Driftwood Bass Tab

The Man Who Tabs:

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After the Guitar has played a bit, the bass comes in, you'll hear it if you listen to
the song

Intro:

G|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-----------------|--------------------|
E|-7----5-7-5-7--7/|12----10-12-10-12---|


Verse 1:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-------4h5-5---5h|7-7----5h7-7-----|-------4h5-5---5h|7-7----5h7-7-----|
E|5-5--------------|---------------4h|5-5--------------|-----------------| x2


Bridge 1:

G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|5h7--7-7-7--7--7---|
E|-------------------|


Chorus:

G|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--------7---7---|-------------4-4-|5---5--4h5-4h5--|5---5--4h5-4h5--|
E|5---5-----------|7---7--5-7-7-----|----------------|----------------| x2


Verse 2:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-------4h5-5---5h|7-7----5h7-7-----|-------4h5-5---5h|7-7----5h7-7-----|
E|5-5--------------|---------------4h|5-5--------------|-----------------| x2


Bridge 2:

G|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
D|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
A|2--0-2--0-2---|/7----7----7---|2--0-2--0-2---|/7----7----7---|
E|--------------|----7----7-----|--------------|----7----7---7-|


Chorus:

G|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--------7---7---|-------------4-4-|5---5--4h5-4h5--|----------------|
E|5---5-----------|7---7--5-7-7-----|----------------|5---5---5---5---|


Next the guitar plays on its own like the intro then the bass comes in,
listen to get it.


Intro 2:

G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|7----7----7---|--------------|7----7----7---|
E|7--5-7--5-7-5-|---7----7-----|7--5-7--5-7-5-|---7----7-----|

G|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|--------------|
E|7--5-7--5-7-5-|7--5-7--5-7-5-|


Verse 3:


G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-------4h5-5---5h|7-7----5h7-7-----|-------4h5-5---5h|7-7----5h7-7-----|
E|5-5--------------|---------------4h|5-5--------------|-----------------| x2


Bridge 1:

G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|5h7--7-7-7--7--7---|
E|-------------------|


Chorus:

G|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--------7---7---|-------------4-4-|5---5--4h5-4h5--|5---5--4h5-4h5--|
E|5---5-----------|7---7--5-7-7-----|----------------|----------------| x2


Intro 2:

G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|7----7----7---|--------------|7----7----7---|
E|7--5-7--5-7-5-|---7----7-----|7--5-7--5-7-5-|---7----7-----|


Chorus:

G|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--------7---7---|-------------4-4-|5---5--4h5-4h5--|----------------|
E|5---5-----------|7---7--5-7-7-----|----------------|5---5---5---5---|


outro:

G|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|----|
D|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|----|
A|------------------|----------------|------------------|5---5--4h5-4h5--|----|
E|-7----5-7-5-7--7--|5---5---5---5---|-7----5-7-5-7--7--|----------------|5---|


I think this is right, Its works for me.

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/t/travis/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Austin Average	#1 by Austin Reihl at May 6, 1985 at 10:46 AM EST
	oh my smacks forehead i wish i'd caught on to that sooner!

No Picture Zach Wanna Be	#2 by Zach Burnigjt at May 14, 1985 at 10:34 PM EST
	Indeed, Arkanna is right. I have a CD called "Absolute Travis" or something similar, and Fran explains how when he was writing it he was thinking up things that become other things when they mature. He got Caterpillars turn to Butterflies, and tried to shorten it with Carter turn to Flies, but that didn't make sense. So then he tried Pillars turn to Butter, and he went with that because it gives you the image of some Ancient Greek architectural Columns/Pillars that turn to butter, or in other-words break and become nothing but rubble and debris. Also when I saw them in Concert, Fran said before playing this song that it was about that person that everyone knows that has so much potential but drifts and does nothing with their lives.

No Picture K. Average	#3 by K. G. at Jul 20, 1985 at 6:38 PM EST
	I don't know how I found this song but it's okay. I actually like the simplicity of it and I like that part that goes "So I'm sorry that you turned to driftwood / But you've been drifting for a long long time". Emotional line. What I do not like in this song is the part that goes "Waterfalls will find you, bind you, grind you"...too moanyish for my taste.

No Picture Marcus19 Rhythm Player	#4 by Marcus19 Doug at Oct 24, 1992 at 6:32 AM EST
	"pillars turn to butter" isn´t nonsensical. on vh1 storytellers fran explainned it meant catterpillars turn to butterflies, but that was to long so they had to cut a few syllables.

No Picture AJM Average	#5 by AJM at Sep 18, 2002 at 7:25 AM EST
	belteshazzar, you are going to die and go to hell, and demons are going to eat you and enjoy the taste. God hates you.

No Picture Adam Average	#6 by Adam Foreman at May 10, 2003 at 12:57 AM EST
	Possibly my fave song of the moment. I'm so pleased to have discovered Fran's account of the meaning, by previous posters. I love the whole implication of the transitory nature of life. It is a great philosophy of life. Fantastic song in my opinion.

No Picture Average	#7 by T at Mar 2, 2005 at 7:02 PM EST
	No the newest album is not good. Wait, are you talking about The Singles or 13 Memories? Or maybe its 12 Memories? ANyways, the latter is NOT good so dont buy it. lol.

No Picture Average	#8 by Tree aka Sophie at Dec 8, 2006 at 11:18 PM EST
	I've watched the entire concert of their DVD "More than us", and before playing Driftwood Francis explain it's about those mates you surely have. They have so much potencial, he says, but they're wasting it playing play station while smoking, and talking shit.