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I Better Be Quiet Now Chords

Music by: Elliott Smith
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[Verse 1]
[D]Wish you gave me your num[Bm]ber
[E]Wis[Daug]h I cou[Bb]ld call you today,[Gm]
[D]just to hea[A]r a voi[Abdim]ce
I [G]got a long way to go
I'm getting fur[A]ther away

[Interlude 1]
[D][Dsus4][D]

[Verse 2]
If I [D]didn't know the [Bm]differ[E] ence
[Daug]living a[Gm]lone'dprobably be [D]ok
It [A]wouldn't [D]be lon[Abdim]ely
I [G]got a long way to go
I'm getting [A]further away

[Interlude 2]
[D][Dsus4][D][F]

[Verse 3]
A lot of [F]hours to [G]occupy,
it was [Bb]easy when I [C]didn't know you [F]yet
[Eb]Things I [Dm]have [Em]to f[C]or
[Edim]get[Bb][Edim][C][F]
But I better be [G]quiet now
I'm [Bb]tired of [Edim]wasting [C]my bre[F]ath
[Eb]Carrying [Dm]on and ge[C]tting
[Edim]up set[Bb]
[C][C#dim]

[Verse 4]
[D]
Maybe IÂ got a [Bm]probl[E]em,
but [Bb]that's not what I [Daug]wanted t[Gm]o say[D]
I'd prefer to say noth[Abdim]ing.
I [G]got a long way to go
I'm getting fur[A]ther away.

[Interlude 3]
[D][Dsus4][D][E]
[D][Abdim][G][A][G]
[A][D][Dsus4][D][F]

[Verse 5]
Had a [F]dream as an [G]army man with an or
[Bb]der just to march [C]in my [F]place
While a [Eb]dead [Dm]enemy [Em]screams
[C#dim]in my face[Bb][Edim][C][F]
But I better be [G]quiet now
I'm [Bb]tired of [C]wasting my [F]breath
[Eb]Carrying [Dm]on,
not [Em]over [C#dim]it yet

[Interlude 4]
[Bb][C][C#dim][D]

[Verse 6]
Wish I [D]knew what you're [Bm]do i[E]ng
And [Bbaug]why you want to do it th[Gm]is w[Daug]ay,[D]
so I can't go the distance
[Abdim]I got a lon[G]g way to go[A][G]
I'm getting [A]further [Bm]away[G][Bm][E]
I got a [G]long [A]way to [C]go
I'm getting [A]further away
[D][Dsus4][D]
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