No Name 1

Elliott Smith - No Name #1

from Roman Candle, 1994

Of course, Elliott tends to have two guitars going at once: one playing rhythm chords

another playing a simple riff on the B string over it. However, the riff is playable in

chords, so this is both combined. The strumming rhythm is tough to convey, so listen to the song.

CHORDS USED:

C x32010

Am x02210

F xx3211

Dm xx0231

G 355433

G7 353433

VERSE:

The chords go C Am F Dm, and the riff (on the B string) goes like this:

B|-1---1h3-3-1---1---1h3-3-1---1---1h3-3---3---3-0---3-|

C Am F Dm

e|-0---0---0-0---0---0---0-0---1---1---1---1---1-1---1-|

B|-1---1h3-3-1---1---1h3-3-1---1---1h3-3---3---3-0---3-|

G|-0---0---0-0---2---2---2-2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-|

D|-2---2---2-2---2---2---2-2---3---3---3---0---0-0---0-|

A|-3---3---3-3---0---0---0-0---x---x---x---x---x-x---x-|

E|-x---x---x-x---x---x---x-x---x---x---x---x---x-x---x-|

Verse Rhythm:

C Am F Dm C

at a party he was waiting looking kind of spooky and withdrawn

C Am F Dm C

like he could be underwater the mighty mother with her hundred arms

C Am F Dm C

swept all aside i hate to walk behind

C Am F Dm

other people's ambition i saw you waiting

Chorus Rhythm:

G G7 G

saint like with your warning

F Am F G

leave alone you don't belong here

he got nervous

started whistling

every thought a ricochet

did you notice?

well i wondered

what's the worst thing i could say?

and i froze up and sighed

you remind me of someones daughter

i forgot her

i forgot her name ashamed

go home and live with your pain

leave alone

leave alone 'cos you know you don't belong

you don't belong here

and when i go

don't you follow

leave alone

leave alone 'cos you know you don't belong

you don't belong here

slip out quiet

nobody's looking

leave alone

you don't belong here