Elliott Smith - Speed Trials guitar tab
I believe this is the correct intro to Speed Trials with normal tuning
E ---------------------------------
B ---------------------------------
D -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
G -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
A -----------------0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-
E ---------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
--- Tony G
Speed Trials
Standard tuning (for once!)
Intro
Play two times
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Verse 1
C Am
He's pleased to meet you underneath the horse
C Am
In the cathedral with the glass stained black
C Am
Singing sweet high notes that echo back
Ab G7
To destroy their master
C Am
May be a long time till you get the call-up
C Am
But it's sure as fate and hard as your luck
C Ab G D
No-one'll know where you are
Chorus
C Am Fmaj7 G
It's just a brief smile crossing your face
C Am Fmaj7 G
Running speed trials standing in place
Verse 2
C Am
When the socket's not a shock enough
C Am
You little child what makes you think you're tough?
C Am
When all the people you think you're above
Ab G7
They all know what's the matter
C Am
You're such a pinball yeah you know it's true
C Am
There's always something you go back running to
C Ab G D
To follow the path of no resistance
Chorus
C Am Fmaj7 G
It's just a brief smile crossing your face
C Am Fmaj7 G
Running speed trials standing in place
Am F C G
It's just a brief smile crossing your face
Am F C G
Running speed trials all over the place
Ending
Play these chords to fade-out while Elliott sings "Oooh-ooh-ohh", etc.:
Am F C G
During the part where the words are "No one'll know where you are", you might try:
Ab Eb F G
No one'll know where you are
Same for "To follow the path of no resistance"
Neither one is completely right, I don't think, but maybe each is part right.
Speed Trials
Elliott Smith
Standard tuning (for once!)
Standard open chords except:
Am (1) x02210 Am (2) 577555
Dadd9 xx0230
Intro (played twice) (this is also played as the bassline under the C
and Am chords in the verse)
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* Lick in verse (bass plays a G but it don't add it to the guitar
line, it sounds cluttered)
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Verse:
|| C | Am (1) | C | Am | C | Am | Ab | * |
| C | Am | C | Am | Am (2) | Ab | Bb/F | * ||
Chorus 1:
||: C | Dadd9 | Fmaj7 | G :||
Chorus 2:
||: C | Dadd9 | Fmaj7 | G :||
||: A | Fmaj7 | C | G :||
Outro:
||: Am | Fmaj7 | C | G :||
Verse 1:
He's pleased to meet you underneath the horse
In the cathedral with the glass stained black
Singing sweet high notes that echo back
To destroy their master
May be a long time till you get the call-up
But it's sure as fate and hard as your luck
No-one'll know where you are
Chorus 1:
It's just a brief smile crossing your face
Running speed trials standing in place
Verse 2:
When the socket's not a shock enough
You little child what makes you think you're tough?
When all the people you think you're above
They all know what's the matter
You're such a pinball yeah you know it's true
There's always something you go back running to
To follow the path of no resistance
Chorus 2:
It's just a brief smile crossing your face
Running speed trials standing in place
It's just a brief smile crossing your face
Running speed trials all over the place
