Tabbed By: Belavista Man On: 16/02/07 Edited on: 21/04/11 E-mail: anthonybentley@hotmail.co.uk Tuning: Standard Status Quo's Heavy Traffic from the album of the same name. Intro/Main Riff: F#7 e|---9-------------------------------9-----------------------------| B|-9^--^9r-9-7-7----7-7-7^(9)r---7-9^--^9r-9-7-7---7---7---5-------| G|----------------9------------9-----------------9---9---8---6-----| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| F#7 B e|---9-------------------------------9-----------------------------| B|-9^--^9r-9-7-7----7-7-7^r(9)---7-9^--^9r-9-7-7---7---7---5---4---| G|----------------9------------9-----------------9---9---8---6---4-| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B Everybody's been a long time talking Ain't nobody said a word that's true A Ain't it time to stop this crap type talking E Won't you tell us what you're gonna do B Tell you what why don't we break this pattern Tell you what why don't we do some do A All together we can make it happen E Untogether and we won't get through B F# I wanna drive, yeah drive B E I wanna drive, but I can get no-where B F# B F# Heavy traffic all over this town B F# I wanna drive, yeah drive B E I wanna drive I gotta get somewhere B F# B Heavy traffic is bringing me down [Main Riff] Every time I see the red light burning Don't it always make the air turn blue But until we see the red light turning There ain't nothing anyone can do We all dream about an open highway Making dreams is all that we can do We'd all move or not if I had my way Nothing can stop me getting back to you I wanna drive, yeah drive I wanna drive but I can't get no-where Heavy traffic all over this town I wanna drive, yeah drive I wanna drive I gotta get somewhere Heavy traffic coming into this town Solo: B e|---------------------------------------------4-5-4---------| B|-7-5--------------------------7-5----------7-------7-5-----| G|-----7-4-4-4~-4-4-----4-4---------7-4-4-4~-------------7---| D|------------------7-4-----7-4------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| A E e|-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-| B|-7-5----------------------------7-5------------5-7-7-7-7-7-| G|-----7-4----------------------------7-4-4-4~-7-------------| D|---------7-7~-7-7-6h-7-7-6h-7-7----------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| [The second half of the solo is pretty much the same, with some small variations] I wanna drive, yeah drive I wanna drive but I can't get no-where Heavy traffic, all over this town I wanna drive, yeah drive I wanna drive I gotta get somewhere Heavy traffic is bringing me down Heavy traffic all over this town | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | ^ Bend \ r Release Bend