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From: MardiGras <mardigras101@hotmail.com>
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 is 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 just like in the Intro section. These parts are marked by an asterisk (*) next to the chord (listen to the track to 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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Copyright © 1997 MardiGras(TNT)

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answers, comments, pals or gals are welcome
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