Stereophonics – Traffic (Ukulele)

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From: MardiGras <[email protected]> Subject: Traffic by Stereophonics 05/11/97 From the album, "Word Gets Around" (1997) --------------------------------------------- *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 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: Em xO221O D x32O1O Asus2 xxO23O C/B x3321O Intro: D Em 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 | C/B D 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 | B| | | Verse 1:

                              D
            We all face the same way

                             Em
            Still it takes all day

                             C/B
            Take a look to my left

                                     D
            Pick out the worst and the best

C (*) She paints her lip

                     Em
            Greasy and thick

                             C/B
            Another mirror stare

                             Asus2    D (*)
            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:

                C/B    Asus2 D
             Is anyone going anywhere?

             C/B        Asus2    D        Em   C/B   D
             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:

                C/B    Asus2 D
             Is anyone going anywhere?

             C/B        Asus2    D        Em   C/B   D
             Everyone's gotta be somewhere

Bridge: D C/B {x2} C/B D 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:

                C/B    Asus2 D
             Is anyone going anywhere?

                C/B    Asus2 D
             Is anyone going anywhere?

                C/B    Asus2 D
             Is anyone going anywhere?

             C/B        Asus2    D        Em   C/B   D
             Everyone's gotta be somewhere

Outro: D Em C/B D {x4} Take it easy... C-ya! =) __________________ \ / \ TAKE / \ YOUR / \ PICK / ..... And get practicing! \ / \ / \ / \ / \/ ****************************************************** "You'll never see new heights if you leave your feet held firmly on the Earth" - TNT SHWE ****************************************************** Copyright ? 1997 MardiGras(TNT) Any corrections, connections, questions, answers, comments, pals or gals are welcome [email protected] ---D-R-O-P---M-E---A---L-I-N-E---