Speed Trials Chords & Tabs
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Speed Trials - Elliott Smith
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Tabbed by: Ben Hurst
Email: BHurst8@gmail.com
Tuning: CGCEGC
This is tabbed based on the album and live video performances. All the tabs
I've seen for this are in standard tuning, but it's most certainly played
in the Open C tuning that Elliott uses on Ballad of Big Nothing, Independence
Day, See You Later, etc. I'm pretty confident in the accuracy with the
exception of a fill or two.
I didn't write out all the strumming patterns, but the whole song is basically
strummed in straight 8th's.
Intro
x2
C|-----------------|-----------------|
G|o----------------|----------------o|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
G|o--------0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4o|
C|-----------------|-----------------|
Verse
x3
C|-----------------|-----------------|-8---8---8----8---|-----------------|
G|o----------------|----------------o|-8---8---8----8---|-----------------|
E|-----0-------0---|-------0-----0---|-8---8---8----8---|-x-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-|
C|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-8-8-8-8-8-10-8-8-|-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G|o5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4o|-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-|-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-|-----------------|
x2
C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|o----------------|----------------o|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----0-------0---|-------0-----0---|-8---------------|-8---------------|
C|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0---------------|-0---------------|
G|o5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4o|-x---------------|-x---------------|
C|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-9---------------|-8---------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/elliott_smith/speed_trials_tab_ver_2.html ]
C|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-6---------------|-x-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-|
C|-0---------------|-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G|-x---------------|-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C|-7---------------|-----------------|
Chorus
x2
e|-4---------------|-4---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|
B|o0---------------|-2---------------|-----9---9-7-5---|-7--------------o|
G|-0---------------|-2---------------|-----5---5-5-5---|-7---------------|
D|-0---------------|-2---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7---------------|
A|o0---------------|-2---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7--------------o|
E|-0---------------|-2---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7---------------|
Repeat Intro & Verse
Chorus 2
x2
e|-4---------------|-4---------------|-------------------|-7---------------|
B|o0---------------|-2---------------|-----9---9-9-7-5---|-7--------------o|
G|-0---------------|-2---------------|-----5---5-5-5-5---|-7---------------|
D|-0---------------|-2---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7---------------|
A|o0---------------|-2---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7--------------o|
E|-0---------------|-2---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7---------------|
repeat & fade
e|-----------------|---------5-5-5-5-|-----4---4-2-0-----|-7---7---7-------|
B|-9---------------|-9-9-9-9-5-7-5-5-|-----0---0-0-0-----|-7---7---7------o|
G|-8---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----0---0-0-0-----|-7---7---7-----8-|
D|-9---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9---|
A|-x---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-----0---|-7-7-7-7-7------o|
E|-9---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-----0---|-7-7-7-7-7-------|
T Fret 9 with middle
Fret 8 with index
| x Mute note
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