Pixies – Motorway To Roswell (Guitar)

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Trompe le Monde (1991) Tabbed by: SarcasticDevil ([email protected]) Guitar 1: Black Francis (Acoustic) Guitar 2: Joey Santiago (Electric) Intro (Guitar 2):

e|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8--------------|
B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8--------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1 (Guitar 1):

B             C#m
Last night he could not make it

G#                   C#m
He tried hard but he could not make it

B             C#m
Last night he could not make it

Riff 1

B        C#m
On a holiday

G#
For many miles

Riff 1

C#m                    B
Looking for a place to stay

                   C#m
Near some friendly star

G#
He found this mote

Riff 1

    C#m                    B
And now we wonder where we are

B                 C#m
How could this so great

G#
Turn so shitty

Riff 1

   C#m              B
He ended up in army crates

                   C#m
And photographs in files

G#
His tiny boat

C#m
Sparked as he turned to

B          G#
Grazed our city

Chorus: Riff 4

E                        G
I started driving on the motorway

Riff 5

B             E
I was feeling down

Bridge (Chords G1, Tabs G2):
   B          C#m          G#                 C#m
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-4-----------5---4--------4------------------4----------------------|x2
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2 (Guitar 1): (quiet) Riff 1

B             C#m               G#           C#m
Last night he could not make it

(loud)

B             C#m
Last night he could not make it

G#                   C#m
He tried hard but he could not make it

B             C#m
Last night he could not make

(Repeat Intro) Verse 3 (Guitar 1): Riff 2

B        C#m
On a holiday

G#
For many miles

Riff 2

C#m                    B
Looking for a place to stay

                   C#m
Near some friendly star

G#
He found this mote

Riff 2

    C#m             B
And now we wonder

                  C#m
How could this so great

G#
Turn so shit

Riff 2

   C#m              B
He ended up in army crates

                   C#m
And photographs in files

G#
His tiny boat

C#m
Sparked as he turned to

Bridge 2 (x2): Riff 3

B             C#m
Last night he could not make it

G#                   C#m
He tried hard but he could not make it

B             C#m
Last night he could not make it

B        C#m
On a holiday

End Chorus (x7): (After 3 or 4 times, just improvise something between Riffs 4 and 5) Riff 4

E                          G
He started heading for the motorway

Riff 5

B              E
And he came right down

Outro (over piano): Riff 5 x3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Guitar 2 (Joe)

Riff 1
   B          C#m           G#          C#m
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-4-----------5----4--------4------------4---------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 2
  B          C#m     G#           C#m
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4-2-1--------------6-4-2-4---------------------------------------------|
A|-2------------------4-----------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3
   B         C#m      G#
e|----------------7---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7----------9------9-7--9--7----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 4
   E           G
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0------------------3-0-0-------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 5
   B          E
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7b----------7b-7b-7b-----------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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