Band; Travis
Song; Driftwood
Album; The Man Who
Words and Music; Fran Healy
Tabbed by the Shagger

This very good Travis song is easy to play. 
This will be my first tab. Any comments or quires 
or anything to say at all, e-mail me at 
ryan_shagger@hotmail.com

Chords
Before I forget, because this song is in such a 
high key, to play this along with the music, you 
have to place a capo behind the 7nth fret.

Em   0-2-2-0-0-0
A    x-0-2-2-2-0
D    x-x-0-2-3-2
G6   3-2-0-0-3-0
Am   x-0-2-2-3-0
A7   x-0-2-0-2-0

Intro

Simple enough. Just repeat these two chords 
in the manor shown below(The spaces between the /’s 
represents 2 bars at 4 beats per bar.)

/Em    /       /A      /       / x4

I couldn’t pick out the rhythm throughout the 
whole song because it was hard to make out 
in places, but here’s a suddested rhythm pattern 
that I think could be correct, but I 
would recommend you listen to the 
music and make your own judgement. 
This works for every bar of the song, I’ll only 
show two bars. (D means down stroke and U means upstroke)

 /D    DU    DU    /D    DU    DU    / ect

Verse 1

Same strumming as before. For the verse, you’ll find 
that you wont have to remove the 3rd finger from 
the 3rd fret, 2nd sting until you play the A.
This song is easy to follow, so fire away!

D             G6    Am                A
Everything is open, nothing is set in stone
D              G6          Am          A
Rivers turn to oceans, oceans tide you home
D                 G6        Am                    A
Home is where the heart is, but your heart had to roam
D             G6       Am       A
Drifting over bridges, never to return

A7
Watching bridges burn 

Chorus 

Again, same strumming pattern, just follow 
the words and change chords ant the appropriate times.
       D         A        Em
You’re driftwood floating underwater
              G6
Breaking into pieces, pieces, pieces
     D          A                Em
Just driftwood, hollow and of no use
                G6
Waterfalls will find you, bind you, grind you 

Verse 2

Same chords as before, but it’s slightly 
different at the end as it goas on to a whole new 
part of the song.
D            G6      Am              A
Nobody is an island, everyone had to go
D              G6      Am           A
Rivers turn to butter, butterflying low
D                 G6        Am                    A
Low is where your heart is, but your heart has to grow
D              G6       Am             A
Drifting under bridges, never with the flow

Bridge

Not exactly sure what to call this, a bridge, 
a 2nd chorus or whatever, who cares. 
Same strumming, so just follow chords and lyrics. 
        Em            A              Am
And you really didn't think it would happen

       Em            Am         A
But it really is the end of the line
       D     A                     Em
So I'm sorry that you've turned to driftwood
                G6                        D
But you've been drifting for a long, long time 

Instrumental
 
Keep on playing the D for two more bars then 
play this. Notice it's the same pattern 
reapeatetd 3 times then changes slightly on 
the last one. ( Remember the scale for this 
I showed you at the start)

/Em    /A   Am/
/Em    /A   Am/
/Em    /A   Am/
/Em    /      /

Verse 3

Chords exactly the same as verse one.
D                  G6       Am                A
Everywhere there's trouble, nowhere's safe to go
D              G6       Am             A
Pushes turn to shovels, shovelling the snow
D               G6      Am                   A
Frozen you have chosen, the path you wish to go
D            G6       Am          A
Drifting now forever, and forever more
A7
‘til you reach your shore 

Chorus

Same as the first chorus
       D         A        Em
You’re driftwood floating underwater
              G6
Breaking into pieces, pieces, pieces
     D          A                Em
Just driftwood, hollow and of no use
                G6
Waterfalls will find you, bind you, grind you

Bridge 2

An extended version of the Bridge finishes the song.
        Em            A              Am
And you really didn't think it would happen
       Em            Am         A
But it really is the end of the line
       D     A                     Em
So I'm sorry that you've turned to driftwood
                G6                        D
But you've been drifting for a long, long time 
            G6                        D
You've been drifting for a long, long time 
            G6                   A                         D
You've been drifting for a long, drifting for a long, long time