PORTISHEAD - "Roads" Tablature

m: "MAQUET, Frederic F." <f.maquet@ic.ac.uk>
Subject: Tab: Roads by Portishead
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 17:56:22 -0000

Roads by Portishead
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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet


The Am chord is sometimes "sussed" to add a transition, but mostly
chords
are just strummed once with lots of echo and reverb and a bit of
distortion. The strumming can be slightly tricky if you're singing at
the same time, so listen to the record to get it right.


Intro/Verse:
Am G6 Fmaj7 E7 F G
Am
e:-----------------0-----|----1--------0----|------|--------------------
---|
B:-----------------0-----|----1--------0----|------|--------------------
---|
G:----5------------0-----|----2--------1----|------|---0h2-----0h4-----5
---|x2
D:-7--------7------2-----|----2--------0----|--x2--|---0h3-----0h5-----7
---|
A:----7------------2-----|----3--------2----|------|-----3-----0h5-----7
---|
E:-5---------------3-----|----1--------0----|------|-----1-------3-----5
---|

Drums come in...

Verse 1:
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Am G6 Fma7 E7 Am
Oho, can't anybody see? You gotta walk to find me,
G6 Fmaj7 E7
Never found our way, regardless, of what they say
F G Am F
How can it feel, this wrong? From this moment,
G Am
How can if feel, this wrong?



Verse 2: (same chords as previously) Chords have more echo here
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Am G6 Fmaj7 E7 Am
Stoned, in the morning light, I feel, no more
G6 Fmaj7 E7 F G
Can I say, frozen, to myself, I got nobody on my side,
Am
And surely that ain't right
F G Am
Surely that ain't right.

Verse 3:
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Same as verse 1, except with strings..Also, 2nd Am is sussed,
if you see what I mean...(play 2nd Am as Am->Asus4->G6)

Until:

F G Am F
How can it feel, this wrong, from this moment
G E7
How can it feel, this wrong?

Break:
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Play intro (with a lot of bass A, G, F, E) up to:
F G Am F
How can it feel, this wrong, from this moment
G E7
How can it feel, this wrong?

Play Verse 1 again (the same way as in intro).
Ends on: Am
"...this wrong."


Other ways of playing some chords:
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Fmaj7 Amsus4 Am G6 or
e:--0---------------0-----3--0--|
B:--1---------5-----1-----5--0--| The 1st G6 voicing is a bit crap,
G:--2---------7-----2-----4--0--| but Fmaj7 and Am and 2nd G6 are easier
D:--3---------7-----2-----x--0--| to play like this on an accoustic
A:--3---------7-----0-----5--2--| and sound better..
E:--0---------5-----------3--3--|