Speed Trials tab by Elliott Smith

Tabs

Song: Speed Trials
Artist: Elliott Smith
Album: Either/Or
Tabbed by: Matt Lowther
Email: [email protected]

Elliott was a sick guitarist and this is just what I've figured out (what the fuck
is happening to my typing?)

**I STRESS THE VARIATION USED**
Just use this as a base... you'll be able to play along with the album using this tab,
I promise.

Standard tuning

Intro

e|-------------------------------
b|-------------------------------
G+G|-------------------------------
D MajorD|-------------------------------
A augmentedA|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
E MajorE|0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7 (x2)

Verse

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

Fill 1

e|4-4-4-4--------------
b|4-4-4-4--------------
G+G|5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4
D MajorD|6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-3
A augmentedA|6-6-6-6-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
E MajorE|4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3

Fill 2

e|0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4-x------------
b|1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4-x------------
G+G|0-0-0-0--5-5-5-5-x-4-4-4-4-4-4
D MajorD|2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6-x-3-3-3-3-3-3
A augmentedA|3-3-3-3--6-6-6-6-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
E MajorE|---------4-4-4-4-x-3-3-3-3-3-3

Chorus

  Simple, just C, Am, F, G+G

Now the lyrics... (mighty fine if I do say so myself... which I do)

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 til you get the call-up
But it's sure as fate and hard as your luck
No one'll know where you are

It's just a brief smile crossing your face
running speed trials still standing in place

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 come back running to
To follow the path of no resistance

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