Heavy Traffic

	  		Tabbed By: Belavista Man 
E-mail: [email protected] 
Tuning: Standard 

Status Quo's Heavy Traffic from the album of the same name. 

Intro/Main Riff: 
   F#(repeat throughout the introduction) 
e|---9----------------------------9------------------------------------| 
B|-9^--^9r-9-7-7----7-7-7^r---7-9^--^9r-9-7-7---7---7---7--------------| 
G|----------------9---------9-----------------9---9---8---6------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Repeat this again with a B power chord at the end 

B 
everybody's been a long time talking 

ain't nobody said a word that's true 
A 
ain't it time to stop this crap type talking 
E 
won't you tell us what you're gonna do 

B 
tell you what why don't we break this pattern 

tell you what why don't we do some do 
A 
all together we can make it happen 
E 
untogether and we won't get through 

      B         E 
wanna drive yeh drive 
        B                 E 
i wanna drive but i can't get no-where 
      B      F#             B   F# 
heavy traffic all over this town 
        B         E 
i wanna drive yeh drive 
        B             E 
i wanna drive i gotta get somewhere 
      B      F#              B        
heavy traffic is bringing me down 

{Main Riff} 

every time i see the red light burning 
don't it always make the air turn blue 
but until we see the red light turning 
there ain't nothing anyone can do 

we all dream about an open highway 
making dreams is all that we can do 
we'd be moving on if i had my way 
nothing can stop me getting back to you 

wanna drive yeh drive 
i wanna drive but i can't get no-where 
heavy traffic all over this town 

i wanna drive yeh drive 
i wanna drive i gotta get somewhere 
heavy traffic coming into this town 

Solo: 
e|-----------------------------------------4-5-4---------------------------| 
B|-7-5----------------------7-5----------7-------7-5---7-5-----------------| 
G|-----7-4-4-4~-4-4-----4-4-----7-4-4-4~-------------7-----7-4-------------| 
D|------------------7-4----------------------------------------7-7~-7-7-6h-| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

e|--------------------------7-7-7-7-7-| 
B|---------7-5------------5-7-7-7-7-7-| 
G|-------------7-4-4-4~-7-------------| Play the solo all 
D|-7-7-7-7----------------------------| the way through twice 
A|------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------| 

i wanna drive yeh drive 
i wanna drive but i can't get no-where 
heavy traffic all over this town 
i wanna drive yeh drive 
i wanna drive i gotta get somewhere 
heavy traffic is bringing me down 
heavy traffic all over this town 

heavy traffic all over this town 

heavy traffic coming into this town 

heavy traffic 



| /  slide up 
| \  slide down 
| h  hammer-on 
| p  pull-off 
| ~  vibrato 
| +  harmonic 
| x  Mute note 
| ^  Bend 
\ r  Release Bend