Elliott Smith – Either Or (Ukulele)

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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]

C                              E7
You're strong, you're stubborn now

      F                C
In an endless symbolic war

         A            Fm
Brave or bored, either/or

C-Cm-C-Cm [Verse]

C                     E7
Sometimes I ricochet from the past

       F                   C
And at times a future I’ve already had before

A           Fm
Champion or chore, either/or

C-Cm-C-Cm [Bridge]

     Bb         F     C       Bb                         F     
I’ll write the pages you rip out, back in their places again

Bb              F                C        Bb
One day you’ll know what you’re talking about

      Dm      Am         Bb     F
I can hardly imagine, but until then I’ll be

C                E7                F
Filling in these blanks that you create

               C              A
Every time you win some petty score

          Fm                       C
Posing as hardcore, oh yeah, either/or

[Solo] [Bridge]

Bb           F           C            Bb
Look at the spin chief, battered and broken

                    F
Clutching a plastic rose

      Bb          F        C          Bb
We’re all in the downpour you carry around for

Dm          Am      Bb            F
Trashing a lifestyle you’ve never known

[Verse]

C             E7
It’s a useful dream that makes

F                     C                 A
Quite an entertaining show and not much more

               Fm          C
Up against and for, either/or

C-Cm-C-Cm-C-Cm-C