Motorway to Roswell Pixies
Trompe le Monde (1991)
Tabbed by: SarcasticDevil (calumsixsixsix@hotmail.co.uk)
Guitar 1: Black Francis (Acoustic)
Guitar 2: Joey Santiago (Electric)
Intro (Guitar 2):
e|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8--------------| B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8--------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 (Guitar 1):
[B]Last night he [C#m]could not make it
[G#]He tried hard but he [C#m]could not make it
[B]Last night he [C#m]could not make it
Riff 1
[B]On a holi[C#m]day
[G#]For many miles
Riff 1
[C#m]Looking for a place to [B]stay
Near some friendly [C#m]star
[G#]He found this mote
Riff 1
And [C#m]now we wonder where we [B]are
[B]How could this so [C#m]great
[G#]Turn so shitty
Riff 1
He [C#m]ended up in army [B]crates
And photographs in [C#m]files
[G#]His tiny boat
[C#m]Sparked as he turned to
[B]Grazed our [G#]city
Chorus:
Riff 4
[E]I started driving on the [G]motorway
Riff 5
[B]I was feeling [E]down
Bridge (Chords G1, Tabs G2):
[B] [C#m] [G#] [C#m]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-4-----------5---4--------4------------------4----------------------|x2 G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2 (Guitar 1):
(quiet)
Riff 1
[B]Last night he [C#m]could not make it[G#] [C#m]
(loud)
[B]Last night he [C#m]could not make it
[G#]He tried hard but he [C#m]could not make it
[B]Last night he [C#m]could not make
(Repeat Intro)
Verse 3 (Guitar 1):
Riff 2
[B]On a holi[C#m]day
[G#]For many miles
Riff 2
[C#m]Looking for a place to [B]stay
Near some friendly [C#m]star
[G#]He found this mote
Riff 2
And [C#m]now we wonder[B]
How could this so [C#m]great
[G#]Turn so shit
Riff 2
He [C#m]ended up in army [B]crates
And photographs in [C#m]files
[G#]His tiny boat
[C#m]Sparked as he turned to
Bridge 2 (x2):
Riff 3
[B]Last night he [C#m]could not make it
[G#]He tried hard but he [C#m]could not make it
[B]Last night he [C#m]could not make it
[B]On a holi[C#m]day
End Chorus (x7):
(After 3 or 4 times, just improvise something between Riffs 4 and 5)
Riff 4
[E]He started heading for the [G]motorway
Riff 5
[B]And he came rig[E]ht down
Outro (over piano):
Riff 5 x3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------Guitar 2 (Joe)
Riff 1
[B] [C#m] [G#] [C#m]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-4-----------5----4--------4------------4---------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 2
[B] [C#m] [G#] [C#m]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------4-----------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---4-2-1--------------6-4-2-4---------------------------------------------| A|-2------------------4-----------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3
[B] [C#m] [G#]
e|----------------7---------------------------------------------------------| B|-7----------9------9-7--9--7----------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 4
[E] [G]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-0------------------3-0-0-------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 5
[B] [E]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-7b----------7b-7b-7b-----------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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