Roads Chords & Tabs

by Portishead

[Content]
Roads by Portishead
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        
e:-----------------0-----|----1--------0----|------|---------------------|
B:-----------------0-----|----1--------0----|------|---------------------|
G:----5------------0-----|----2--------1----|------|---0h2-----0h4-----5-|
D:-7--------7------2-----|----2--------0----|--x2--|---0h3-----0h5-----7-| x2
A:----7------------2-----|----3--------2----|------|-----3-----0h5-----7-|
E:-5---------------3-----|----1--------0----|------|-----1-------3-----5-|
Drums come in...

[Verse 1]

Am   G6              Fm    E7               Am           
Oho,   can't anybody see?       We've got a war to fight,
G6                   Fmaj7       E7                
Never found our way,  regardless,  of what they say
F             G       Am                F      
How can it feel, this wrong?  From this moment,
            G          Am   
How can if feel, this wrong?
[Verse 2] (same chords as previously) Chords have more echo here

Am    G6                  Fmaj7      E7      Am  
Stoned, in the morning light,   I feel,   no more
        G6  Fmaj7    E7           F                G       
Can I say,    frozen,   to myself, I got nobody on my side,
                      Am   
And surely that ain't right
FG                Am    
Surely that ain't right.

[Verse 3]

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

[Break]

Play intro (with a lot of bass A, G, F, E) up to:
F          G          Am               F     
How can it feel, this wrong, from this moment
           G          E7    
How can it feel, this 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--|
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| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on
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