Speed Trials by Elliott Smith Lyric and Guitar Chords

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If you are looking for Speed Trials guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Speed Trials by Elliott Smith using guitar or guitar.
This song by Elliott Smith can also be played by that instruments.
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Speed Trials guitar chords has rhythm and included in Either/Or (1997) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Speed Trials by Elliott Smith Guitar Chords


Standard tuning (for once!)

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 :||

If you want to learn Elliott Smith Speed Trials guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Speed Trials. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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