Needle In The Hay - Elliott Smith
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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)