Smoke Signals - Phoebe Bridgers

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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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I tabbed this 
Phoebe tunes h
E-A-D-G-B-e

directly from 
er guitar a li

KylesKorner's 
ttle different

youtube video.
ly to standard

 Check it out 
. She tunes it

for more detail.
 from
to
Eb-A-D-G-Bb-D

She uses these four chords throughout the song
F6sus:     2x003x
Gm:        4x003x
C7sus2:    x3003x
Ebmaj7sus: 01003x

Few more small things to be brought up
In the middle of switching between chords Phoebe plucks the open A string.
In between C7sus2 and Ebmaj7sus there's a walk down
So in theory it should look like this

D |x---x---x--
Bb|3---3---3--
G |0---0---0--
D |0---0---0--
A |x-0-x-0-3-3
Eb|2---4---x--

-------x-|
-------3-|
-------0-|
-0-----0-|
---1---1-|
-----0-0-|


but those bits are optional, you can get away with not doing it


[Intro]
    (x2)


[Verse 1]
         
I went with yo

            
u up to the pl

ace we grew up

 and
        
We spent a wee

         
k in the cold
         
Just long enou

      
gh to Walden i

n it with you
        
Any longer it 

             
would've got o


ld
        
Singing Ace of

 Spades when L

emmy died
            
But nothing's 

              
changed, L.A's

        
 alright
    
I'm sleeping i

n my bed again
    
And getting in

 my head and t

hen
        
Walk around th

  
e reservoir


[Chorus]
       
You
        
You must've be

           
en looking for


 me
         
Sending smoooo


ke signals
   
Pelicans circl


ing
            
Burning trash 

     
out on the bea


ch
   


[Verse 2]
         
One of your ey

      
es is always h

alf-shut
          
Something happ

            
ened when you 

       
were a kid
         
I didn't know 

             
you then and I

             
'll never unde

       
rstand why
              
It feels like 

  
I did
         
"How Soon Is N

           
ow?" in an eig

hties sedan
        
You slept insi

         
de of it becau


se your dad
         
Lived in a cam

              
pground in the

 
 back of a van
        
You said "that

              
 song will cre

       
ep you out unt


il you're dead

"


[Chorus]
       
And you
        
Must've been l

       
ooking for me
         
Sending smoooo


ke signals
   
Pelicans circl


ing
            
Burning trash 

    
out on the bea


ch
   

[Verse 3]
         
I want to live

        
 at the Holida

y Inn
        
Where somebody

              
 else makes th

  
e bed
         
We'll watch TV

           
 while the lig

hts on the str

eet
        
Put all the st

       
ars to death
          
It's been on m


y mind since B

owie died
            
Just checking 

        
out to hide fr

         
om life
         
And all of our

          
 problems I'm 

gonna solve th

em
        
With you ridin

           
g shotgun, spe


eding 'cause f

uck the cops


[Chorus]
       
And you
        
You must've be

           
en looking for


 me
         
Sending smoooo


ke signals
   
Pelicans circl


ing
            
Burning trash 

    
out on the bea


ch
   

[Verse 4]
         
I burried a ha

       
tchet, it's co

ming up lavend

er
        
The future's u

              
nwritten; the 


past is a corr

idor
         
I'm at the exi

   
t, looking bac

k through the 

hall
         
You are anonym

     
ous, I am a co

ncrete wall


[Outro]

    (x3)


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