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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 xO221O
C x32O1O
Dsus2 xxO23O
F/E x3321O
Intro:
C Am
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 C
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
We all face the same way
Am
Still it takes all day
F/E
Take a look to my left
C
Pick out the worst and the best
C (*)
She paints her lip
Am
Greasy and thick
F/E
Another mirror stare
Dsus2 C (*)
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 a priest
Makes you human at least
Is she running away
To start a brand new day?
Or she going home?
Why's she driving alone?
Chorus 1:
F/E Dsus2 C
Is anyone going anywhere?
F/E Dsus2 C Am F/E C
Everyone's gotta be somewhere
Verse 3:
(Same chords and rhythm as Verses 1 and 2)
She got a body 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 a payment on the loan
She gotta be above the rest
Keeping up with the best
Chorus 2:
F/E Dsus2 C
Is anyone going anywhere?
F/E Dsus2 C Am F/E C
Everyone's gotta be somewhere
Bridge:
G F/E {x2}
F/E C
Verse 4:
(Same chords and rhythm as Verses 1, 2 and 3)
Waits tables for a crook?
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 Dsus2 C
Is anyone going anywhere?
F/E Dsus2 C
Is anyone going anywhere?
F/E Dsus2 C
Is anyone going anywhere?
F/E Dsus2 C Am F/E C
Everyone's gotta be somewhere
Outro:
C Am F/E C {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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