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Artist: Portishead
Song : Roads
Album : Dummy
Tab by: Marco F. mongo@zhol.ch
BASS SOLO (starts at 3:20)
G ||---------------------------------|
D ||---------------14-12-------------|
A ||------------------------15-12----|
E ||------------------------------15-|
G ||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D ||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A ||-12----12---12-12-12-------14h15-|----------------------------14h15-|
E ||---------------------------------|-15----15---15-15-15--------------|
G ||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D ||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A ||-------------------------15------|----------------------------------|
E ||-13----13---13-13-13-------------|-12----12----13-12---13-12--------|
G ||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D ||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A ||-12----12---12-12-12-------------|------------------------------15/-|
E ||---------------------------------|-15----15---15-15-15--------------|
G ||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
D ||---------------------------------|-14---------12-14-12----12-14-12---||
A ||-20----20---20-20-20-------14h15-|----------------------15--------15-||
E ||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
The bass part during the rest of the song (before and after the solo) is
very simple: Just throw in some root notes and let them ring!
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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#1 by twiggy at Jun 18, 1971 at 9:25 AM EST |
| Actually (and I'm pretty sure that this is the accurate meaning) I think the song is about that moment in your life when you suddenly realize life isn't peaches and cream like you were told all your life. Usually around 18-22 years old, your quarter-life crisis. You struggle to adpat to the adult world and find yourself and find your way in life, this can include spirituality. Sturggle to be a good person and struggle to cope with the world's woes.......etc. | |
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Thijs Wanna Be |
#2 by Thijs Donderwinkel at Apr 8, 1972 at 7:51 PM EST |
| I actually thought this was in a Buffy episode,but unfortunately it wasn't Portishead :( Love Portishead :) | |
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Chris Badass |
#3 by Chris Phillips at Dec 17, 1972 at 4:56 PM EST |
| i think its about how youre yourself, but people do not understand you. its also about how in this world being unique can actually bring you down. By her saying "no more can i say frozen to myself," i interpret this as shes just all alone and theres nothing left for her to say. theres nothing left to say because everything you say can only bring you down. how can it feel this wrong? | |
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Corey Wanna Be |
#4 by Corey at Jun 20, 1983 at 4:22 PM EST |
| Check out 'One More Cup of Coffee' by Bob Dylan for an interesting comparison of chords and string parts. Not criticising Portishead mind you, this song is incredible. The Dylan song is also incredible, however, and worth a listen. | |
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Shay Average |
#5 by Shay at Mar 20, 1990 at 11:07 PM EST |
| This song is the epitome of melancholy. Anyone know what it means? | |
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jeph Wanna Be |
#6 by jeph howar at Apr 4, 1992 at 8:48 AM EST |
| To me, this song is about apathy and how people today are losing touch with their spirituality. This loss of spirit conicides with the increasing amount of commercialism in the western world and the growing gap between first world and third world countires. | |
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Dylan Average |
#7 by Dylan Enis at Jan 30, 1993 at 4:01 PM EST |
| it sounds like beth is singing about waking up and realizing that she has always done--and this same something is something that her society practices--is wrong. it seems to her like she is the only person that realizes it. (can't anybody see) for example: this is how a nazi would feel upon realizing that the nazis are committing a horrible evil. this is how a white southerner in the mid 1900's would feel upon realizing that that racial injustice is wrong. etc. etc. she's trying to wake society up to fight this wrong (we've got a war to fight) but at the same time it feels strange to her that something she has always practiced and never questioned--is now wrong in her own eyes. (from this moment, how can it feel this wrong) | |
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Adam Average |
#8 by Adam Baine at Oct 1, 1993 at 9:23 PM EST |
| gorgeous. gorgeous lyrics. gorgeous voice gah freaking gorgeous band | |
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lauren Lead Player |
#9 by lauren desantis at Jun 17, 2006 at 1:26 AM EST |
| To me, this song is about dealing with the struggles of being gay in such a homophobic, conformist society. | |
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