Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 16:45:58 -0500
From: Maitland
Subject: f/fastball/the_way.tab
Title: The Way
Artist: Fastball
Finally, here is the new and improved tab for The Way. I've tried to
incorporate all the ideas people have sent in, and I have completed
both solos.
Verse 1
F#m
(Em)
They made up their minds
Bm
(Am)
And they started packing
C# F#m
(B) (Em)
They left before the sun came up that day
F# Bm
(E) (Am)
An exit to eternal summer slacking
F#m C#
(Em) (B)
But where were they going without ever
F#m
(Em)
Knowing the way?
Verse 2
They drank up the wine
And they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
When the car broke down they started walking
Where were they going without even
Knowing the way?
Verse Riffs (Verses 2 and 3 only):
F#m Bm C# F#m
e|-------2--------2--------2--------2--------1--------1--------2--------2---|
B|--------2--------2--------3--------3--------2--------2--------2--------2--|
G|----2----2---2----2---4----4---4----4---1----1---1----1---2----2---2----2-|
D|--4--------4--------4--------4--------3--------3--------4--------4--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F# Bm F#m C# F#m
e|-------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------1--------2----|
B|--------2--------2--------3--------3--------2--------2--------2---|
G|----3----3---3----3---4----4---3----4---2----2---1----1---2----2--|
D|--4--------4--------4--------4--------4--------3--------4---------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
E A
(D) (G)
Anyone can see the road that they walk on
E
(D)
Is paved with gold
F#m
(Em)
It's always summer
C#
(B)
They'll never get cold
D
(C)
They'll never get hungry
A E
(G) (D)
They'll never get old and grey
A E
(G) (D)
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
F#m
(Em)
They won't make it home
C#
(B)
But they really don't care
D
(C)
They wanted the highway
A E C#
(G) (D) (B)
They're happier there today
Verse 3
Their children woke up
And they couldn't find them
They'd left before the sun came up that day
They just drove off and left it all behind 'em
But where were they going without ever
Knowing the way?
Chorus
1st solo
F#m Bm
(Em) (Am)
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------11-9-7-6-4-2
D-------------------------------------7-9-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-7-7-7-6-11-9-9-7-6-4
A----------------------2-2-2-2--4-7-9-------------------------------------------
E-14\2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------------
F#m C# F#m
(Em) (B) (Em)
e-------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------7h9--9t10--10-12--9-10p9-----------------------------
G-------6-7-9---------------------------11--9-11p9------------------
D-11\7---------------------------------------------11--9-11---------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus
2nd solo
F#m Bm
(Em) (Am)
e------------------------------------------------9-10-9t10--10-9------------
B------------------------------------------10h12-----------------12----13b14
G-------------------------------------------------------------------11------
D----------------------------------7-9-11-----------------------------------
A-------------------2-2-2-2--4-7-9------------------------------------------
E-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5----------------------------------------------------------
F#m C#
(Em) (B)
e--------------------------------------------------------------
B-17-14-17p14--------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------9-7-11-9--------------7-------------
A--------------------------------------------------9-----------
E--------------7-7-7-7-9--------------5--2---7h9------7p5--2---
Chords used for distortion guitar:
F#m xx4222
Bm xx4432
C# xx3121
F# xx4322
E 022100
A x02220
D xx0232
If you don't have a pianist, play these on another guitar with a
capo on the 2nd fret:
Em 022000
Am x02210
B x24442
E 022100
D xx0232
G 320003
C x32010
Sokolowski suggested that the C# and F# would sound better as C#7
and F#7 respectively. It's your call:
C#7 x4342x
F#7 xx2322
That would be
B7 X21202
E7 020100
on the guitar with the capo.
Stuff you should know:
p=pull off
h=hammer on
t=trill
b=bend
/=slide up
\=slide down
Here's how it works: On the CD there is a piano that pounds out the
chords throughout the song. Ivan Hyde said that he saw them playing
on MTV with a capo on the 2nd fret, so I suggest using an accoustic
or clean electric with a capo on the 2nd fret if you don't have a
piano. I've put the chords for use with the capo under the regular
chords.
The guitar on the CD is an overdriven electric. It comes in on the
2nd verse and plays arppegios on the chords during the verses. On
the chorus it usually just strums along, but sometimes it breaks
into an arppegio. BTW, Arionne330 tabbed out the arppegios during
the verses. The solos are played by a different guitar, but you
could get away with playing them on this one. Do NOT use a capo on
this guitar.
One other thing, I had some inquiries about what a trill is.
Basically, you just hammer-on and pull-off a couple of times between
the 2 notes. Listen to the song and you'll see what I mean.
Credits:
Original .crd and solos--------Maitland mailto:maitland@cybrtyme.com
Verse Riffs--------------------Arionne330 mailto:Arionne330@aol.com
Capo suggestion----------------Ivan Hyde mailto:hyde@freenet.msp.mn.us
Alternate chords---------------Sokolowski mailto:mas@onramp.net
-Maitland
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