Elliott Smith
Needle In The Hay
Elliott Smith (1995)

F2  C  E5/7

A5  F2  A5  F2  C  E5/7  x 2

A5/7  g♯ A5  g C  g♯ F  g  x 2

A5   F2          A5   F2       C      E5/7       A5
Your hand on his arm, haystack charm around your neck
F2             A5    F2           C              E5/7         A5
Strung out and thin, calling some friend, trying to cash some check
     F2     A5    F2                 E5       (A5/7)
He's acting dumb, that's what you've come to expect

   A5/7      g♯  A5   g C
   Needle in the hay
             g♯  F    g A5/7
   Needle in the hay
             g♯  A5   g C
   Needle in the hay
             g♯  F    g
   Needle in the hay

A5  F2  A5  F2  C  E5/7  x 2

He's wearing your clothes, head down to toes, a reaction to you
You say you know what he did, but you idiot kid, you don't have a clue
Sometimes you just get caught in the eye, you're pulling him through
                       
  Refrain

A5  F2  A5  F2  C  E5/7  x 2

Am  Fmaj7  Am  Fmaj7  C  E  F    G  E  Am  F

A5/7              g♯ A5 !

Now on the bus, nearly touching this dirty retreat               (haché au début)
Falling out, Sixth and Powell, a dead sweat in my teeth
Gonna walk walk walk, four more blocks plus the one in my brain        (+ fourni)
Down downstairs, to the man, he's gonna make it all OK
I can't beat myself, I can't beat myself and I don't wanna talk     (même format)

    Fmaj7      Am      Fmaj7    C
I'm taking the cure so I can be quiet
    E      F                  G
Wherever I want, so leave me alone
    E           Am             Fmaj7
You ought to be proud that I'm getting good marks          

  Refrain  x 2  (+ fourni 2e x)

Am  Fmaj7  Am  Fmaj7  C  E  x 2

A5  d F  d A5  d F  d C  d E  d F    d G  E  d A5  d F  (ral.)  d E  F~    (doux)