Elliott Smith - Needle In The Hay

Tabbed by: Robert Piller
Email: nothin7@hotmail.com

F2:   - - 3 0 - -   FM:   - 3 3 2 - -   FM7:  - 0 3 2 1 0   F:    1 3 3 2 1 1   
C2:   - 3 2 - - -                       C:    - 3 2 0 1 0   G:    3 5 5 4 3 3
E2:   0 2 - - - -                                           E:    0 2 2 1 0 0
Am2:  - 0 2 - - -   Am7:  - 0 2 0 - -   Am5:  - 0 2 2 - -   Am:   - 0 2 2 1 0
(Strum each note eight times in the chorus, four times everywhere else.)

(Intro)  F2  C2  E2
(VerseA) Am2 F2  Am2 F2  C2  E2  Am2 F2  Am2 F2  C2  E2
(Chorus) Am7 Am5 CM  FM  Am7 Am5 CM  FM

Am2    F2          Am2      F2         C2      E2       Am2
 your hand on his arm, the hay stack charm, around your neck
   F2             Am2    F2         C2               E2         Am2
 strung out and thin, calling some friend, trying to cash some check
        F2     Am2   F2               E2 E2      (Am7)
 he’s acting dumb, that’s what you’ve come, to expect

Am7            Am5 CM              FM Am7            Am5 CM              FM
 needle in the hay, needle in the hay, needle in the hay, needle in the hay

(VerseA)  Am2 F2  Am2 F2  C2  E2  Am2 F2  Am2 F2  C2  E2

Am2     F2           Am2     F2           C2       E2         Am2
 he’s wearing your clothes, head down to toes, a reaction to you
              F2           Am2          F2    C2       E2           Am2
 you say you know what he did, but you idiot kid, you don’t have a clue
  F2             Am2   F2               E2   E2                   (Am7)
 sometimes they just, get caught in the eye, you’re pulling him through

CHORUS:  Am7 Am5 CM  FM  Am7 Am5 CM  FM

(VerseA) Am2 F2  Am2 F2  C2  E2  Am2 F2  Am2 F2  C2  E2
(VerseB) Am  FM7 Am  FM7 C   E   
(Bridge) F   F   G   E   Am  F   F   Am7(x8) Am2

  F2         Am2  F2      C2            E2      Am2
 now on the bus, nearly touching, this dirty retreat
  F2     Am2   F2       C2            E2          Am
 falling out, 6th and powell, a dead sweat in my teeth
        FM7         Am  FM7        C               E          Am
 gonna walk walk walk, four more blocks, plus the one in my brain
  FM7        Am   FM7     C               E           Am
 down downstairs, to the man, he’s gonna make it all ok
          FM7      Am          FM7      C        E             Am
 i can’t beat myself, i can’t beat myself, and i don’t want to talk
       FM7      Am        FM7       C      E         F
 i’m taking the cure, so i can be quiet, wherever i want
    F          G         E            Am            F             F   Am7(x2)
 so leave me alone, you ought to be proud, that i’m getting good marks

CHORUS (play/sing twice):  Am7 Am5 CM  FM  Am7 Am5 CM  FM

(VerseB) Am  FM7 Am  FM7 C   E   Am  FM7 Am  FM7 C   E   Am

G|--2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1---2-2-2-2--|
D|--3-3-3-0-2-2-2-0-|-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3--|

G|--2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-0-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--|
D|--3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0--|

(Ending) E   F