Bottle Up And Explode Tab

Bottle up and explode! - From the Album "XO
"Elliott Smith


Original Tab by Chris Walker

Chords used:

C#m:  x46654

A:    x02220

E:    022100

G#:   466544

F#:   244322

Esus4:0222xx

B:    x24442

B/C:  x3434x

B5:   x24xxx

B5/C: x34xxx

C#5:  x46xxx

E5:   x79xxx

F#5:  244xxx

Intro (and chorus):

   B                 Cdim              C#m       B/D#  E       Bbdim

   V     V     V V   V     V     V V

e|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
B|-4-----4-----4---|-4-----4-----4---|-----5---5-4---|-------5-----2---|
G|-4-----4-----4---|-3-----3-----3---|---------------|-----------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---6---6-----4-|-----6-----2-----|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4---4-----6---|-6/7-----1-------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|

  A                 E                 F#

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----------2---|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------2-------|-4---------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

Verse 1:

C#m               A            E

Bottle up and explode over and over

          G#             A

Keep the troublemaker below

         F#     A                 Esus4

Put it away and check out for the day

C#m           A              E

And in for a round of overexposure

     G#                     A                  F#

The thing mother nature provides to get up and go

B             B/C             C#m

Bottle up and explode seeing stars

E            A

Surrounding you

     E         F#

Red white and blue

Verse 2:

C#m              A                  E

You look at him like you've never known him

       G#                       A

But I know for a fact that you have

                    F#

The last time you cried

A                      Esus4

Who'd you think was inside?

C#m            A                     E

Thinking that you were about to come over

         G#                    A

But i'm tired now waiting for you

           F#

You never show

B             B/C                C#m

Bottle up and go if you're gonna hide

E           A

It's up to you

     E        F#

I'm coming through

SOLO (played twice):

E-0--0--0--0----0---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-2--4--5--5----5---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------6/4--6--4-----------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------6------6--6—6/4--------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------7-------------------7--6—4----4--4---6---7-|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B             B/C               C#m

Bottle up and go i can make it outside

E           A       E      F#

I'll get through becoming you

A     E      F#

   Becoming you

A     E      F#

   Becoming you