Artist: Daniel Johns & Paul Mac
Song: Staging A Traffic Jam
Album: I Can’t Belive It’s Not Rock
Tabbed By: Simon Robson
Standard tuning
Intro/verse (electric piano arranged for guitar)
Played with variations.
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A burning bridge
Staging a traffic jam
Intention stained upon expression
Eyes the sky’s darkest clouds
Constipated mountains of condensation
G5 A5 Bb5 D#5
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Eyes the sky’s darkest clouds
Constipated mountains of condensation
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G||-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2—0-3-5-5s7-4—||
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Verse
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*at the start there was innocence
breaks my heart doesn’t make no sense
just start again thats the recompense
just learning to fly
in a sense
its innosence
its my only defense
on a guilt trip
and being held hostage
*see this chair see this empty room
theres my heart theres my open wound
’cause the end always comes too soon
just try to get by!
Bass part
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Guitar 1
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I’ll wrap my heart around you
I’ll wrap my arms around you
Falling down the stairs
Guitar 2
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Outro
Guitar 1
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Guitar 2
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