Slave To The Traffic Light

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-----------------------------------------------------------------

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---

==Alternate Transcription==

The above tab is perfect, except for the part after the first "D Breakdown" By that I  mean the part where your pinky is on the 12th fret 1st string.

I play the first progression after that as A>G>A then a quick E>D (Another easy way to  think about it is it being A>G then A>E>D). Do that twice, then go into the A>G>D>E  progression.