Elliott Smith – Condor Ave (Ukulele)

Intro                Riff (over D chord)
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E            F#*         G*
she took the oldsmobile out past condor ave

       /B Cmaj7           /B C 
and she locked the car and slipped past

D        riff      C   Am     Asus4 Am   Bm F#
into rhythmic quietude lights bur - ning

      Am   /B  C
voice dry and hoarse

E            F#*                G*
i threw the screen door like a bastard back and forth

  /B Cmaj7     /B C         D
the chimes fell over each other

     riff       C
i fell onto my knees

                 Am  Asus4   Am  Bm F#          Am  /B C
the sound of the car driving off       made me feel diseased

E      G                  Am 
a sick shouting like you hear at the fairground

E               G          Am
now i'm picking up to put away anything of your's that's still around

E         G                         Am
i don't know what to do with your clothes or your letters

       E      D              C  /B /C /G /F# /F
it'll make a whisper out of you

E            F#*        G*
she took the oldsmobile out past condor ave

     /B Cmaj7
the fairground's lit

    /B  C       D           riff             C
a drunk man sits by the gate she's driving through

        Am        Asus4  Am  Bm  F#     Am    /B   C
got his hat tipped bot - tle back  in between his teeth

E      F#*       G*                       /B Cmaj7
looks like he's buried in the sand at the beach

      /B C               D            riff           C
i can't think about you driving off to leave barely awake

    Am   Asus4  Am  Bm F#           Am  /B  C
to take a lit - tle nap  while the road is straight

E            G      Am
i wish that car had never been discovered

      E             G              Am
they took away the bottle and the hat he was under

E           G             Am
that's the one thing that he could never do

           E      D              C /B /C /G /F# /F
and it'll make a whisper out of you

E            F#*        G*
she took the oldsmobile out past condor ave

/B Cmaj7          /B C
  cops were running around the scene

D           riff          C
looking for some kind of clue

      Am  Asus4 Am   Bm   F#        Am   /B   C
they never get  up - tight  when a moth gets crushed

E        F#*                G*
unless a light bulb really loved him very much

/B Cmaj7         /B C
  i'm lying down

D        riff             C
blowing smoke from my cigarette

        Am    Asus4 Am Bm  F#            Am /B  C
little whisper smoke  signs  that you'll never get

E              G          Am
you're in your oldsmobile driving by the moon

E           G             Am
headlights burning bright ahead of you

    E                  G          Am
and someone's burning out, out on condor ave

           E     D               C /B /C /G /F# /F
trying to make a whisper out of you

E               G       
what a shitty thing to say

Am
did you really mean it?

    E             G          Am
you never said a word to me about what passed between us

E                   G
so now i'm leaving you alone

        Am
you can do whatever the hell you want to

E   D                   C  /B /C /G /F# /F E
na, na, na, na, na, na, na