Red Hot Chili Peppers – Crosstown Traffic (Guitar)

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If you can, use Hendrix-Thumb-Style playing for C7b9 throughout. [Intro] Bb C7 F7
C7           F7
De dip de de Dey do

C7           F7
De dip de de Dey do
Bb [Verse 1]
C7
   You jump in front of my car when you

F7
   You know all the time that

C7
   Ninety miles an hour, girl, is the

F7
   Speed I drive

Bb7
   You tell me it's alright,

Eb
   You don't mind a little pain

Ab7
   You say you just want me to

G7
Take you for a ride
[Chorus]
                 C7
You're just like crosstown traffic

           F7
So hard to get through to you

C7
Crosstown traffic

                F7
I don't need to run over you

C7
Crosstown traffic

              F7
All you do is slow me down

    Bb
I'm trying to get on the other side of town
[Verse 2]
C7
   I'm not the only soul

F7
   Accused of hit and run

C7
   Tire tracks all across your back

F7
   I can see you had your fun

Bb7
   But darling can't you see my

Eb
Signals turn from green to red

Ab7
   And with you I can see a traffic jam

G7
   Straight up ahead
[Chorus]
                 C7
You're just like crosstown traffic

           F7
So hard to get through to you

C7
Crosstown traffic

                F7
I don't need to run over you

C7
Crosstown traffic

              F7
All you do is slow me down

        Bb
And I'm trying to get on the other side of town
[Instrumental] G G [Chorus]
                 C7
You're just like crosstown traffic

        F7    Bb
Well oh yeah

C7
Crosstown traffic

         F7      Bb
I'm gonna run

C7
Crosstown traffic

        F7      Bb
Well oh yeah

C7
Crosstown traffic

 F7                       Bb
All I don't need is to run over you

C7
Crosstown traffic

                        F7            Bb
One more time, then the band is blue
[Ending] C5 E5 F5 F#5 G5 Bb5 C5