The Front Bottoms: "Maps"
Slow Dancing to Soft Rock EP
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbT6qUpROnI
Questions: mswojnow@gmail.com
Tabbed by: arunawayslave / Max
This song is pretty straight forward, fun to sing and easy to play. In the music video
he's using a pick but it's pretty easy to finger pick.
Listen to the song to get the rhythm.
Intro:
E|--------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------|D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-x-x-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-x-x-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|E|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-x-x-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
Verse
Guitar"There's a map in my room..."E|---------|B|---------|G|---------|D|---5---5-|A|---------|E|-3---3---|x12
Strings tabbed for guitarE|--8--7---------|B|--------10--8--|G|---------------|D|---------------|A|---------------|E|---------------|
"...big, big plans"E|-----------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------|D|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|A|---------3---3---------------------------|E|-7---7-----------3---3---3---3---3---3---|
Repeat once
"...slow, just slow enough to make you uncomfortable"E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|D|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------------|A|-----------------5---5-----------3---3---3---3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|E|-5---5---5---5-----------7---7-------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Return to
E|---------|B|---------|G|---------|D|---5---5-|A|---------|E|-3---3---|
Next part repeats the verse with a small variation"anything to get the taste out of my mouth"E|-----------------|B|-----------------|G|-------5-5-------|D|-5-5---5-5---5~--|A|-5-5---3-3---5~--|E|-3-3---------3~--|
"confident...but I hear you..."E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|D|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---5-5-5-5----|A|-----------------5---5-----------3---3---3---3---3--3---3-3-3----|E|-5---5---5---5-----------7---7-----------------------------------|
Chorus
It's hard to tell exactly what he's playing, but these chords sound fine strummed or
played like the earlier parts of the song.
E|-------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------|D|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---|A|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)--|E|------------------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|x4
Strum these:"but you are an artist..."E|---B|---G|---D|-5-A|-5-E|-3-
*break*
"...bathroom"E|---B|---G|---D|-5-A|-5-E|-3-
"...thinking, how did I get here?"E|---B|---G|-5-D|-5-A|-3-E|---
*break*
Re-intro. Rest of the song reuses the same parts.
