The Jam - London Traffic guitar tab

15th September 2000, 12.34pm

Heliocentric@breathe.com

Shaun Hand, Birmingham

LONDON TRAFFIC

(Bruce Foxton)

From the LP 'This Is The Modern World'

This is the main riff of the song:

A

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A (with main riff x2)

A (with main riff x2)

London traffic - state of confusion

London traffic - blocking the streets

London traffic - going nowhere

London traffic - polluting our air

D A G A

Drive round London in a car, don't really want to go far.

D A G A Asus4 A

So many cars fill the streets, wonder why we bother at all.

D A

London traffic is a problem

D G A

London traffic too many cars

G A

One way systems look very neat

G A Asus4 A

Coloured signs direct the streets

A

(main riff x2)

D A C G

No-one knows the answer, no-one seems to care,

D A C G A Asus4 A

Take a look at the city, take the traffic elsewhere.

E B E A B

Leave the city free from traffic, give the place a chance to survive.

A B A B

Dirt and filth cover London, give it a chance to breathe again.

A (with main riff x2)

London traffic - state of confusion

London traffic - blocking the streets

London traffic - going nowhere

London traffic - polluting our air

A (main riff x1)

A (main riff x2)

London traffic, London traffic, London traffic, London traffic

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