Heavy Traffic Guitar Tabs by Status Quo

Tabbed By: Belavista Man
On: 16/02/07
E-mail: anthonybentley@hotmail.co.uk
Tuning: Standard

Status Quo's Heavy Traffic from the album of the same name.

Intro/Main Riff:
   F#(repeat throughout the introduction)
e|---9----------------------------9------------------------------------|
B|-9^--^9r-9-7-7----7-7-7^r---7-9^--^9r-9-7-7---7---7---7--------------|
G|----------------9---------9-----------------9---9---8---6------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat this again with a B power chord at the end

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         E
wanna drive yeh drive
        B                 E
i wanna drive but i can't get no-where
      B      F#             B   F#
heavy traffic all over this town
        B         E
i wanna drive yeh 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 be moving on if i had my way
nothing can stop me getting back to you

wanna drive yeh drive
i wanna drive but i can't get no-where
heavy traffic all over this town
i wanna drive yeh drive
i wanna drive i gotta get somewhere
heavy traffic coming into this town

Solo:
e|-----------------------------------------4-5-4---------------------------|
B|-7-5----------------------7-5----------7-------7-5---7-5-----------------|
G|-----7-4-4-4~-4-4-----4-4-----7-4-4-4~-------------7-----7-4-------------|
D|------------------7-4----------------------------------------7-7~-7-7-6h-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------7-7-7-7-7-|
B|---------7-5------------5-7-7-7-7-7-|
G|-------------7-4-4-4~-7-------------| Play the solo all
D|-7-7-7-7----------------------------| the way through twice
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

i wanna drive yeh drive
i wanna drive but i can't get no-where
heavy traffic all over this town
i wanna drive yeh drive
i wanna drive i gotta get somewhere
heavy traffic is bringing me down
heavy traffic all over this town

heavy traffic all over this town

heavy traffic coming into this town

heavy traffic



| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| ^  Bend
\ r  Release Bend

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