Portishead – Roads (Guitar)

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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
e:-----------------0-----|----1--------0----|------|---------------------|
B:-----------------0-----|----1--------0----|------|---------------------|
G:----5------------0-----|----2--------1----|------|---0h2-----0h4-----5-|
D:-7--------7------2-----|----2--------0----|--x2--|---0h3-----0h5-----7-| x2
A:----7------------2-----|----3--------2----|------|-----3-----0h5-----7-|
E:-5---------------3-----|----1--------0----|------|-----1-------3-----5-|
Drums come in... [Verse 1]
Am     G6              Fma7  E7               Am
  Oho,   can't anybody see?       We've got a war to fight,

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
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] 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] 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: ----------------------------------
    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--|
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