Chord/Tab song: Roads

Subject: Tab: Roads by Portishead
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 17:56:22 -0000

Roads by Portishead


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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet

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]
[Am]

e:-----------------0----- ----1--------0---- ------ --------------------

[---]

B:-----------------0----- ----1--------0---- ------ --------------------

[---]

G:----5------------0----- ----2--------1---- ------ ---0h2-----0h4-----5

--- x2


D:-7--------7------2----- ----2--------0---- --x2-- ---0h3-----0h5-----7

[---]

A:----7------------2----- ----3--------2---- ------ -----3-----0h5-----7

[---]

E:-5---------------3----- ----1--------0---- ------ -----1-------3-----5

[---]
Drums come in...

Verse 1:


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[Am] Oho, [G6] can't anybody [Fma7]see? [E7] You gotta [Am]walk to find me,
[G6] Never found our way, [Fmaj7] regardless,[E7] of what they say
[F] How can it fee[G]l, this [Am]wrong? From this [F]moment,
How can if f[G]eel, this w[Am]rong?


Verse 2: (same chords as previously) Chords have more echo here


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[Am] Stoned[G6], in the morning lig[Fmaj7]ht, I fee[E7]l, no [Am]more
Can I sa[G6]y, [Fmaj7] frozen,[E7] to myself,[F] I got nobody on [G]my side,
And surely that ain't [Am]right
[F] [G] Surely that ain't [Am]right.

Verse 3:


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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] How can it [G]feel, this [Am]wrong, from this [F]moment
How can it [G]feel, this [E7]wrong?

Break:


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Play intro (with a lot of bass A, G, F, E) up to:
[F] How can it [G]feel, this [Am]wrong, from this [F]moment
How can it [G]feel, this [E7]wrong?

Play Verse 1 again (the same way as in intro).
Ends on: Am
"...this wrong."

Other ways of playing some chords:


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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--