Pixies - Motorway to roswell
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Pixies
Motorway to Roswell
Trompe le Monde (1991)
Tabbed by: SarcasticDevil (calumsixsixsix@hotmail.co.uk)
Guitar 1: Black Francis (Acoustic)
Guitar 2: Joey Santiago (Electric)
Intro (Guitar 2):
e|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8--------------|
B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8--------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 (Guitar 1):
BLast night he C#mcould not make it
G#He tried hard but he C#mcould not make it
BLast night he C#mcould not make it
Riff 1
BOn a holiC#mday
G#For many miles
Riff 1
C#mLooking for a place to Bstay
Near some friendly C#mstar
G#He found this mote
Riff 1
And C#mnow we wonder where we Bare
BHow could this so C#mgreat
G#Turn so shitty
Riff 1
He C#mended up in army Bcrates
And photographs in C#mfiles
G#His tiny boat
C#mSparked as he turned to
BGrazed our G#city
Chorus:
Riff 4
EI started driving on the Gmotorway
Riff 5
BI was feeling Edown
Bridge (Chords G1, Tabs G2):
B C#m G# C#m
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-4-----------5---4--------4------------------4----------------------|x2
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2 (Guitar 1):
(quiet)
Riff 1
BLast night he C#mcould not make it G# C#m
(loud)
BLast night he C#mcould not make it
G#He tried hard but he C#mcould not make it
BLast night he C#mcould not make
(Repeat Intro)
Verse 3 (Guitar 1):
Riff 2
BOn a holiC#mday
G#For many miles
Riff 2
C#mLooking for a place to Bstay
Near some friendly C#mstar
G#He found this mote
Riff 2
And C#mnow we wonder B
How could this so C#mgreat
G#Turn so shit
Riff 2
He C#mended up in army Bcrates
And photographs in C#mfiles
G#His tiny boat
C#mSparked as he turned to
Bridge 2 (x2):
Riff 3
BLast night he C#mcould not make it
G#He tried hard but he C#mcould not make it
BLast night he C#mcould not make it
BOn a holiC#mday
End Chorus (x7):
(After 3 or 4 times, just improvise something between Riffs 4 and 5)
Riff 4
EHe started heading for the Gmotorway
Riff 5
BAnd he came rigEht down
Outro (over piano):
Riff 5 x3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------Guitar 2 (Joe)
Riff 1
B C#m G# C#m
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-4-----------5----4--------4------------4---------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 2
B C#m G# C#m
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4-2-1--------------6-4-2-4---------------------------------------------|
A|-2------------------4-----------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3
B C#m G#
e|----------------7---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7----------9------9-7--9--7----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 4
E G
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0------------------3-0-0-------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 5
B E
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7b----------7b-7b-7b-----------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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