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Stereophonics - Word Gets Around Part One tab

Album: Word Gets Around (Part 1)
Artists:Stereophonics
Tabbed by: Sian Clarke

I couldn't fit all twelve songs onto the same file, so I'm afraid it's split into two parts
(Part 1) and (Part 2), the second half of this file should be underneath the place you
found this first one :')

Songs in this part:  1. A Thousand Trees
                     2. Looks Like Chaplin
                     3. More Life in a Tramps vest
                     4. Local Boy In the Photograph
                     5. Traffic
                     6. Not Up To You

Songs in part two:   7. Check My Eyelids For Holes
                     8. Same Size Feet
                     9. Last Of The Big Time Drinkers
                    10. Goldfish Bowl
                    11. Too Many Sandwiches
                    12. Billy Daveys' Daughter

There, hope thats not too confusing, now I'll get on with it.

I've listed all the chords and riffs used under each individual song.
I'm almost 100% sure that all these songs are right, but if you
disagree or have any comments, questions, corrections or just want to say hey,
e-mail me at Sarah.lardy@virgin.net and I will try to reply to all.

(Riffs are indicated above the chord that is played with it)

KEY:
 b = bend string
 h = hammer on
 p = pull off
 /or\ = slide to numbered fret
 { = rest - no chord, silence unless there is a riff continuing above it
...= duration of a riff

This is a great album. But it took me bloody ages to tab.

      ************************
      * 1. A Thousand Trees  *
      ************************

Chords:
        G5    3x0033       Fsus2    1330xx       Am7     x02010
        C5    x35xxx       G-B      x20033       F+9     xx3213
        C     x32013       D        xx0232       G       320033

Riffs:

    e--3-------|      e-----------------|      e--------------|
    b--1--1----|      b-----------------|      b--------------|
 1: g--0-----2-|   2: g---4b-4--4b-4--4-|   3: g---4b-4--4b-4-|
    d--2-------|      d-----------------|      d--------------|
    A--3-------|      A-----------------|      A--------------|
    E----------|      E-----------------|      E--------------|

Intro:

       G5          Am7         G-B           C

                                           (R 1)...................
       G5          Am7         G-B           C

Verse 1

  G               Am7              G-B              C
Standing at the bus stop with my shopping in my hands, when I'm over-
  G           Am7              G-B               C
hearing elder ladies, as the rumours start to fly, you can hear them in the
  G            Am7        G-B        C
schoolyard, scrapyard, chip shop, phone box, in the
  G                Am7           G-B                C
pool hall, at the shoe stall every corner turned around. It started with a
  G                  Am7                G-B               C
school girl who was running, running home to her mum and dad, told them she was
  G                Am7            G-B            C                         G
playing in the changeroom of the local football side, they said "tell us again"
                  Am7                                      G-B               C
so she told them again they said "tell us the truth" they found it hard to believe
                     G                    Am7               G-B                   C
cos' he taught our Steve, he even trained me, taught Uncle John who's father of three

only takes...

Bridge 1

 Am7                Fsus2          C5
   one tree,  to  make a thousand matches, only takes
 Am7                F+9      C
   one match, to  burn a   thousand


Chorus 1

  G        Am7          G-B         C
    trees,                             thousand
  G        Am7          G-B         C
         trees                             you see it in the


Verse 2 (chords as above)

classroom,, in the swimming pool, where the matchstick men are made, at the
Scouts' hall, at the football where the wise we trust are paid, they all honour his name
he did a lot for the game, he got his name knocked up above the sports' ground gates, but now
they're ripping them down, stamping the ground, picture gathers dust in the bar in the lounge
it only takes...


Bridge 2 (as above)


Chorus 2 (as above)


Mid Section

                            (R 2).....................
D                   F+9                   C
   Wake up                   smell the rain
                            (R 3).....................
D                   F+9                   C
   Shake up                  he's back to stay
                            (R 2).....................
D                   F+9                   C
   He hasn't been on   a     holiday                   his
                            (R 3)...........
D                   F+9              C      G           Am7     G-B      C
   Growing seeds don't believe      why he's  been away


Instrumental Break

   G              Am7                G-B               C
                                                     (R 1)............
   G              Am7                G-B               C

   G              Am7                G-B               C
                                                               in the

Verse 3 (chords as above)

schoolyard, change room, playing fields, bathroom
phone box, office blocks, corner turned around, they keep doubting the flame,
tossing the blame, got his name knocked up above the sports ground gates, but now
they're ripping them down, stamping the ground, picture gathers dust in the bar in the lounge
and it only takes..


Bridge 3 (as above)


Outro

G            Am7            G-B          C
         trees                              thousand
G            Am7            G-B          C
              trees                         thousand
G            Am7            G-B          C
       trees                                thousand
G            Am7            G-B          C              C
                           trees

      *************************
      * 2. Looks Like Chaplin *
      *************************

Chords:
        Em     022000          E5        0224xx        A5      577xxx
        D      xx0232          Bm7       x24232        C       x32010
        D5     xx023x          Dsus2     xx0230

Riffs:

     e-----3-0-3-0-0-|      e-----3-|      e-3-0-3-0-3-|       e----------------------------|
     b-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|      b-3-0-0-|      b-3-0-3-0-3-|       b----------------------------|
 1:  g-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|  2:  g-0-0-0-|  3:  g-----------|   4:  g-------------------------12-|
     d---------------|      d-------|      d-----------|       d-------------------------12-|
     A---------------|      A-------|      A-----------|       A----------------------------|
     E---------------|      E-------|      E-----------|       E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|

     e-------------------------------|     e------------------|     e--------------------------|
     b-------------------------------|     b------------------|     b--------------------------|
 5:  g-------------------------12-12-|  6: g---------------12-|  7: g---------------12---------|
     d-------------------------12-12-|     d---------------12-|     d---------------12---------|
     A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|     A------------------|     A--------------------------|
     E-------------------------------|     E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|     E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|

     e-----------------|
     b---1---1---1---1-|
 8:  g---0---0---0---0-|
     d-----------------|
     A-3---2---0-------|
     E-------------3---|


Intro

      (R 1)...............(R 1)...........(R 1)......... (R 2).................
       Em                  Em              Em             Em        {     {

      (R 1)...............(R 1)...........(R 1)..........(R 3).................
       Em                  Em              Em             Em        {     {


Verse 1

      (R 4)..........................(R 4)........................
       E5                             E5
        I   feel  the  wash,         close  down  the street,

      (R 4)..........................(R 4)........................
       E5                             E5
        yet   Chaplin   walks,       feet nine fifteen   and  I

      (R 5)..........................(R 5)........................
       A5                             A5
        hear     them,               hear   them,    call   his

      (R 6)..........................(R 6)........................
       E5                             E5
        name,                                            and   I

      (R 5)..........................(R 5)........................
       A5                             A5
        see    him,                   see   him,       turn

      (R 7)..........................(R 7)........................
       E5                             E5
        away.


Chorus 1

         D           {        {      Bm7       C
            They    take    him    in
         D           {        {      Bm7       C
            and    clean    him    up.
        Bm7          C               Bm7       C
         C

Instrumental Break

       (R 1).............(R 1)............(R 1)............(R 1)
        Em                Em               Em               Em

Verse 2 (as above)

   They take him in and strip him down.
   They dry his skin and feed him wine, and I
   hear them, hear them, call his name, and I
   see him, see him, turn away.


Chorus 2

        D           {         {     Bm7        C
               Asks   to  use the  phone.
        D                           D
             Yet  he  lives  alone,          he lives alone.
                                   (R 8).................
       Bm7                          C
          There's  no  -  one,    no - one home to phone.


Outro

                                     (R 8)........................
     D5     Dsus2     D                C
                                     Sits  alone  at

                                     (R 8)........................
     D5     Dsus2     D                C
       home.                       He calls his home his

                                     (R 8)........................
     D5     Dsus2     D                C                    D5
      own.                       His  wife  is still un  -  known

      *********************************
      * 3. More Life In A Tramps Vest *
      *********************************


Chords:
        A1     x0xxxx         A         x02220           D      xx0232
        Bm     x24432         D-F#      2x0232           E      022300
        D1     xx0xxx         B1        x2xxxx           A5     x022xx

Intro
       A1                   A1

Verse 1

       A                A
         I get camping eyes in the final hour,
       D               D
         last minute shoppers picking cauliflower,
       Bm                           D
         the fuss they make, you'd swear they were buying a
       A              A
         car.
       A                        A
         Always moan, moan it's not so cheap,
       D                         D
         cheaper still, cheaper still down the street,
       Bm                                       D
         I lose my rag and tell them take your bag and shop down there.
       A                A
         Closing down, closing down another road.
       D             D
         One way system, steals the show.
       Bm                       D
         Mac the knife swigs a can and sings the day away. There's

Chorus 1

       A                     A
       more life, more life, more life in a
       D/F#               E
       tramps   vest.                  There's
       A                     A
       more life, more life, more life in a
       D/F#               E
       tramps vest.

Verse 2

       A               A
        Flower man sits down in the street,
       D                 D
        surrounded by stock he bought back last week,
       Bm                       D
         bring back the ladies wearing lipstick on their teeth.
       A                  A
        Make up, we make up a crappy joke,
       D               D
        sit back, relax and have a smoke.
       Bm                      D
         Mac the knife swigs a can and sings the day away. There's


Chorus (x2, as before)


Instrumental Break

        A                     A
        D                     D
        Bm                    D

Verse 3

        A1                A1
         I get camping eyes in the final hour,
        D1                D1
         last minute shoppers picking cauliflower.
        B1                     B1
         Mac the knife swigs a can and sings the day away. There's


Chorus (x2, as before, second time, end on A5)

      **********************************
      * 4. Local Boy In The Photograph *
      **********************************

Chords

      G       320033        G-B        x20033         Am7     x02010
      G7-B    x20032        A7sus4     x02033         C1      x3xxxx
      C       x32010        E5         022xxx         B1      x2xxxx
      C7      x32000        D5         xx023x         D1      xx0xxx
      D       xx0232        Dsus2      xx0230         A1      x0xxxx
      C+9     x32033

Riffs
      e--10-----10-----|      e--8-----8-----|       e-------------------------------|
      b-----7-8----7-8-|      b----7-8---7-8-|       b-1-1-0-0-1-1-0-0-1-1-0-1-1-0-0-|
  1:  g----------------|  2:  g--------------|   3:  g-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
      d----------------|      d--------------|       d-------------------------------|
      A----------------|      A--------------|       A-------------------------------|
      E----------------|      E--------------|       E-------------------------------|

      e---------------------------------|
      b-1-1-0-0-1-1-0-0-1-1-0-0-3-1-0-0-|
  4:  g-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
      d---------------------------------|
      A---------------------------------|
      E---------------------------------|


Intro
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/stereophonics/43965.html ]
     (R 1)........................(R 2 + 3)................
       G           G7-B               C              C

       D            C+9              G/B           A7sus4


Verse 1
                                              (R 4)...........................
       G                  G7-B                  C              C
         There's no mistake, I smell that smell, it's that time of year again.

                                        (R 3).................
       G               G7-B               C            C
          I    can     taste     the    air.

  ( same chord and riff progression as above)

         The clocks go back, railway track, something blocks the line again,
         and the train runs late for the first time.


Instrumental Break
                                      (R 4)...........................
       G               G7-B             C               C


Verse 2 (as above)

         Pebble beach, we're underneath, a pier just been painted red.
         Where I heard the news for the first time.


Chorus 1

       E5                   E5                    D5               D5  Dsus2
          And all the friends lay down the flowers, sit on the banks and drink for hours.

       Am7              Am7            C1 B1 C1 B1 C1 B1 C1 B1 C1 B1 C1 B1 C1 B1   A1  G    G7-B
          Talk of the way they saw him last,       local    boy      in the     photograph,
             (R 3)...........................
               C               C
         Today.


Verse 3
     (R 1)........................(R 2 + 4)............................
       G                G7-B             C             C
        He'll always be,    twenty-three, but the train runs on and on.

     (R 1)...................(R 2 + 3).......................
       G              G7-B      C          C
         Past the place  they found his clothing.


Mid Section

       D            C+9           G-B          C+9
       D            C+9           G-B          C+9
       D            C+9           G-B          C+9
       D            C+9           G-B          A7sus4


Verse 4 ( as above, but play Riff 3 instead of Riff 4 )

        There's no mistake, I smell that smell, it's that time of year again.
        I can taste the air.
        Clocks go back, railway track, something blocks the line again,
        and the train runs late for the first time today.


Mid Section 2

        D           C+9          G-B         C+9


Chorus 2

        E5             E5                    D5               D5  Dsus2
          And all the friends lay down the flowers, sit on the banks and drink for hours.
                                                                                       (R 1).....
        Am7              Am7            C1 B1 C1 B1 C1 B1 C1 B1 C1 B1 C1 B1 C1 B1   A1  G
          Talk of the way they saw him last,       local    boy      in the     photograph,

        ..............(R 2 + 3)....................................
        G7-B             C                  C
             today,                           he's gone away.

       (R 1)..........................(R 2 + 3).....................
        G             G7-B               C              C


Outro

        D            C+9            G-B             C+9
        D            C+9            G-B             C+9
        D            C+9            G-B             A7sus4
        G

      **************
      * 5. Traffic *
      **************

Chords

      C      x32013       F+9       xx3213          F    133211
      Am7    x02013       C(2)      x32010          Dm   xx0231
      Fsus2  1330xx       Am        002210


Riffs

      e------------3------------------3-------------------------------------3---|
      b--1--1h3p1------1-1-1---1h3p1-----1---------------------------1h3p1------|
  1:  g------------------------------------------h2p--------h2p-----------------|
      d--2--2----------2-2-2-2-----------2--3--3-------3--3-----2--2------------|
      A--3--3----------3-3-3----------------3--3-------3--3-----3---------------|
      E-------------------------------------1-----------------------------------|

      e-------------------3--3-----|      e---------------3--|
      b--1--1--1--1h3p1---1--1--1--|      b--1--1--1h3p1--1--|
  2:  g----------------------------|  3:  g------------------|
      d--2--2--2--2-------2--2--2--|      d--2--2---------2--|
      A--3--3--3--3-------------3--|      A--3--3------------|
      E----------------------------|      E------------------|

      e---------------3------------------3-----------------------3--|
      b--1--1--1h3p1-----1--1--1--1h3p1-----1--------------------1--|
  4:  g-------------------------------------------1h2p1h2--------0--|
      d--2--2------------2--2--2--2---------2--3----3------3--2--2--|
      A--3--3------------3--3--3---------------3----3------------3--|
      E----------------------------------------------------------x--|


Intro

     (R 1).....................................................................
      C(1)                 Am7              Fsus2            C(1)

      {     {      {       {
                    We  all  face  the  same

Verse 1

      C(2)                  Am                          F
      way, still it takes all day, I take a look to my left,
                                                       (R 2).................
                         C(2)                          C(1)
      pick out the worst and the best. She paints her lip,
      ............
                   Am                       F
      greasy and thick, another mirror stare

                                (R 3)................
                      Dm        C(1)                        C(2)
      and she's going where?           Another office affair,


Verse 2
                   Am7                               F
      to kill an unborn scare, you talk dirty to a priest,
                         C(2)                           C(2)
      it makes them human at least. But is she running away
                      Am7                       F
      to start a brand new day? Or's she going home?

                                    (R 3).......................
                          Dm        C(1)
      Why's she driving alone?                       Is


Chorus 1

        F         Dm          C(2)
      anyone     going      anywhere?
        F         Dm          Dm
      Everyone's  gotta  be

Instrumental Break 1

       C(1)              Am7           F+9          C(2)
      somewhere.                                     Gotta body in the


Verse 3 (as verse 2)

      boot, or just bags full of food?
      Those are models' legs, but are they womens are they mens?
      She shouts down the phone, missed a payment on the loan,
      she gotta be above the rest, keeping up with the best.    Is

Chorus 2 (as chorus 1)

Instrumental Break 2

      C(1)           Am7             F+9            C(2)
      somewhere

      G              F   G          F  F            C(2)    {    {    {    {
                                                               Waits tables for a


Verse 4
        C(2)                 F                            Am
        crook? Wrote a hard back book? You teach kids how to read?
                                   F                      C(2)
        Or sell your body on the street? A nurse without a job?
                        Am7                         F
        Another uptown snob? But have I got you all wrong?
                                                 (R 3)......................
                      Dm                         C(1)
        one look and you were gone                    Is


Chorus 3
          F          Dm      C(2)
         anyone     going  anywhere?         Is
          F          Dm      C(2)
         anyone     going  anywhere?         Is
          F          Dm      C(2)
         anyone     going  anywhere?
          F          Dm            Dm                {   {   {   {
         everyone   gotta be               somewhere.


Outro

     (R 1)...............................................................
      C(1)                 Am7          Fsus2          C(1)

     (R 1)...............................................................
      C(1)                 Am7          Fsus2          C(1)

     (R 1)...............................................................
      C(1)                 Am7          Fsus2          C(1)

     (R 4)...............................................
      C(1)                 Am7          Fsus2          C(1)

      *******************
      *6. Not Up To You *
      *******************

Chords
       C9          x3543x      Em7      022033       Dsus4     xx0233
       G(1)        3x543x      Am7      x02013       D         xx0232
       G(2)        320033      Bm7      x35346       A7sus4    x02033
       Dsus4/F#    2x0233      C        x32010       C+9       x32033

Riffs
      e---------------------------------|      e---------|      e---------|
      b-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-|      b---------|      b---------|
  1:  g-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|  2:  g-------0-|  3:  g---------|
      d---------------------------------|      d-------0-|      d---------|
      A---------------------------------|      A-0-2-3---|      A-0-2-3-0-|
      E---------------------------------|      E---------|      E---------|

      e---3---------|      e---5---------|      e---5--0--0-|
      b---1---------|      b---3---------|      b---2--1--1-|
  4:  g---0---------|  5:  g---2---------|  6:  g---3--0--0-|
      d---2---------|      d---4---------|      d---4--2--2-|
      A-0---0-2-3-0-|      A-2---0-2-3-0-|      A-2----3--3-|
      E-------------|      E-------------|      E-----------|


Intro
      (R 1)................................(R 1)...................................
       C9                  C9               G(1)                G(1)

      (R 1)................................(R 1)...................................
       C9                  C9               G(1)                G(1)


Verse 1
      (R 1)................................(R 1)...................................
       C9                  C9               G(1)                G(1)
      Salt grips the road     awaits his    lift again.

      (R 1)................................(R 1)...................................
       C9                  C9               G(1)                G(1)
         Street orange glow    shades the    odds against.

      (R 1)................................(R 1)...................................
       C9                  C9               G(1)                G(1)
            One more sip,  a shoe a miss,       a shaving nick,    one extra kiss.

      (R 1)................................
       C9                  C9
           Who's to know?      whatever.


Chorus 1
                                                          (R 2)....................
        G(2)            D/F#               Em7            Em7
           Not up to me,    not up to you.
        G(2)            D/F#               Em7            Em7
           not up to me,    not up to you.


Verse 2 (as above)

         Swings don't swing, the parks' been dead for years.
         How do you know the last swing weren't the last for good?
         Hard book on freaks, fresh summer peach, creased magazine,
         sugar chocolate treat.
         Who's to know? whatever.

Chorus 2
         G(2)            D/F#               Em7           Em7
            Not up to me,    not up to you.
                                                         (R 3)....................
         G(2)            D/F#               Em7           Em7
            not up to me,    not up to you.


Instrumental Break

         (R 4)..............................(R 5).................................
          Am7               Am7              Bm7               Bm7

         (R 4)..............................(R 6)..............
          Am7               Am7              Bm7                C


Verse 3 (as above, unless stated otherwise)

         The street's so long where she lost her pocket purse.
         Kept the last picture of the man she committed first.
         Cracked windscreen rain, french murder play, junk take away,
         tired street parades.

        Am7          Am7           C+9         C+9
         Who's to know? Whatever,                  whatever.


Chorus 3
         G(2)           Dsus4/F#           Em7           Em7
            Not up to me,     not up to you.

         G(2)           Dsus4/F#           Em7           Em7       C+9
            Not up to me,     not up to you.

         G(2)           Dsus4/F#           Em7               Em7   C+9
            Not up to me,     not up to you,   not up to anything we do.

         G(2)           Dsus4/F#           Em7           Em7       C+9
            Not up to me,     not up to             you.

         G(2)           Dsus4/F#           Em7           Em7       C+9
                                                     It's   not   up to me.

         G(2)           Dsus4/F#           Em7           Em7
                         It's not up to you.

Outro
        (R 1)..............................(R 1)..................................
          C9                 C9             G(1)              G(1)
                                                             It's not up to you.

        (R 1)..............................(R 1)..................................
          C9                 C9             G(1)              G(1)
                                                             It's not up to you.

        (R 1)..............................(R 1)..................................
          C9                 C9             G(1)              G(1)
                                                             It's not up to

        (R 1)..............................(R 1)..................................
          C9                 C9             G(1)              G(1)
                 you.

        (R 1)..............................(R 1)..................................
          C9                 C9             G(1)              G(1)

 Well that's it for this part, make sure you look at part 2 aswell!!
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