Crosstown Traffic Chords & Tabs
Song : Crosstown Traffic
Artist: Jimi Hendrix
The only other tabs I could find for this song were only semi accurate. So here goes.
Intro:
C7 F7
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|-----10h12----10h8----8-|-10---8-----------------| x3
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A#
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C7
You jump in front of my car when you
F7
You know all the time that
C7
Ninety miles an hour, girl, is the
F7
speed I drive
Bb7
You tell me it's alright,
Eb7
you don't mind a little pain
Ab7
You say you just want me to
G7
take you for a ride
Before the chorus, there's this fill:
(C7)
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You're just like
(Crosstown traffic)
So hard to get through to you
C7 F7
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|----------------------------|----------------10h12----10-8----10-8-|
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(Crosstown traffic)
I don't need to run over you
C7 F7
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(Crosstown traffic)
All you do is slow me down
C7 F7
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|-10h12\---------------------|----------------10h12----10-8----10-8-|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jimi_hendrix/crosstown_traffic_tab_ver_5.html ]
And I'm tryin' to get on the other side of town
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All of the above is the same for the second verse/chorus, except the fill for the end of
second chorus goes:
And I got better things on the other side of town
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G
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|---8--8--8-----8-------|---3----3----------|
|---10-10-10b12-12r10---|---5b7--5b7--3-----|
|---------------------8-|---------------5-3-|
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G Bb7
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|---10b12-10b12---12r10-|-10b12-12-12r10-5b7-7-7-3---|
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Then there's a section like the intro
C7 F7
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|-----10h12----10h8------|-10---8-----------------|
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A#
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|-11-11--11-11-----------|------------------------|
|---------------8-8--8-8-|-------------------8-8\-|
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C7 F7
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|-----------11-----------|-8-----8----------------|
|-----10h12----10h8------|-10b12r10---------------|
|-------------------10---|------------------------|
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A#
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|-11-11--11-11--11b13--13-13---|
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C7 F7
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|-11b13-11b13-------11-----------|-8-----8----------------|
|-------------10h12----10h8------|-10b12r10---------------|
|---------------------------10---|------------------------|
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A#
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|-8-----8---8--8---8--8---8--8---8--|-8---------11--------------|
|-10b12-12--12-12--12-12--12-12--12-|-10b12--12----10-8----10-8-|
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And then the fade (which is basically the section above). Just improvise with the C
minor scale.