Elliott Smith — Everything Means Nothing To Me Chords
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Elliott Smith — Everything Means Nothing To Me
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Tabbed by: Gallagher2006
Tuning: Standard
Easy song, and heartbreaking. Gotta love it. Piano arranged for guitar, obviously. It
key quite a bit, so it'll be a bit harder to sing than your average Elliott song =]
Chords
G# [466544]
C#m/G# [446654]
A [577655]
B [799877]
F#m [244222]
Fsus4 [133311]
Bbm [x13321]
A* [x02220]
G#sus4 [x46444]
G5 [3x0033]
F# [244322]
Verse
G# C#m/G# A
Someone found the future as a statue
B A
in a fountain at attention,
G# F#m
looking backward in a pool of water
F#m
Wishes with a blue
Fsus4 Bbm
songbird on his shoulder
A* G#sus4 G5
Who keeps singing over everything
Chorus
F#
Everything means nothing to me
F#
Everything means nothing to me
F#
Everything means nothing to me
Theres a little riff played on the piano here. I've tabbed the basic melody, but also
harmony tab —
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B|———0—1—3—————————————————————————————0—1—3—5—6—8—10————————————————————————|
G|—2——————————————————————OR—————————2—————4—5—7—9—10————————————————————————|
D|———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
A|———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
E|———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
Verse
G# C#m/G# A
i picked up the song and found my picture
B A
in the paper the reflection in the
G#
water showed an
F#m
iron man still trying to salute
Fsus Bbm A*
people from a time when he was
G#sus4 G5
everything he's supposed to be
F#
Everything means nothing to me
F#
Everything means nothing to me
F#
Everything means nothing to me
F#
Everything means nothing to me
And that's it.
Lovely song, and somewhat easy once you get the chords down
Hope this helps
Cheers