Needle In The Hay - Elliott Smith

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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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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]

           
 your hand on 

     
his arm
             
the hay stack 

            
charm around y

      
our neck
             
strung out and

   
 thin
             
calling some f

             
riend trying t

             
o cash some ch


eck
             
he's acting du


mb
             
that's what yo

            
u've come__ to

   
 expect


[Chorus]

            
 needle in the

        
 hay
              
 needle in the

  
 hay
            
 needle in the

        
 hay
              
 needle in the

  
 hay


[Verse 2]

           
 he's wearing 

        
your clothes
             
head down to t

            
oes a reaction

     
 to you
              
you say, you k

            
now what he di

            
d but you idio

    
t kid
             
you don't have

    
 a clue
             
sometimes they

           
 just get caug

          
ht in the eye
              
you're pulling

       
 him through


[Chorus]

            
 needle in the

       
 hay
              
 needle in the

  
 hay
            
 needle in the

       
 hay
              
 needle in the

  
 hay


[Interlude]

      (x3)
     


[Verse 3]

           
now on the bus
            
nearly touchin

             
g this dirty r

   
etreat
          
falling out 6t

             
h and powell a

             
 dead sweat in

     
 my teeth
             
gonna walk wal

     
k walk
            
four more bloc

             
ks plus the on

          
e in my break
           
down downstair

         
s to the man
             
he's gonna mak

          
e it all ok
             
I can't beat m

    
yself
             
I can't beat m

    
yself
             
and I don't wa

        
nt to talk
             
I'm taking the

           
 cure so I can

      
 be quiet
           
whenever I wan

t
            
so leave me al

one
             
you ought to b

            
e proud that I

             
'm getting goo

        
d marks


[Chorus] (x2)

            
 needle in the

       
 hay
              
 needle in the

  
 hay
            
 needle in the

       
 hay
              
 needle in the

  
 hay


[Ending]

      (x3)
      
(The end chord

/
 is F/C: 0 3 3

 0 1 0)