Speed Trials

Speed Trials

Standard tuning (for once!)

Intro

Play two times

Verse 1

He's pleased to meet you underneath the horse

In the cathedral with the glass stained black

Singing sweet high notes that echo back

To destroy their master

May be a long time till you get the call-up

But it's sure as fate and hard as your luck

No-one'll know where you are

Chorus

It's just a brief smile crossing your face

Running speed trials standing in place

Verse 2

When the socket's not a shock enough

You little child what makes you think you're tough?

When all the people you think you're above

They all know what's the matter

You're such a pinball yeah you know it's true

There's always something you go back running to

To follow the path of no resistance

Chorus

It's just a brief smile crossing your face

Running speed trials standing in place

It's just a brief smile crossing your face

Running speed trials all over the place

Ending

Play these chords to fade-out while Elliott sings "Oooh-ooh-ohh", etc.:

During the part where the words are "No one'll know where you are", you might try:

No one'll know where you are

Same for "To follow the path of no resistance"

Neither one is completely right, I don't think, but maybe each is part right.

Speed Trials

Elliott Smith

Standard tuning (for once!)

Standard open chords except:

Dadd9 xx0230

Intro (played twice) (this is also played as the bassline under the C

and Am chords in the verse)

* Lick in verse (bass plays a G but it don't add it to the guitar

line, it sounds cluttered)

Verse:

* |

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Chorus 1:

Chorus 2:

Outro: