Elliott Smith – These Days (Guitar)
Key
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Based off of how Elliott played the song at the Satyricon in 1999.
Listen to the video to figure out the
strumming pattern.
Chords:
(in order of when they’re played)
F (133211)
Cm7/E (032000)
C/G (332010)
C (X32010)
Riff 1:
E|-------------| B|-------------| G|-------------| D|-------------| A|-3-0h2-0-----| E|---------3---|
Riff 2:
E|-------------| B|-------------| G|-------------| D|-----0h2-0---| A|-----------3-| E|-0-3---------|
[Intro]
Riff 1 F Riff 1 F Cm7/E C/G
[Verse 1]
Riff 1 F I've been out walking Riff 1 F I don't do too much talking these days Cm7/E These days C/G These days I seem to think a lot Cm7/E* About the things that I forgot to do
Riff 2
Riff 1 F And all the times I had Cm7/E The chance to
[Verse 2]
Riff 1 F I quit my rambling Riff 1 F I won't do too much gambling these days Cm7/E These days C/G These days I seem to think a lot Cm7/E* ‘Bout the many changes came my way
Riff 2
Riff 1 F And I wonder if I'd see another Cm7/E Highway
[Verse 3]
Riff 1 F I had a lover Riff 1 F I don't think I’d risk another these days Cm7/E These days C/G And if I seem to be afraid Cm7/E* To live the life that I’ve made in song
Riff 2
Riff 1 F It's just that I've been losing Cm7/E So long
[Verse 4]
Riff 1 F I've quit my dreaming Riff 1 F I won't do too much scheming these days Cm7/E These days C/G These days I sit on cornerstones Cm7/E* And count the time in quarter tones to ten
Riff 2
Riff 1 F Cm7/E Please don't confront me with my failures C/G C* I had not forgotten them
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| h Hammer-on
| * Single strum
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