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Slave To The Traffic Light

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
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Intro chords :
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 A->  Gx4
D
 A->  Gx4
 A->  G->  D->  Ex4
 A->  Gx5
"SlAave to the Gtraffic light.  ASlave.G.."
"SlAave to the Gtraffic light.  ASlave.G.."
 D
"SAeen the city, seen the zoo, tGraffic light won't let me thrAough."G  
(Stacatto)  E-> D  
 A->  G->  A-> G  
(Stacatto)  E-> D  
 E->  Dx3
(Stacatto)  F->  G->  Ax3
(Stacatto)  F-> G  
The chords underlying the jam are :
 A->  G->  D-> E  
At the end of the jam, Trey hits these chords really hard and lets
the last A chord ring:
 F->  G-> A  
 F->  G-> A  
 F->  G-> A  
 F->  G->   F->   G->   F->   G->  A  

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Slave To The Traffic Light

by Phish

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

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Intro chords :

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A G

-> x4

A G

-> x4

A G D E

-> -> -> x4

A G

-> x5

A G A G

"Slave to the traffic light. Slave..."

A G A G

"Slave to the traffic light. Slave..."

A G A G

"Seen the city, seen the zoo, traffic light won't let me through."

E D

(Stacatto) ->

A G A G

-> -> ->

E D

(Stacatto) ->

E D

-> x3

F G A

(Stacatto) -> -> x3

F G

(Stacatto) ->

The chords underlying the jam are :

A G D E

-> -> ->

At the end of the jam, Trey hits these chords really hard and lets

the last A chord ring:

F G A

-> ->

F G A

-> ->

F G A

-> ->

F G F G F G A

-> -> -> -> -> ->

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