Elliott Smith – Either Or (Guitar)

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Either/Or New Moon 2006 Transcribed by Matt Schultz ([email protected]) Tuning is Standard (or slightly flat, 5-20 Cents) [Verse]
A                              C#7
You're strong, you're stubborn now

      D                A
In an endless symbolic war

         F#            Dm
Brave or bored, either/or
A Am A Am [Verse]
A                     C#7
Sometimes I ricochet from the past

       D                   A
And at times a future I’ve already had before

F#           Dm
Champion or chore, either/or
A Am A Am [Bridge]
     E         D     A       E    [Riff A; Below]      D
I’ll write the pages you rip out, back in their places again

E              D                A        E
One day you’ll know what you’re talking about

      Bm      F#m         G     D
I can hardly imagine, but until then I’ll be

A                C#7                D
Filling in these blanks that you create

               A              F#
Every time you win some petty score

          Dm                       A
Posing as hardcore, oh yeah, either/or
[Solo] A C#7 D A F# F x2 [Bridge]
E           D           A            E
Look at the spin chief, battered and broken
[Riff A] D Clutching a plastic rose
      E          D        A          E
We’re all in the downpour you carry around for

Bm          F#m      G            D
Trashing a lifestyle you’ve never known
[Verse]
A             C#7
It’s a useful dream that makes

D                     A                 F#
Quite an entertaining show and not much more

               Dm          A
Up against and for, either/or
A Am A Am A Am A
[Riff A]
                D
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