Speed Trials Lyrics

Play two times
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 till 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 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 go 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
Ending
Play these chords to fade-out while Elliott sings "Oooh-ooh-ohh", etc.:
During the part where the words are "No one'll know where you are", you might try:
No one'll know where you are
Same for "To follow the path of no resistance"
Neither one is completely right, I don't think, but maybe each is part right.
Elliott Smith
Standard open chords except:
Intro (played twice) (this is also played as the bassline under the C
and Am chords in the verse)
* Lick in verse (bass plays a G but it don't add it to the guitar
line, it sounds cluttered)
Verse:
Chorus 1:
||: C | Dadd9 | Fmaj7 | G :||
Chorus 2:
||: C | Dadd9 | Fmaj7 | G :||
||: A | Fmaj7 | C | G :||
Outro:
||: Am | Fmaj7 | C | G :||