Maps Tab

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 guitar
E|--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.
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