Heavy Traffic Tab

Tabbed By: Belavista Man
On: 16/02/07
Edited on: 21/04/11
E-mail: anthonybentley@hotmail.co.uk
Tuning: Standard
 
Status Quo's Heavy Traffic from the album of the same name.
 
Intro/Main Riff:
   F#7
e|---9-------------------------------9-----------------------------|
B|-9^--^9r-9-7-7----7-7-7^(9)r---7-9^--^9r-9-7-7---7---7---5-------|
G|----------------9------------9-----------------9---9---8---6-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
   F#7                                                           B
e|---9-------------------------------9-----------------------------|
B|-9^--^9r-9-7-7----7-7-7^r(9)---7-9^--^9r-9-7-7---7---7---5---4---|
G|----------------9------------9-----------------9---9---8---6---4-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
B
Everybody's been a long time talking
 
Ain't nobody said a word that's true
A
Ain't it time to stop this crap type talking
E
Won't you tell us what you're gonna do
 
B
Tell you what why don't we break this pattern
 
Tell you what why don't we do some do
A
All together we can make it happen
E
Untogether and we won't get through
 
        B          F#
I wanna drive, yeah drive
        B                E
I wanna drive, but I can get no-where
      B      F#             B   F#
Heavy traffic all over this town
        B           F#
I wanna drive, yeah drive
        B             E
I wanna drive I gotta get somewhere
      B      F#              B
Heavy traffic is bringing me down
 
[Main Riff]
 
Every time I see the red light burning
Don't it always make the air turn blue
But until we see the red light turning
There ain't nothing anyone can do
 
We all dream about an open highway
Making dreams is all that we can do
We'd all move or not if I had my way
Nothing can stop me getting back to you
 
I wanna drive, yeah drive
I wanna drive but I can't get no-where
Heavy traffic all over this town
I wanna drive, yeah drive
I wanna drive I gotta get somewhere
Heavy traffic coming into this town
 
Solo:
       B
e|---------------------------------------------4-5-4---------|
B|-7-5--------------------------7-5----------7-------7-5-----|
G|-----7-4-4-4~-4-4-----4-4---------7-4-4-4~-------------7---|
D|------------------7-4-----7-4------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
       A                              E
e|-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-|
B|-7-5----------------------------7-5------------5-7-7-7-7-7-|
G|-----7-4----------------------------7-4-4-4~-7-------------|
D|---------7-7~-7-7-6h-7-7-6h-7-7----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 
[The second half of the solo is pretty much the same, with some small variations]
 
I wanna drive, yeah drive
I wanna drive but I can't get no-where
Heavy traffic, all over this town
I wanna drive, yeah drive
I wanna drive I gotta get somewhere
Heavy traffic is bringing me down
Heavy traffic all over this town
 
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| ^  Bend
\ r  Release Bend
X