Either/Or
Elliott Smith
New Moon
2006

Transcribed by Matt Schultz (psychedelicmatthew@gmail.com)
Tuning is Standard [or Slightly Flat(5-20 Cents)]

[Verse]
A (x02220@1)                            C#7You're (x4342x@1)strong, you're stubborn now
      D (xx0232@1)              AIn (x02220@1)an endless symbolic war
         F# (244322@1)          DmBrave (xx0231@1)or bored, either/or

A-Am-A-Am

[Verse]
A (x02220@1)                   C#7Sometimes (x4342x@1)I ricochet from the past
       D (xx0232@1)                 AAnd (x02220@1)at times a future I've already had before
F# (244322@1)         DmChampion (xx0231@1)or chore, either/or

A-Am-A-Am

[Bridge]
     E (022100@1)       D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)  [Riff A; Below]      D (xx0232@1)   
I'll write the pages you rip out, back in their places again
E (022100@1)            D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)      EOne (022100@1)day you'll know what you're talking about
      Bm (x24432@1)    F#m (244222@1)       G (320003@1)   DI (xx0232@1)can hardly imagine, but until then I'll be

A (x02220@1)              C#7 (x4342x@1)              DFilling (xx0232@1)in these blanks that you create
               A (x02220@1)            F#Every (244322@1)time you win some petty score
          Dm (xx0231@1)                     APosing (x02220@1)as hardcore, oh yeah, either/or

[Solo]

[Bridge]
E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)          ELook (022100@1)at the spin chief, battered and broken
[Riff A]            DClutching (xx0232@1)a plastic rose
      E (022100@1)        D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)        EWe're (022100@1)all in the downpour you carry around for
Bm (x24432@1)        F#m (244222@1)    G (320003@1)          DTrashing (xx0232@1)a lifestyle you've never known

[Verse]
A (x02220@1)           C#7It's (x4342x@1)a useful dream that makes
D (xx0232@1)                   A (x02220@1)               F#Quite (244322@1)an entertaining show and not much more
               Dm (xx0231@1)        AUp (x02220@1)against and for, either/or 

A-Am-A-Am-A-Am-A

 =End=

[Riff A]
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