The chords are simplified and hence may sound off at times.
For a more authentic feel, replace the standard A and D chords with the following alternatives:

+------------+
|     EADGBE |
|   |
|D*:  200220 |

 (for the vers

es)
|D**: 200222 |
+------------+

 (for the chor

us)

If you want to play this song exactly as Phoebe does,
check out https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/p/phoebe_bridgers/smoke_signals_tab.htm


[Intro]  (x2)
      


[Verse]
             
I went with yo

            
u up to the pl

             
ace you grew u

             
p in, we spent

              
 a week in the

 
 cold
             
Just long enou

           
gh to "Walden"

              
 it with you, 

             
any longer, it

              
 would have go

  
t old
             
Singing "Ace o

              
f Spades" when

              
 Lemmy died bu

           
t nothing's ch

              
anged - L.A.'s

            
 all right
             
I'm sleeping i

              
n my bed again

           
 and getting i

              
n my head and 

             
then walk arou

              
nd the reservo

    
ir


[Chorus]
           
You-uuu-uuu-uu

            
uu, you must h

              
ave been looki

       
ng for me
             
Sending smo-oo

           
-oo-ooke signa

             
ls, pelicans c

   
ircling
           
Burning trash 

          
out on the bea

ch


[Solo]
      


[Verse]
             
One of your ey

           
es is always h

              
alf-shut, some

             
thing happened

              
 when you were

   
 a kid
             
I didn't know 

             
you then and I

#            
'll never unde

             
rstand why it 

             
feels like I d

id
             
"How Soon Is N

           
ow" in an '80s

             
 sedan, you sl

              
ept inside of 

   
it because you

r dad
             
Lived in a cam

              
pground in the

           
 back of a van

             
, you said tha

              
t song will cr

            
eep you out un

til you're dea

d


[Chorus]
             
And you-uuu-uu

          
u-uuuu must ha

              
ve been lookin

      
g for me
             
Sending smo-oo

           
-oo-ooke signa

             
ls, pelicans c

   
ircling
           
Burning trash 

          
out on the bea

ch


[Solo]
      


[Verse]
             
I wonna live a

           
t the Holiday 

             
Inn where some

              
body else make

      
s the bed
             
We'll watch TV

           
 while the lig

              
hts on the str

             
eet put all th

           
e stars to dea

th
             
It's been on m

              
y mind since B

              
owie died just

           
 checking out 

             
to hide from l

     
ife
             
And all of our

           
 problems I'm 

              
gonna solve 'e

             
m with you rid

             
ing shot-gun s

peeding, 'caus

e fuck the cop

s


[Chorus]
             
And you-uuu-uu

          
u-uuuu, you mu

              
st have been l

           
ooking for me
             
Sending smo-oo

           
-oo-ooke signa

             
ls, pelicans c

   
ircling
           
Burning trash 

          
out on the bea

ch


[Solo]
      


[Verse]
             
I buried a hat

           
chet, it's com

              
ing up lavende

             
r, the future'

              
s unwritten, t

   
he past is a c

orridor
             
I'm at the exi

           
t looking back

              
 through the h

             
all, you are a

          
nonymous, I am

 a concrete wa

ll


[Outro]  (x4)