Memory Lane Chords & Tabs
MEMORY LANE
As recorded by Elliott Smith
(From the 2004 Album FROM A BASEMENT ON THE HILL)
Words and Music by Elliott Smith
Transcribed by JB
Em F G# C
0 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 x x 3 2 0 1 0
D° E7 Am C/G
x 5 6 x 6 x 0 2 2 1 3 0 x 0 2 2 1 0 3 x 2 0 1 0
G Dm C5
3 2 0 0 0 x x x 0 2 3 1 8 x x 0 5 8
Intro
C C7
|-8---------8-(8)-6---------6-(6)-|
|-----5-(5)-----------5-(5)-------|
|---------------------------------|
|--------------5---------------5--|
|-3-3-------------3-3-------------|
|---------------------------------|
Cm6 E7/C C Bm
|-5---------5-(5)-4-----------4-(4)-|-3---------3-(3)-2---------2-(2)-|
|-----4-(4)-------------------------|-----1-(1)-----------0-(0)-------|
|-----------------------4-(4)-------|---------------------------------|
|---5----------5-----------------x--|-------(2)----2---------------0--|
|-3---------------3-(3)-------------|-3-3-------------2-2-------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F/C N.C. (Am) (G6/B)
|-0-------0-------------|---0---------------0-------------|
|-----1-------1---------|-4-----1-(1)-----------4-(4)-3-1-|
|-----------------------|-------------2-0-----------------|
|---3---3---3-----0-----|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------3---3-2-|-0---0-----------2---2-----------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
F/C C
|---------------------------------|
|-------1-------1-------1---------|
|---2-------2-------0-------0-----|
|-------------3-------2-----------|
|-3---3---3-------3-------3---4---|
|---------------------------------|
(Am) F/G
|---0---------------------------|
|-4---1-(1)-------------1-----1-|
|-----------2-0-(0)-2-----2-----|
|---------------------3-----3---|
|-0-----------------------------|
|----------------3--------------|
Verse 1
(C) C/G C Em F
|-----------------------------||---0--------0----1-(1)-1-------|
|---(1)---1---1---1---------1-||---0---0----0----1-(1)-1-1--1--|
|----0----0-------0---0-------||---0---0----0----2-(2)-2-2--2--|
|----2------2-----2------2----||---2---2---------3-(3)---3-(3)-|
|-3-------------3---3---(2)---||---2-2-------------------------|
|-------3---------------------||-0-------0-(0)-1---------------|
G# C D° E7
|-----------------0-(0)-0---|---------------------------------|
|---1---1---(0)---1-(1)-1---|---6-(6)-6---------3-(3)-3----3--|
|---1---1---(0)---0-----0---|---x-(4)-x----0----1-(1)-1----1--|
|---1---1---------2---------|-6-6--6--6----0----2-(2)-2----2--|
|---3-----3-----3---------0-|-5---------0-(0)-----------2-(2)-|
|-4---4---------------------|-----------------0---------------|
Am C/G F
|-------------------------------|
|---1--1----1--1----1-(1)-1-1-0-|
|---2--2----0--0----2-(2)-2-2-0-|
|---2-(2)---2-(2)---3-(3)-3-3---|
|-0-----------------------------|
|---------3-------1-------------|
G F
|-----------------1-(1)-1-1-(0)-|
|---0-(0)-0-(0)---1-(1)-1-1-(0)-|
|---0-(0)-0-(0)---2-(2)-2-2-----|
|---0-(0)-0-(0)---3-(3)---------|
|-----------(0)-----------------|
|-3-------------1---------------|
C C/B Am (Dm)
|----0---0-----0---0----0-(0)-0-----|-----1-(1)-1-1-(1)-5-3-(3)-1-3-|
|----1---1-----1---1----1-(1)-1-1-0-|-----3-(3)-1-3-(3)-------------|
|----0---0-----0--------2-(2)---2---|-----2-(2)-2-2-(2)-5-4-(4)-2-0-|
|-----------------------------------|-0-0---------------------------|
|-3-(3)-(3)-2-(2)-(2)-0-------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
(G)
|---------------3--(3)s5-(5)-(5)-(5)---||
|---0-(0)-0---0------------------------||
|---0-(0)-0-0-0-----------0--(0)--0----||
|---0-(0)-0-0-0------------------------||
|-----------2--------------------------||
|-3-------------3--(3)s5-(5)-(5)-(5)-7-||
Chorus 1, 2, 3
C5 E°/Bb D#°/A D°/Ab
|-8-------------6-------------|-5-----------4-----------|
|---------------5-------------|-4-----------3-----------|
|-----0---0-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------5---5-----|-----4---4-------3---3---|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8-8---8---8s6-6-6---6---6s5-|-5-5---5---5-4-4---4---4-|
C/G D7/F# F N.C.
|-3-------------2-------------|-1---------------------|
|-1-------------1-------------|-1---------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----2---2---2---------|
|-----2---2-(2)-----0---0-(0)-|-------3---3-3---0-----|
|-----------------------------|---------------3---3-2-|
|-3-3---3----0--2-2---2----0--|-1-1-------------------|
(Am) (G6/B)
|---0---------------0-------------|
|-4-----1-(1)-----------4-(4)-3-1-|
|-------------2-0-----------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0---0-----------2---2-----------|
|---------------------------------|
F/C C
|---------------------------------|
|-------1---------1-------1-------|
|---2---------2-------0-------0---|
|---------------3-------2---------|
|-3---3---(3)-------3-------3---4-|
|---------------------------------|
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(Am) F/G C C/G C
|---0---------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-4---1-(1)-------------1-----1-|---(1)---1---1---1---------1---||
|-----------2-0-(0)-2-----2-----|----0----0---0---0---0-----0---||
|---------------------3-----3---|----2------2-----2------2------||
|-0-----------------------------|-3-------------3---3---(2)-----||
|----------------3--------------|-------3-----------------------||
Verse 2
Em F G# C
|-------------------1---1-(1)-|------------------0-(0)-0---|
|---0-(0)-0----0----1-1-1-(1)-|----1----^1-(1)---1-(1)-1---|
|---0-(0)-0----0----2-2-2-(2)-|----1--1-^1-(1)---0-(0)-0---|
|---2-(2)-2---------3---------|----1--1-^1-(1)---2-(2)-----|
|-----------------------------|---(3)-------1--3---------0-|
|-0---------0-(0)-1--------3--|-4--------------------------|
D° E7
|---------------------------------|
|---6-(6)-6---------3-(3)-3----3--|
|---x-(4)-x----0----1-(1)-1----1--|
|---6--6--6----0----2-(2)-2----2--|
|-5-5--5----0-(0)-----------2-(2)-|
|-----------------0---------------|
Am C/G F G F
|-----------------------------|-----------------1-(1)-1-1-(0)-|
|-----1---1--1----1-(1)-1-1-0-|---0-(0)-0-(0)---1-(1)-1-1-(0)-|
|-----2---0--0----2-(2)-2-2-0-|---0-(0)-0-(0)---2-(2)-2-2-----|
|---2-2---2-(2)---3-(3)-3-3---|---0-----0-(0)---3-(3)---------|
|-0-0-----x-(x)---------------|-----------(0)-----------------|
|-------3-3-(3)-1-------------|-3-------------1---------------|
C C/B Am
|----0---0-----0---0----0-(0)-0-----|
|----1---1-----1---1----1-(1)-1-1-0-|
|----0---0-----0--------2-(2)---2---|
|-----------------------------------|
|-3-(3)-(3)-2-(2)-(2)-0-------------|
|-----------------------------------|
(Dm)
|-----1-(1)-1-1-(1)-5-3-(3)-1-3-|
|-----3-(3)-1-3-(3)-------------|
|-----2-(2)-2-2-(2)-5-4-(4)-2-0-|
|-0-0---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
Bridge
D.S. al Coda &
(G) Am E/G#
|-------------3---------5--(5)--7----||-------------------------------|
|---0---0---0------------------------||---1-(1)-1-1-------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-------------------0----||---2-(2)-2-2-0---4-(4)-4----4--|
|---0-0-0-0-0------------------------||---2-(2)-2-2-0---2-(2)-2----2--|
|---------2--------------------------||-0---------------x-(x)-x-0-(0)-|
|-3-----------3--(3)s5-(5)-(5)-(5)-7-||---------------4---------------|
C/G D/F#
|-------------------------------|
|---1-(1)-1-----------3-3---3-3-|
|---0-(0)-0------0----2-2-2-2-2-|
|---2-(2)-2------0----0---0-----|
|-----------(0)-(0)-------------|
|-3----------0--(0)-2-----------|
F
|-----------------|---------1-------------1------|
|---3-3----3---3--|---1-(1)-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1--|
|---2-2-2--2---2--|---2-(2)-2-2-2---2-(2)-2-2-1--|
|---0---0-(0)-(0)-|---3-(3)-----3---3-(3)-----3--|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-2---------------|-1-------------1--------------|
Fm
|---1-----1---1-------1-----|---1---1---1-------1--------1--||
|---1-(1)-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-|---1-1-1-1-1---1---1---1----1--||
|---1-(1)-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-|---1-1-1-1-1---1-------1-------||
|-----------3-----3-------3-|---------3-------3-------3-(3)-||
|---------------------------|-3-----------3-------3---------||
|-1-------------1-----------|-1-----------1-------1---------||
Verse 3
Em F
|-------------------1---1-(1)-|
|---0-(0)-0----0----1-1-1-(1)-|
|---0-(0)-0----0----2-2-2-(2)-|
|---2-(2)-2---------3---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-0---------0-(0)-1--------3--|
G# C D° E7
|-----------------0-(0)-0---|---------------------------------|
|----1----1-(1)---1-(1)-1---|---6-(6)-6---------3-(3)-3----3--|
|----1--1-1-(1)---0-(0)-0---|---x-(4)-x----0----1-(1)-1----1--|
|----1--1-1-(1)---2-(2)-----|---6--6--6----0----2-(2)-2----2--|
|---(3)------1--3---------0-|-5-5--5----0-(0)-----------2-(2)-|
|-4-------------------------|-----------------0---------------|
Am C/G F
|------------------------------|
|-----1---1--1----1-(1)-1-1-0--|
|-----2---0--0----2-(2)-2-2-0--|
|---2-2---2-(2)---3-(3)-3-3----|
|-0-0-----x-(x)----------------|
|-------3-3-(3)-1--------------|
G F C B Am
|-----------------1-(1)-1-1-(0)-|------------0----0-(0)-0-----|
|---0-(0)-0-(0)---1-(1)-1-1-(0)-|--------0---0----1-(1)-1-1-0-|
|---0-(0)-0-(0)---2-(2)-2-2-----|---0----0--------2-(2)---2---|
|---0-----0-(0)---3-(3)---------|-2-0-1-----------------------|
|-----------(0)-----------------|-3-0-2-(2)-(2)-0-------------|
|-3-------------1---------------|-----------------------------|
(Dm)
|-----1-(1)-1-1-(1)-5-3-(3)-1-3--|
|-----3-(3)-1-3-(3)--------------|
|-----2-(2)-2-2-(2)-5-4-(4)-2-0--|
|-0-0----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
(G)
|-------------3---------5--(5)--7----||
|---0---0---0------------------------||
|---0-0-0-0-0-------------------0----||
|---0-0-0-0-0------------------------||
|---------2--------------------------||
|-3-----------3--(3)s5-(5)-(5)-(5)-7-||
Am C/G D7/F#
|-------------------------------|-------------0--------------|
|---1-(1)------1----1--------1--|-----1-(1)-3-1--------------|
|---2-(2)-2----2----0---0----0--|-----2-(2)-2-----2---2-(2)--|
|---2-(2)-2----2----2---2-2-(2)-|-----------------0---0------|
|-0---------0-(0)---------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------3---3---------|-2-2-----------2---2----0---|
(F) F/G C C/G C
|---0---------------------------|-------------------(0)--|-(0)----*|
|-3---1-(1)-----------1-------1-|---1-------1---1-1--1---|-(1)----*|
|-----------2-0-(0)-2---2-------|---0---0-------0-0--0---|-(0)----*|
|-------------------------(3)---|---2-----2-------2--2---|-(2)----*|
|-------------------------------|-3-----------3----------|--------*|
|-1--------------3--------------|-----3------------------|--------*|