15th September 2000, 12.34pm
Heliocentric@breathe.com
Shaun Hand, Birmingham

LONDON TRAFFIC
(Bruce Foxton)

From the LP 'This Is The Modern World'

This is the main riff of the song:

  A-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--| (x02220@1)-----2-----2--3--2--0-----2-----2--3--2--0--|
--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
--2-----2--------------2-----2--------------|
--0-----0--------------0-----0--------------|
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A (with main riff x2)

A (with main riff x2)
London traffic - state of confusion

London traffic - blocking the streets

London traffic - going nowhere

London traffic - polluting our air

D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)          ADrive (x02220@1)round London in a car, don't really want to go far.
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)               G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)            Asus4A
So many cars fill the streets, wonder why we bother at all.

D (xx0232@1)            ALondon (x02220@1)traffic is a problem
D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)      ALondon (x02220@1)traffic too many cars
G (320003@1)             AOne (x02220@1)way systems look very neat
G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)               Asus4A
Coloured signs direct the streets

A(main (x02220@1)riff x2)

D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)     C (x32010@1)             GNo-one (320003@1)knows the answer, no-one seems to care,
D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)          C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)   Asus4A
Take a look at the city, take the traffic elsewhere.

E (022100@1)            B (x2444x@1)                E (022100@1)              A (x02220@1)       BLeave (x2444x@1)the city free from traffic, give the place a chance to survive.
A (x02220@1)            B (x2444x@1)           A (x02220@1)                 BDirt (x2444x@1)and filth cover London, give it a chance to breathe again.

A (with main riff x2)
London traffic - state of confusion

London traffic - blocking the streets

London traffic - going nowhere

London traffic - polluting our air


A (main riff x1)

A (main riff x2)
London traffic, London traffic, London traffic, London traffic

A (x02220@1)