Elliott Smith – Needle In The Hay (Guitar)

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Tabbed by Jon Riley (www.leftoutkid.fsnet.co.uk) I haven't bothered to check up the exact chord names... and in certain places he uses bar chords. Chords: F: 0 0 3 0 1 0 C: 0 3 2 0 1 0 E: 0 2 2 0 1 0 Am: 0 0 2 2 1 0 G: 3 2 0 0 0 0 [Verse 1]
Am     F           Am
 your hand on his arm

     F          C      E          Am
the hay stack charm around your neck

  F              Am
strung out and thin

   F            C              E          Am
calling some friend trying to cash some check

       F      Am
he's acting dumb

  F                 C  E       Am
that's what you've come__ to expect
[Chorus]
Am                    C
 needle in the hay

                F
 needle in the hay

Am                    C
 needle in the hay

                F
 needle in the hay
[Verse 2]
Am       F            Am
 he's wearing your clothes

 F             C       E         Am
head down to toes a reaction to you

               F           Am           F     C
you say, you know what he did but you idiot kid

      E           Am
you don't have a clue

 F              Am        F           E
sometimes they just get caught in the eye

                     Am
you're pulling him through
[Chorus]
Am                   C
 needle in the hay

                F
 needle in the hay

Am                   C
 needle in the hay

                F
 needle in the hay
[Interlude] Am F Am F C E (x3) F G E Am F Am [Verse 3]
 F          Am
now on the bus

 F        C            E       Am
nearly touching this dirty retreat

 F      Am   F        C             E          Am
falling out 6th and powell a dead sweat in my teeth

       F           Am
gonna walk walk walk

 F          C              E          Am
four more blocks plus the one in my break

 F          Am  F       C
down downstairs to the man

            E           Am
he's gonna make it all ok

         F        Am
I can't beat myself

         F        C
I can't beat myself

        E             Am
and I don't want to talk

      F        Am       F         C
I'm taking the cure so I can be quiet

  E         F
whenever I want

            G
so leave me alone

     E          Am            F                   Am
you ought to be proud that I'm getting good marks
[Chorus] (x2)
Am                   C
 needle in the hay

                F
 needle in the hay

Am                   C
 needle in the hay

                F
 needle in the hay
[Ending] Am F Am F C E (x3)
F G E Am F E F/C
(The end chord is F/C: 0 3 3 0 1 0)