@oetjensm He doesn't do the tremolo on the main guitar after the intro, but if you listen super carefully, you can hear a layered guitar in the background that plays the tremolo portion during some of the fills.
@oetjensm when he played it live, he did the whole song tremolo. Robby's version is brilliant, but it'd be awesome to see someone tackle this song the way Elliott did it live (instead of switching to strumming as Robby does at 1:08).
ahhh hat are the chords you do!? i think i got the first few but, idk sepecialy when you start sining, give me tabs? simple tabs i got the picking down perfect just where you start every time you change plz
Well what can I say... First of all thank you SO MUCH for putting the tab up, I'm honestly so grateful. Secondly you play and sing this song so brilliantly, it's truly fantastic.
Really, thank you so much for taking the time to put up the tab - there should be more people like you in the world!
bro well done on this cover man you did a sweet job. ive seen alot of shit covers of this song and its a bit of a disgrace to elliot haha. where can i find a good tab to learn this?
Yikes, I won't have to worry about trying to do that favorite Elliott cover now that you have done it so very beautifully. Thanks for all the work you surely put into learning that and performing for all of us ES fans. None of my covers will ever be as close with your right hand showing how it's really done. Wow, truly awesome
Yep. Elliott played it in Nashville tuning (where you use the high 6 strings of a 12-string set on a 6-string guitar), but this is played with standard strings/tuning.
Sounds great mate, very good lesson on your website, cheers for taking the time out to explain it so well, I will get much frustration and joy attempting to learn this, I cant wait! Thanks again
Yeah, um wow you are amazing! I love this song, and it's a great cover! I've been attempting to play an Elliott Smith song myself, Needle in the Hay... haha it'll probably take me at least 50 years to even sound half as good as you :| What's your secret?? haha
Hats off to you man, thats pretty good! fucking hard song to play .. dont see many people attempting that one much.. good job! wasnt expecting such a good cover haha
he went on sweet-adeline dot net slash tabs dot html, went to the second version of the tomorrow tomorrow tab under XO and practiced playing from the tab.
One thing, if you absolutely have to play along with him and you can't be bothered tuning your guitar lower, put a capo on the first fret and start on Dm.
Thank you very much for playing this wonderful (and difficult) song for us. I started to learn it and of course I am waiting for more clues on your website.
fantastic....this has to be one elliott's most challenging pieces to play and you nailed it. have you taken a peek at "easy way out"? it has some similar triplet finger picking.
i wouldn't go that far, i'm pretty sure he watched performance and figured it out from there.. but yea some parts he'd need to know by ear, but atleast the video gives him a foundation on where to start
Does anyone know if he's doing the tremolo after the intro?
oetjensm 4 months ago
@oetjensm He doesn't do the tremolo on the main guitar after the intro, but if you listen super carefully, you can hear a layered guitar in the background that plays the tremolo portion during some of the fills.
RobbyGrossman 4 months ago
@oetjensm when he played it live, he did the whole song tremolo. Robby's version is brilliant, but it'd be awesome to see someone tackle this song the way Elliott did it live (instead of switching to strumming as Robby does at 1:08).
reviewsnotratings 3 months ago
Wow! Nice work sir.
Badsastard 4 months ago
top notch man!
typhoonia 5 months ago
god ur good man i really need to learn that tremolo technique
yayaguy123 10 months ago
ahh what are those chords? can you give me simple tabs? like i have the picking down i just wana know the finger placement every time u change
algore92 11 months ago
ahhh hat are the chords you do!? i think i got the first few but, idk sepecialy when you start sining, give me tabs? simple tabs i got the picking down perfect just where you start every time you change plz
algore92 11 months ago
:D
algore92 11 months ago
This is really beautifully done. Thanks for posting this.
edgeofastarliz 1 year ago
Well what can I say... First of all thank you SO MUCH for putting the tab up, I'm honestly so grateful. Secondly you play and sing this song so brilliantly, it's truly fantastic.
Really, thank you so much for taking the time to put up the tab - there should be more people like you in the world!
johntle 1 year ago
@johntle Thanks a lot for the kind words.
RobbyGrossman 1 year ago
This is fucking excellent, well done.
paulie1000000 1 year ago
great cover robby...the best I have seen
dungslinger2 1 year ago
nice martin sir.
jakeowns07 1 year ago
VERY VERY GOOD COVER!!!!!!..
terin0404 1 year ago
bro well done on this cover man you did a sweet job. ive seen alot of shit covers of this song and its a bit of a disgrace to elliot haha. where can i find a good tab to learn this?
asherchchnz 2 years ago
Yikes, I won't have to worry about trying to do that favorite Elliott cover now that you have done it so very beautifully. Thanks for all the work you surely put into learning that and performing for all of us ES fans. None of my covers will ever be as close with your right hand showing how it's really done. Wow, truly awesome
betweenthecolorbars 2 years ago
elliott RULES and so do you!
styrofoamtomato 2 years ago
yeah, i'd have to say, fucking amazing cover! seems like you're having a blast too.
benfreckle916 2 years ago
do you use your ring finger in the tremolo plucking in the intro?
mjm324 2 years ago
yes! love it!
televisedvision 2 years ago
Fantastic.
tobydriverselbalamir 2 years ago
this isnt standard tuning is it?
grimblecrumble 2 years ago
Yep. Elliott played it in Nashville tuning (where you use the high 6 strings of a 12-string set on a 6-string guitar), but this is played with standard strings/tuning.
RobbyGrossman 2 years ago
really awesome video. though i do have to say, there a little bit of a napoleon dynamite vibe coming from you.
phaiel 2 years ago 3
hahahaha i just spat coffee everywhere! brilliant!! the cover is totally brilliant too!! hahaha.
fertuiee 2 years ago
great work dude, i've only ever seen one person on youtube play Elliott so well!
tommycattybatty 2 years ago
Wow why does this have only 24k views? This is by far the best ES cover on youtube.
scatmanwfm 2 years ago 4
Sounds great mate, very good lesson on your website, cheers for taking the time out to explain it so well, I will get much frustration and joy attempting to learn this, I cant wait! Thanks again
2mMarco 2 years ago
amazing wish i could play like this
home2oblivion 2 years ago
Fantastic cover!
likeariptide 2 years ago
if i could play and sing any song it would be this, you do it perfect, real nice did you learn from a tab?
mjm324 2 years ago
great job! this seems like a really hard song to play you did it justice.
manio453 2 years ago
Yeah ROBBY! nice video that was cool.
BenSultanMusic 2 years ago
great job :)
marshmelotz 2 years ago
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gatesarts 2 years ago
Yeah, um wow you are amazing! I love this song, and it's a great cover! I've been attempting to play an Elliott Smith song myself, Needle in the Hay... haha it'll probably take me at least 50 years to even sound half as good as you :| What's your secret?? haha
YouAreIgnorant 2 years ago
Holy shit... *bows down*
probably the hardest Elliott song to play, let alone sing at the same time...
postonpost 2 years ago
zomg astounding
marcsummers 2 years ago
DAMN Your Good!!!!!!!!!
satelliteRadar 2 years ago
do more elliott covers... your amazing man... sounds exactley like it....
jupis20 2 years ago
um...
flawless
wow
thtsritesun1212 3 years ago
wowsers! that was really good =]
st23r 3 years ago
Holy crap. That was amazing.
AnastasiaExpert 3 years ago
Hats off to you man, thats pretty good! fucking hard song to play .. dont see many people attempting that one much.. good job! wasnt expecting such a good cover haha
kjoliver 3 years ago
okay. . . this is scary good. my friend, you've got it.
tatelabianca 3 years ago
holy shit this is soooooooooo goood
marrashel 3 years ago
I didn't expected you to be that good. Wow. Much better than over covers.
5Beatle 3 years ago
Great playing! I'm starting to try some elliot smith songs on guitar and this one is my favourite sing of him, but it's probably the hardest :)
Waggeldoris 3 years ago
woah. that is so incredible. well well well done
hotknives18 3 years ago
holy fucking shit , you rock man the best elliott smith cover ive seen wow im blown away,ive been trying to learn this song it's pretty hard
deathiscoming277 3 years ago
Excellent man!
serenataorg 3 years ago
porca troia..ci ho provato, ma è troppo complicato...che cazz.
Supercicciooo 3 years ago
Hey man great job!!! Do you have any tab of this or just the chords? If you have can you give them to me?
Thanks man keep going!
Gorvjksajdaa 3 years ago
wow. that looks really hard. great job!
Aguadomusic 3 years ago
slow it down just a bit...
thelastjeremy 3 years ago
dude can you write me up a tab?
drryangibbons 3 years ago
real good job man. Thanks for the post
sonosaeterno 3 years ago
Man, a good cover
Bolo6644 3 years ago
excellent cover!
amccann7 3 years ago
amazing
karlkb 4 years ago
can't even explain my love for this song.
you did an amazing job with it.
cfoley2121 4 years ago
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<3
atwagrl 4 years ago
Very impressive
pressureofdays 4 years ago
this is beautiful! thanks!
jchiba 4 years ago
that's a hard song to play. awsome!
wahkean 4 years ago 2
that was fantastic!
wahkean 4 years ago 2
Increíble, me encantó
Brillant, it was excellent
therealxtreme 4 years ago
Beautiful. You did a great job on that.
BeckLaclos 4 years ago
Fuck the guitars sound exactly the same!!!
williamgasher 4 years ago
This is beautiful.
The guitar drowns out your voice a bit, but the guitar is so beautiful I don't mind =D
Great work, great vocals, great string work, BEAUTIFUL
StevenprPaul 4 years ago
Absolutely brilliant. You manage to get the feeling from both the guitar and your singing the way that elliott did it. Absolutely worthy.
Hope to see more of you
patatmetkip 4 years ago
do another!
shenodirikos 4 years ago
fuckin sweet
mountainboss 4 years ago
holy shit, man. wow. :D
greatbigcanadiana 4 years ago
I still dont get this freaking picking.... very nice btw !!
benjomatico 4 years ago 2
yo you are the man (and the reason i can now play this)
archbishoplove 4 years ago
outstanding job Robby. You have the technique and the feeling. I'll have to learn this one too.
waynepayne 4 years ago 2
Wow what a wonderful cover. I'm loving this one
omega3961 4 years ago 2
pretty gross man
booglerized 4 years ago
this is really diffucult song..and your fingers' move is perfect..
laein 4 years ago
This is an extremely diffcult song and you got it pretty well. very nice job.
lemonfreshman 4 years ago
WOW! Wonderful cover. This is great.
sk8tolive123 4 years ago 2
you are amaznig
Stillillgal 4 years ago
my index pinky and ring finger feel retarded now.
chipdevourer 4 years ago
wowaweewa ... i lyke :)
gret job
subterreanhighrise 4 years ago
That's what I'm talking about! Cripes, man... this is awesome. So, did you learn from listening? Watching concert footage? How? I must know!!
otc108 4 years ago 2
he went on sweet-adeline dot net slash tabs dot html, went to the second version of the tomorrow tomorrow tab under XO and practiced playing from the tab.
churchboose 4 years ago
that's fuckin excellent man. you are a hero.
AllBusiness14701 4 years ago
This performance is a testament to Elliot Smith's musicianship and composing. He songs can sound deceptivley simple to some, but...
unclemeat2u 4 years ago
this is such a touching song
spigty 4 years ago
Great job man!
aydee 4 years ago
dude, this is really really good. how did you learn to play it so well?
jupis20 4 years ago
omg.... just wow... :D
DragonCelt 4 years ago
dude-that was a great performance...great
lucydog44 4 years ago
great job bro!!!
Stillillgal 4 years ago
Robby Grossman, you are a legend. This is easily one of the best Elliott Smith covers on YouTube.
nickwtf 4 years ago
One thing, if you absolutely have to play along with him and you can't be bothered tuning your guitar lower, put a capo on the first fret and start on Dm.
tikalal 4 years ago
good fucking job, you caught me by the ear.
gayfarmerboy 4 years ago
wow dude...its amazing how people find places to put the work "fucking"
supradude7891 4 years ago
what the fucking fuck are you talking about?
nosis106 4 years ago
Thank you very much for playing this wonderful (and difficult) song for us. I started to learn it and of course I am waiting for more clues on your website.
Greetings from a fellow guitarist
tobasi 4 years ago
hey robby , this is good man .
brokenimages 4 years ago
the hardest song to play in elliotts repertoire.... hands down...
benjomatico 4 years ago
wow. fantastic job. this is a *hard* song. :)
polyorchid 5 years ago
fantastic....this has to be one elliott's most challenging pieces to play and you nailed it. have you taken a peek at "easy way out"? it has some similar triplet finger picking.
jeffhkim2501 5 years ago
wow... seriously..where do you live? I want to book you....i am a huge elliott smith fan and this is masterfully played.
markwett 5 years ago
pretty goddamn good if you ask me
silverbolt31 5 years ago
incredible
mouse306 5 years ago
absolutely excellent.
just absolutely excellent.
jennnnnie 5 years ago
fuuuuuck! awesome.
javsav 5 years ago
you da man
ramadonker 5 years ago
i really can't see how some asshole would rate this video under a 5... fuck them, this is the best shit i've ever seen.
bifftannen 5 years ago
that is actually amazing.
joeconway1 5 years ago
Great work man! Anyone know where I can get a decent tab of this, I can only find ones that are half-right at best.
brightckyeyes 5 years ago
soooooo good, i have absolutely no idea how in the hell you are able to sing and fingerpick.... soooo great, i am extremely jealous...
bifftannen 5 years ago
sweet dude. now I'm gonna try and learn this again, I'll post it if I get it right
radicalmass 5 years ago
hahaha looks like napoleon dynamite playing elliott smith
benjjjaminnn 5 years ago
Oh My God!! that's fucking brilliant!!HOw did you manage to learn that?!
Tayl0NP 5 years ago
Awesome job you're finger picking skills are amazing. you should do more elliott songs
sjpat 5 years ago
i have to say that is amazing.
gotta admit you did justice to elliott man, nice work.
ashmariesurecan 5 years ago
sweet mother of jc!
toughest cover of Elliott yet, keep 'em coming!
ElimRem 5 years ago
very well done. very hard song to play. Beautiful underated ES song.
Barca87 5 years ago
it looks like you're taking the greatest shit of your life. lol
chancechance07 5 years ago
Bravo, Robby Grossman. Bravo.
ktothebbc 5 years ago
bueno.
alicatali 5 years ago
This cover forced me to give this song another listen. Thank you (and excellent job)
MGSRevolver1 5 years ago
thats impressive
archbishoplove 5 years ago
dude, you own, this rocks...is that a roland vs-2000 20-track in the background?
inbeanewetrust 5 years ago
you my friend can finger pick like a pro!
ive attempted this but i am not nearly good enough to fingerpick so consistently like that
bobspartylounge 5 years ago
nice :)
munkyfartz 5 years ago
this really is an amazing cover. i hope you will share some more elliott covers.
neurotik 5 years ago
Very well done sir.
climberjde 5 years ago
Dude holy shit
This is fucking excellent.
FantasyParadox 5 years ago
yeah how the fuck did this guy learn this? haha
brightfella 5 years ago
By ear.
FantasyParadox 5 years ago
i wouldn't go that far, i'm pretty sure he watched performance and figured it out from there.. but yea some parts he'd need to know by ear, but atleast the video gives him a foundation on where to start
brightfella 5 years ago
Idk I showed it to my guitar teacher, he was playing it at about 65-70 bmp (its 90 i believe), he had the intro down in 8 minutes.
FantasyParadox 5 years ago
shit, that would be sick to learn that quick
brightfella 5 years ago
Yeah he grew up without a guitar teacher, so his ear is amazing.
He had all of southern belle figured out in about 30.
FantasyParadox 5 years ago