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From: MardiGras
Subject: Traffic by Stereophonics
05/11/97
Traffic - Stereophonics
From the album, "Word Gets Around" (1997)
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*LP Version*
[Transcribed by TNT SHWE]
Notes:
I first heard this on the radio and I liked it immediately. This is a real good catchy tune and
another good example of poetry with music! Play this acoustically for the best results!
In two of the verses there is a part in which the hammer-on and pull-off effect takes action
like in the Intro section. These parts are marked by an asterisk (*) next to the chord (listen to the track
hear what I'm on about).
Recommended Chord Positions:
Am (x02210@1) xO221O
C (x32010@1) x32O1O
Dsus2 (xx0230@1)xxO23O
F/E (xx2211@1) x3321O
Intro:
C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)E| O O 3 3 | O 3 3 |
B| 1 1^3^1 1 x O | 1 1^3^1 1 x O |
G| O O O x O | 2 2 2 x O |
D| 2 2 2 x O | 2 2 2 x O |
A| 3 3 3 x O | O O O x O |
E| x x O | x x O |
F/E (xx2211@1) C (x32010@1)E| O O | O O 3 (3) (3) |
B| 1 1 1 1 | 1 1^3^1 |
G| 2 O^2^O O O^2^O | O O |
D| 3 3 3 3 | 2 2 |
A| 3 3 3 3 | 3 3 |
E| | |
Verse 1:
C (x32010@1) We all face the same way
Am (x02210@1) Still it takes all day
F/E (xx2211@1) Take alook (x02210@1)to my left
C (x32010@1) Pick out the worst and the best
C(*) (x32010@1) She paints her lip
Am (x02210@1) Greasy and thick
F/E (xx2211@1) Another mirror stare
Dsus2 (xx0230@1) C(*) (x32010@1) And she's going where?
Verse 2:
(Same chords and rhythm as Verse 1)
Another office affair
To kill an unborn scare?
You talk dirty to apriest (x02210@1)
Makes you human at least
Is she running away
To start abrand (x02210@1)new day?
Or she going home?
Why's she driving alone?
Chorus 1:
F/E (xx2211@1) Dsus2 (xx0230@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Is anyone going anywhere?
F/E (xx2211@1) Dsus2 (xx0230@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) F/E (xx2211@1) C (x32010@1) Everyone's gotta be somewhere
Verse 3:
(Same chords and rhythm as Verses 1 and 2)
She got abody (x02210@1)in the boot
Or just bags full of food?
Those are models legs
But are they womens are they mens?
She shouts down the phone
Missed apayment (x02210@1)on the loan
She gotta be above the rest
Keeping up with the best
Chorus 2:
F/E (xx2211@1) Dsus2 (xx0230@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Is anyone going anywhere?
F/E (xx2211@1) Dsus2 (xx0230@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) F/E (xx2211@1) C (x32010@1) Everyone's gotta be somewhere
Bridge:
G (320003@1) F/E (xx2211@1) {x2}
F/E (xx2211@1) C (x32010@1)Verse 4:
(Same chords and rhythm as Verses 1, 2 and 3)
Waits tables for acrook? (x02210@1)
Wrote a hard back book?
You teach kids how to read?
Or sell your body on the street?
A nurse without a job?
Another uptown snob?
But have I got you all wrong?
Chorus 3:
F/E (xx2211@1) Dsus2 (xx0230@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Is anyone going anywhere?
F/E (xx2211@1) Dsus2 (xx0230@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Is anyone going anywhere?
F/E (xx2211@1) Dsus2 (xx0230@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Is anyone going anywhere?
F/E (xx2211@1) Dsus2 (xx0230@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) F/E (xx2211@1) C (x32010@1) Everyone's gotta be somewhere
Outro:
C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) F/E (xx2211@1) C (x32010@1) {x4}
Take it easy... C-ya! =)
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"You'll never see new heights if you leave
your feet held firmly on the Earth" - TNT SHWE
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Copyright ? 1997 MardiGras(TNT)
Any corrections, connections, questions,
answers, comments, pals or gals are welcome
mardigras101@hotmail.com
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