Asus4 A E E7 C B B
D|--5---5-----5-----7---7--7---2----------2-----4---4-----------------------| (3x)
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| p Pull-off
| b Bend
| / Slide up
| ~ Vibrato
| h Hammer-on
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