Needle In The Hay tab by Elliott Smith

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Song : Needle in the Hay
Artist: Elliott Smith
Album : Elliott Smith

After hearing this song on the soundtrack of "The Royal Tenanbaums", it
haunted me for weeks. It was my first exposure to Elliott Smith and I
became an instant fan. The simplicity of the chords with it's complex
arrangement and haunting melody forced me to figure it out, and now I
wish
to share it with everyone. This is my first foray into creating ASCII
tablature. I've tried to make it as clear as possible. Once you get
the
hang of the chord changes on the & of 4, it's easy sailing from there.


This TAB transcription is all my own work. It has not been derived from
any other source as I haven't found accurate tab anywhere else. If you
have any questions/comments/praises/gripes/etc... please don't hesitate
to email me. I love meeting new musicians.

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To play the INTRO, it is comprised of the first 3 measures of the VERSE
section (starting at "*" and repeating 2x) then playing the CHORUS
section.

The BRIDGE section is the instrumental when Elliott breaks out into full
chords. He does it again in the last part of the last verse which is
EXTENDED and almost identical to the bridge.

VERSE
         *              (repeat 1x- goto next staff
         |              last verse -goto EXTENDED)
e|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
G+G|-0-0-0---------0-|0-0-0-----------|---------------0-|
D MajorD|-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-3-|3-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-|
A augmentedA|-------0-0-0-0---|------3-3-3-3-2-|-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---|
E MajorE|-----------------|--------------0-|-0-0-0-----------|
  hnd his     hay  chrm . .    his
   on arm     stk     a  rnd  neck...


e|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
G+G|-0-0-0---------0-|0-0-0-----------|---------------0-|
D MajorD|-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-3-|3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-|
A augmentedA|-------0-0-0-0---|------2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---|
E MajorE|-----------------|------0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-----------|
         ...ths yv        ex-
           wht come . . . . .to pect

CHORUS
                                (repeat
1x)
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------
BB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------
G+G|-0-0-1-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-1-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0
D MajorD|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------
 nedl the              nedl the
   in hay . . .            in hay . . .


BRIDGE

  A minorAm   FM7    A minorAm   FM7    C majorC    E MajorE     F(bar)

e|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-1--------------
BB|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|-1-------0-------|-1--------------
G+G|-2-/-/-/-2-/-/-/-|-2-/-/-/-2-/-/-/-|-0-/-/-/-1-/-/-/-|-2-/-/-/-/-/-/-/
D MajorD|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|-2-------2-------|-3--------------
A augmentedA|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-3-------2-------|-3--------------
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|-1--------------


  G(bar) E MajorE     A minorAm   FF               repeat last
bar
                   (TS=2/4)  (TS=4/4) 4 times

e|-3-------0-------|-0-------1-------|---------|-------------------|
BB|-3-------0-------|-1-------1-------|---------|-------------------|
G+G|-4-/-/-/-1-/-/-/-|-2-/-/-/-2-/-/-/-|-/-/-/-/-|-0-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-|
D MajorD|-5-------2-------|-2-------3-------|---------|-2-----------------|
A augmentedA|-5-------2-------|-0-------3-------|---------|-0-----------------|
E MajorE|-3-------0-------|---------1-------|---------|-------------------|



EXTENDED VERSE

        |      |      | (repeat 3 times)
  A minorAm / FM7 / | A minorAm / FM7 / | C majorC / E MajorE / |
        |      |      |


        |      |      |      |
  FF / / /  | G+G / E MajorE / | A minorAm / FF / | FF / A minorAm / | (to CHORUS)
        |      |      |      |



ENDING - play first staff of EXTENDED VERSE 2x, then below:

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------
BB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------
G+G|-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0
D MajorD|-2-2-2-0-3-3-3-0-|-2-2-2-0-3-3-3-0-|-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0
A augmentedA|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------


                        E MajorE     FF

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----||
BB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----||
G+G|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-/-/-/-/-|-/--||
D MajorD|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---------|----||
A augmentedA|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----||
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----||

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