#songguide

Hi all, it’s been quite some time! We took some time off after powering through finishing the song guide last year, but now we are back on our grind and slowly returning into the swing of things.

Unfortunately, 2018 didn’t and doesn’t appear to have much in the way of official Elliott updates, but rest assured, there was plenty that happened in the fandom. For our purposes, we have 14 updates to the song guide to share with you all. Here is a summary.

* 4 previously unheard Heatmiser Songs! - These have been circulating for the last few years, but it was only recently that they came to our attention. Two songs are by Elliott, and two songs are by Neil Gust. These are from a live performance in November 1992.

* An alternate title for “Waltz #2 (XO)”!

* A ten second audio clip, hidden away at the beginning of the studio version of Mr. Goodmorning. Is this just a jam? Is it a previously never-before heard song that is fading out? Tantalizing as hell!

* Finally, and most notably, back in April, engineer Chris Chandler posted on Instagram a pile of lyric sheets from 2001, when he and Elliott were working on an album together. 

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A post shared by Chris Chandler (@neuhauspress) on Apr 8, 2018 at 2:31pm PDT

Since that time, the r/elliottsmith Discord community has worked diligently to take an attempt at transcribing these lyrics. There is “Stickman” and then there are 7 never-before heard-of songs, and while it’s unclear if these were ever recorded, let’s just say they will command your attention. Entries and lyrics for all 8 songs have been created/updated below:

Stickman Untitled Song with Lyrics #3 Untitled Song with Lyrics #4 Untitled Song with Lyrics #5 Untitled Song with Lyrics #6 Untitled Song with Lyrics #7 Untitled Song with Lyrics #8 Untitled Song with Lyrics #9