Needle in the Hay Chords by Elliott Smith

[Start]

[Intro]
C E7 C E7 C E7 Am C
■ ■  ■ ■  ■ ■  ■  ■
F A7 Am C F
■ ■  ■  ■ ■


[Verse]
                 F  
Your hand on his arm
         C     E               
Haystack charm around your neck
               E   
Strung out and thin
             C                               
Calling some friend tryin' to cash some check
            C   
He's acting dumb
                   E       Am    
That's what you've come to expect


[Chorus]
              C  
Needle in the hay
              F  
Needle in the hay
              Am  C
Needle in the hay ■
C                
Needle in the hay


[Inst]
F    C E7 C                     
He's ■ ■  ■ wearing your clothes


[Verse]
             C                     
Head down to toes a reaction to you
                         C  
You say you know what he did
              C                        
But you idiot kid you don't have a clue
               C                         
Sometimes they just get caught in the eye


[Chorus]
E      E7          Am     
You're pulling him through
              C  
Needle in the hay
              F  
Needle in the hay
              Am  C
Needle in the hay ■
              F  
Needle in the hay


[Inst]
C E7 Dm Am C E7 F G
■ ■  ■  ■  ■ ■  ■ ■


[Intro]
E Am F Am
■ ■  ■ ■ 


[Verse]
Am            
Now on the bus
       C             E7           
Nearly touching this dirty retreat
E7         
Falling out
E7                                       
Sixth and Powell a dead sweat in my teeth
      E7            
Gonna walk walk walk
F         C           E7             
Four more blocks plus one in my brain
E7             
Down downstairs
       C              E7              
To the man he's gonna make it all okay
        E7       
I can't be myself
           C          E7                
I can't be myself and I don't wanna talk


[Chorus]
    Am             
I'm taking the cure
Dm          C     E          F   
So I can be quiet whenever I want
            G    
So leave me alone
E7                           F            Am   
You oughta be proud that I'm getting good marks
C         F   Am C  
Needle in the ■  hay
F      Am C F   Am C F  
Needle in ■ the ■  ■ hay


[Outro]
Am F Am F C E7 Dm C
■  ■ ■  ■ ■ ■  ■  ■
Am E7 Am Dm F G E7 F
■  ■  ■  ■  ■ ■ ■  ■


[End]