TRAVIS - "funny thing" Tablature
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:43:44 +0000
From: Terry Butterworth <terry.butterworth@virgin.net>
Subject: TAB: Funny Thing by Travis
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"Funny Thing" taken from Travis's debut album "Good Feeling"
Written & Composed by F. Healy
Published by Sony/ATV Music
Transcribed by Chris Butterworth, cb128@york.ac.uk
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VERSE1
D
A funny thing to do,
G
Is everyone like you,
G/F# Em
'Cause people seldom change,
A7
All just stay the same.
D
A funny thing to say,
G
Suppose you're just that way,
G/F# Em
Although you're sure you're sure,
A7
There really is no cure.
CHORUS
Dadd9
A funny kind of way,
D7add9
A funny kind of day,
G
You're funny all the time,
G/F# Em
Do you want a piece of mine.
D
'Cause I've seen it all before,
A
When you're closing all the doors,
D G D
It's not funny any more.
VERSE2
A D
A funny thing to do,
G
Because the sky was blue,
G/F# Em
You ran away for good,
A7
'Cause no one understood.
D
The funny things you said,
G
Because the sky was red,
G/F# Em
It all went to your head,
A7
Because the sky was red.
CHORUS - Repeat
CHORUS - Repeat
VERSE3
D
A funny thing to do,
G
Is everyone like you,
G/F# Em
'Cause people seldom change,
A7 D
They all just stay the same.
CHORDS D XX0232
G 320033
G/F# 2X0033
Em 022000
A7 X02223
Dadd9 XX0230
D7add9 XX0210
A X02220
MAIN SOLO (performed on a very distorted electric guitar)
E--2--2-----------------3--------------------------------------------
B--3--3-----------------3---------------------------2--/14--14--14---
G--2--2--0--2--0--------0------------0--2--0--------2--/14--14--14---
D--0--0-----------4--0--0---------2-----------4--0--2--/14--14--14---
A-----------------------2---------2----------------------------------
E-----------------------3--3--2^--0----------------------------------
This pattern is repeated several times throughout the song, Then the
guitar does some tricks with feedback which is impossible to tabulate.
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