Chords for Southern Belle - Elliott Smith

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122.65 bpm
Chords used:

C

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G

Ab

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Southern Belle - Elliott Smith chords
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[B] Hey, Elliot, [N] where have you been?
I've been peeing.
I thought it was a poo.
Yeah.
[C] You're
[Ab] [Eb] [Dm] [C]
[Ab] [Cm] [Dm] [C]
[Cm] [Eb] [Dm] [C]
[Ab] [Cm] [Bb] [G] [C]
[F]
in the [D] Southern Bell.
[C] It's [F] all you know how to [G] do.
[C] That you [Eb] give other people [Dm] hell.
[C] It's what [Eb] they expect from [Dm] you too.
[C] But I [F] wouldn't [C] have [F] how you [C] [Ab] want.
[G] [Eb] [G]
[C] [Eb] [G]
[C] I don't want to [Eb] walk [D] around [C] and breathe the [Gm] air you [G]
[C] breathe.
Stuck in the [Gm] Southern [Dm] town [C] where all [Eb] you can do is [B] grit your [C] teeth.
But I wouldn't have you how you [Ab] want.
[G] [Eb] [G] How [C]
[Eb] [G] [C] [Ab]
[G] [Eb] [G] [Ab] [B]
come [Eb] you're [G] not ashamed [Ab] of what [B]
you [C] [G] [Ab] are?
[B] And [Eb] sorry [G] that you're [Abm] the [B] one she [A] [Ab] got.
[Eb] [Dm]
[C] [Fm] [Eb] [G]
[C] Ain't [Eb] nobody looking [D] now.
[C] Nobody [Dm] nothing said.
[C] [Am] No one's [D] about to shout.
[C] Nobody's [Eb] seen the red.
[Dm] [C] But I wouldn't have you how you [Eb] want.
[F] [C] [Eb] [F]
[C] [Ab] [G] [Eb] [G]
[C] [D] [Eb] [G]
[C] [Ab] [G] [Eb] [G]
[C] [Ab] [Dm] [Eb] [G]
[C] You're [Dm] killing the [Bb] Southern Bell.
[G]
[C] [Gm] Killing the [Eb] Southern [G]
[C] Bell.
[Eb] Killing the Southern [G]
[C] Bell.
[Ab] [Eb] [G]
[C] Thanks, [N] man.
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Eb
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G
2131
Ab
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C
3211
Eb
12341116
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_ [B] _ _ _ Hey, Elliot, [N] where have you been?
I've been peeing.
I thought it was a poo.
Yeah.
[C] _ _ You're _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Ab] _ [Cm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Cm] _ [Eb] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Ab] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
in the [D] Southern Bell.
_ [C] _ It's [F] all you know how to [G] do.
_ [C] _ That you [Eb] give other people [Dm] hell.
_ [C] _ It's what [Eb] they expect from [Dm] you too.
[C] But I [F] wouldn't _ [C] have _ [F] how you [C] _ [Ab] want.
[G] _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] I don't want to [Eb] walk [D] around _ [C] and breathe the [Gm] air you _ [G] _
[C] breathe.
_ Stuck in the [Gm] Southern [Dm] town _ [C] where all [Eb] you can do is [B] grit your [C] teeth.
But I wouldn't have you _ how you _ [Ab] want.
[G] _ [Eb] [G] How _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _
[G] _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [B]
come [Eb] you're [G] not ashamed [Ab] of what [B]
you [C] _ _ [G] _ [Ab] are?
[B] And [Eb] sorry [G] that you're [Abm] the [B] one she [A] _ [Ab] got.
[Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ Ain't [Eb] nobody looking [D] now.
_ [C] _ _ Nobody [Dm] nothing said.
_ [C] _ _ [Am] No one's [D] about to _ shout.
[C] _ _ Nobody's [Eb] seen the red.
[Dm] _ [C] But I wouldn't have you _ how you _ [Eb] want.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ [Ab] _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ You're [Dm] killing the [Bb] Southern Bell.
[G] _
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] Killing the [Eb] Southern _ [G] _
_ [C] Bell.
[Eb] Killing the Southern _ [G] _
[C] Bell.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ Thanks, [N] man. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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