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-||---------------------------------|
(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------------------|--------*|
