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Slave To The Traffic Light
by Phish
re - transcribed by Emil Hedaya ( tabs@redmedia.com )
Intro:
Let all the notes ring ...
P-O H-O P-O
E-------------------------7----------------5----------------------
B--------------------0-5-5-----------0-3-3------------------------
G--------------7-6-6-----------5-4-4------------------------------
D--------------7---------------5----------------------------------
A-0-------------------------0-------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat; This may look confusing but all it is is the A-Shape (the same
one used in Divided Sky) adding on the 4th (suspended) and playing the
B string open.. you'll get the feel of it if you play along to A Live
One. It's not crucial to stick to the exact notes I wrote; that's the
general motion of that opening "lick", I suppose, for lack of a better
word...
Next build up by drumming on the open A string, until:
D D D
E---0----12---10---
B--10----10---10---
G--11----11---11---
D--12----12---12---
A---0----0----0----
E------------------
The Loud D chords begins the song.. those are three positions of the D
chord Trey uses.. listen to a recording for the timing information.
A > G (x4)
A G
E----5------3--------
B----5------3--------
G----6------4--------
D----7------5--------
A--------------------
E--------------------
Then comes their fabulous progression:
A G D E
What makes this such a great progression, other than just the sheer
presence of that E chord, is the way they play it. Below I've listed
several ways to play each chord that I think I've heard Trey use. The
more open strings the better.
A A G G D D D E E E E
E---0---0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0-------------
B---0--10----3---8---3---7--10---0---5---9---12-------------
G---6---9----4---7---2---7--11---1---4---9---13-------------
D---7--11----5---9---0---7--12---2---6---9---14-------------
A---0---0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0-------------
E---0---0------------------------0---0---0----0-------------
After each time Trey goes through it, he hits two harmonic "chords" , labeled
as H1 and H2.. the fourth time, he hits alternates in this order
H1 H2 H3 H2 H3 H2 H1:
H1 H2 H3
E-----------------------
B---(12)---(7)-----(5)--
G---(12)---(7)-----(5)--
D---(12)---(7)-----(5)--
A-----------------------
E-----------------------
Then back to:
A > G (x4)
A G
E----5------3--------
B----5------3--------
G----6------4--------
D----7------5--------
A--------------------
E--------------------
(play opening lick over this)
Slave to the Traffic Light.... Slave.... (x2)
Then that D Thing again:
D D D
E---0----12---10---
B--10----10---10---
G--11----11---11---
D--12----12---12---
A---0----0----0----
E------------------
The chords placed here are kind of guesswork; depends on how you speak the
words:
A G A E > D (x2)
(spoken)Seen the city, seen the zoo, traffic light won't let me through
E D E D E D
F G A (x3)
F G Em
Distortion goes on here, and Trey and the boys do a heavy metal type jam
ending on a D note:
D C ... then back into Em.. ending on D again:
D C D
C > G > C D
C > G > C
Then into the jam. It's essentially just the same A G D E progression. When
starting soft, it helps to keep the open A string ringing and the open E string
(1st string) ringing softly. The jam climaxes, ending on those F > G > A things,
finally finishing on an A chord as such:
A
E----0---
B----0---
G----6---
D----7---
A----0---
E----0---