Traffic

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{sot}05/11/97{eot}

                           Traffic - Stereophonics

                   From the album, "Word Gets Around" (1997)

                                *LP Version*

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

{section: 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]

{section: 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

            She paints her l[C]ip

 [Am]           Greasy and thick

 [F/E]           Another mirror stare

 [Dsus2]
 [C]           And she's going where?

{section: 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?

{section: Chorus 1}
 [F/E]        [Dsus2]    Is [C]anyone going anywhere?

 [F/E]            [Dsus2]Everyone's[C] gotta be [Am]somewh[F/E]ere    [C]

{section: 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

{section: Chorus 2}
 [F/E]        [Dsus2]    Is [C]anyone going anywhere?

 [F/E]            [Dsus2]Everyone's[C] gotta be [Am]somewh[F/E]ere    [C]

{section: Bridge}
 [G]
 [F/E]   {x2}

 [F/E]    [C]

{section: 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?

{section: Chorus 3}
 [F/E]        [Dsus2]    Is [C]anyone going anywhere?

 [F/E]        [Dsus2]    Is [C]anyone going anywhere?

 [F/E]        [Dsus2]    Is [C]anyone going anywhere?

 [F/E]            [Dsus2]Everyone's[C] gotta be [Am]somewh[F/E]ere    [C]

{section: Outro}
 [C]    [Am]    [F/E]
 [C]   {x4}

Take it easy...  C-ya!  =)

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