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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 16:47:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Anna C. Vidal"
Subject: s/smith_elliott/miss_misery.crd
Title: Miss Misery
Artist: Elliott Smith
Transcribed(and submitted) by Jonathan Vidal
Chords used: C#m x46654Bsus9 224452
B 224442A(2) 577655
F#m x04222G 355433
E 022100Bm 224432
F#m(add9)xx4224D xx0232
E(2) 476454Ab 466544
A 002220
Stick a capo on the first fret
Verse 1
C#m B F#m EF#m(add9)
I'll fake it through the day with some help
F#m
From Johnnie Walker Red
E(2) F#m BA E
Send the poison brain down the drain to put
Bsus9B
Bad thoughts in my head
C#m B F#m E F#m(add9)
Two tickets torn in half for LA
F#m
With nothing to do
Chorus
E(2) B A(2) E(2) B
Do you miss me, Miss Misery
A E
Like you say you do
Bridge 1
G Bm E G
We met in the park, read the lines in my hand
D B
Told me I'm strong, hardly ever wrong, I said, man you mean
Verse 2
You had plans for both of us that involved
A trip out of town
To a place I seen in a magazine that you
Left lyin' around
I don't have you with me but I keep
A good attitude
Chorus
Middle Eight
A B E
I know you'd rather see me gone, than to see me
C#mA
The way that I am
BAb
But I am in the life anyway
Verse 3
Next door, TV's flashing blue
Frames on the wall
It's a comedy of errors you see
It's about taking a fall
To vanish into oblivion
It's easy to do
Chorus Chords
And I try to be but you know me
I come back when you want me to
Chorus
This was a tough song to figure out. There's a little guitar part at the
Bsus9. It goes like this
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Send any comments, corrections, or suggestions to
Enjoy!
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