Speed Trials by Elliott Smith Ukulele Chords

Intro

Play two times

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Verse 1

He’s pleased to meet you underneath the horse
In the cathedral with the glass stained black
Singing sweet high notes that echo back
To destroy their master
May be a long time till you get the call-up
But it’s sure as fate and hard as your luck
No-one’ll know where you are

Chorus

It’s just a brief smile crossing your face
Running speed trials standing in place

Verse 2

When the socket’s not a shock enough
You little child what makes you think you’re tough?
When all the people you think you’re above
They all know what’s the matter
You’re such a pinball yeah you know it’s true
There’s always something you go back running to
To follow the path of no resistance

Chorus

It’s just a brief smile crossing your face
Running speed trials standing in place
It’s just a brief smile crossing your face
Running speed trials all over the place

Ending

Play these chords to fade-out while Elliott sings “Oooh-ooh-ohh”, etc.:

During the part where the words are “No one’ll know where you are”, you might try:

No one’ll know where you are

Same for “To follow the path of no resistance”

Neither one is completely right, I don’t think, but maybe each is part right.

Elliott Smith

Standard tuning (for once!)

Standard open chords except:
Am (1) x02210 Am (2) 577555
Dadd9 xx0230

Intro (played twice) (this is also played as the bassline under the C
and Am chords in the verse)

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Lick in verse (bass plays a G but it don’t add it to the guitar
line, it sounds cluttered)

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Verse:

|| C | Am (1) | C | Am | C | Am |
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| C | Am | C | Am | Am (2) | Ab |
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Chorus 1:

||: C | Dadd9 | Fmaj7 | G :||

Chorus 2:

||: C | Dadd9 | Fmaj7 | G :||
||: A | Fmaj7 | C | G :||

Outro:

||: Am | Fmaj7 | C | G :||