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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_front_bottoms/maps_tab.html ]
"...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.
