Tabs
Author/Artist: MxPx
Title: The Road Less Traveled
Album: Fat Wreck Chords Club 7" (Extremely Rare translucent yellow =
Vinyl)
Transcribed by: Steven Hovland
Email: [email protected]
This is one of my favorite songs by MxPx. It's one of their most rare
songs cause it's only available on the 7" vinyl available to Fat club
members only, and there are only 1,000 copies of it. Since I couldn't
find the tab for this song anywhere on the net I felt like tabbing it
myself, and because it was easy to figure out.
Hope you enjoy the tab.
Also, just to let you know, this is my first attempt at tabbing.
Please let me know of any mistakes or anything like that, or feel
free to ask me a question about this tab. The correct timing and
strumming patterns should be easy to figure out if you hear the song.
If you follow this tab and figure it out exactly how I have it
written, it should sound perfect.
* =3D Palm Mute
() =3D Notes in brackets are only played in Chorus 2 & 3
x =3D Slightly touch the strings with left hand fingers while keeping
the chord formation
Guitar Intro:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------*5-------------------6*--------5*-------------------|
G+G|-------------------*5-----------------------------5----------|
D MajorD|---*3*3------*3*3------*3*3------*3*3------*3*3--------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse - Play 1st two chords for 4 beats each then play
the 3rd chord for 8 beats
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------6--------------6--------------10--------------------|
G+G|---------7--------------7--------------10--------------------|
D MajorD|---------7--------------8--------------8---------------------|
A augmentedA|---------5--------------8--------------8---------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bass
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------0-----------------------------3---------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------1------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Small guitar solo played after 1st instrumental verse:
e|--------------5-------|
BB|--6---6---8--6--------|
G+G|----------------------|
Bass [Along with the solo]
G+G|----------------------|
D MajorD|--3---0---------------|
A augmentedA|----------1---3-------|
E MajorE|----------------------|
Guitar Chorus [Part 1]:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------(4)-(4)-(7)-(7)------10---8---7---7---------------|
D MajorD|------------5---5---8---8-------10---8---8---8---------------|
A augmentedA|------------5---5---8---8-------8----6---8---8---------------|
E MajorE|------------3---3---6---6----------------6---6---------------|
Bass
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------3----1-----------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------1---1----------------1---1---------------|
E MajorE|------------3---3--------------------------------------------|
Guitar Chorus [Part 2]:
This part of the Chorus is played twice at the end of Chorus 2,
and 3 times at the end of Chorus 3 (End of song)
e|------------------------|
BB|------------------------|
G+G|-----10---8---7---7-----|
D MajorD|-----10---8---8---8-----|
A augmentedA|-----8----6---8---8-----|
E MajorE|--------------6---6-----|
Bass
G+G|------------------------|
D MajorD|-----3----1-------------|
A augmentedA|--------------1---1-----|
E MajorE|------------------------|
Solo before second Verse: [Similar to the intro]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---6---5----------------------*6----------*5-----------------|
G+G|------------------*5*5--------------------------------5------|
D MajorD|-----------*3*3----------*3--------*3*3--------*3*3----------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge 1:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-10-10--x-x-x--10-10--x-x-x--10-10--x-x-x--10-10--10-10-10-10|
D MajorD|-10-10--x-x-x--10-10--x-x-x--10-10--x-x-x--10-10--10-10-10-10|
A augmentedA|-8--8---x-x-x--8--8---x-x-x--8--8---x-x-x--8--8---8--8--8--8-|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bass:
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-3--3----------3--3----------3--3----------3--3---3--3--3--3-|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge 2:
Play each of these chords for 8 beats each
e|------------------------|
BB|------------------------|
G+G|--------------------8---|
D MajorD|---8----------------8---|
A augmentedA|---8----------------6---|
E MajorE|---6--------------------|
Bass:
G+G|------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------1---|
A augmentedA|---1--------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|
Bridge 3:
e|------------------------|
BB|----9-------------------|
G+G|----10--------------8---|
D MajorD|----10--------------8---|
A augmentedA|----8---------------6---|
E MajorE|------------------------|
Bass:
G+G|------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------1---|
A augmentedA|---3--------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|
After Bridge 3, go to Chorus
Song Breakdown [Guitar & Bass ONLY] & Number of times (x):
Guitar Intro [1x]
Verse [2x]
Small Guitar Solo [1x]
Verse [2x]
Small Guitar Solo [1x]
Verse [4x]
Chorus [Part 1] [2x]
Verse [2x]
Solo before second verse [1x]
Verse [4x]
Pick Scrape
Chorus [Part 1] [2x]
Chorus [Part 2] [1x]
Bridge 1 [1x]
Bridge 2 [1x]
Bridge 1 [1x]
Bridge 2 [1x]
Bridge 1 [1x]
Bridge 3 [1x]
Bridge 1 [1x]
Chorus [Part 1] [2x]
Chorus [Part 2] [2x]
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