Traffic - Shanghai Noodle Factory guitar tab
"Shanghai Noodle Factory"
(S. Winwood - J. Capaldi - C. Wood)
Intro:
(acoustic guitar; full band enters where indicated by chords):
D [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v
---------2-2-3-5-|---5-7---8-------
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-/-------2-2-4-5-|---5-7---9-------
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D [N.C.*] D7 Db7
v v v v v v v v
---------8-8-7---|-5-------4-------
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-/-/-----9-9-8---|-5-------4-------
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* end cold last time
Verse 1:
C7
In a Shanghai noodle factory
Place where I once used to be
G7
Nowhere doing nothing
C7
People there were made of steel
Tiny cogs in one big wheel
G7
Turning never learning
Bridge 1:
Bb
Had to make a break
C F A
Soon I had to wake up feeling stronger, feeling stronger
Bb Dm/A Gm Bbmaj7/F
On my island of dreams
Edim7 A7 Dm
With impo... ssible schemes
(acoustic guitar w/flute and organ):
(Dm) Gm C
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
[repeat intro]
Verse 2:
In a Shanghai noodle factory
Place where I once used to be
Nowhere doing nothing
Villages of plastic men
Packed like roosters in a pen
Crowing, never knowing
Bridge 2:
Bb
Had to make a break
C F
Knew I couldn't fake it any longer
Everything at stake
Soon I had to wake up feeling stronger, feeling stronger
On my island of dreams
With impossible schemes
[repeat intro]
Break:
C7
In a Shanghai noodle factory - place where I once used to be
G7
Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)
C7
Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)
G7
Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)
C7
Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)
G7
Nowhere...
(instrumental solos over same chord progression):
C7 G7 [6X]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
[repeat bridge 2]
[repeat intro; end as indicated]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
