Roads Girdle The Globe

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                             Roads Girdle The Globe - XTC

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Tabbed by: Jonathan Apps

Tuning: standard

This is very fiddly to transcribe. 
There's some improvisation around 
the
basic chords going on, and some of 
the notes get lost in the mix, 
especially
with Partridge yelling away over the
 top of it. After wearing my ears 
out on
it, I'm confident this is how it 
goes, minus a few random 
improvisation bits.
Furthermore, it sounds exactly right
 when I play it along to the record.
Any comments / corrections are 
welcome.

"h" = hammer-on
"p" = pull-off



INSTRUMENTAL: (Right at the start 
and before each verse)

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This is for one guitar only. It's 
played under the much more obvious 
lead line.
There's a fair bit of improvisation 
around this, with some muted chords
scattered about. The last 8-note bit
 is only done the first time around.

E|------------------------------
B|-7--7-----5-----7--7-----5----
G|-4--4-----4-----3--3-----3----
D|-5--5--5--------4--4--4-------
A|------------------------------
E|------------------------------

E|---------------0--0---------0--------0-------|   
B|---------------------0-----------------------|   
G|(r| epeat x 2)-------------3--------3----------| 
D|-------------------------------4-------------|   
A|---------------------------------------------|   
E|---------------------------------------------|   





                                    
                    This twiddly bit
 only
                                    
                    sometimes played
                                    
                    otherwise just 
repeat
                                    
                    the last 4 hits
CHORUS: ("Roads girdle the...")     
                    of the top 3 
strings
                                    
                          h  p

E|--------------------------------
B|-4--4--------4--4----4-4--------
G|-4--4--------4--4----4-4--------
D|-4--4--------4--4----4-4--------
A|-2--4--------x------------------
E|-------0--2--4----------------3-

E|----------2--2--2--2--4--2--4--2--
B|-0-----0--2--2--2--2--------------
G|-0--2--0--2--2--2--2--------------
D|-2--2--2--------------------------
A|----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------

E|---------| 
B|3--2-----| 
G|---------| 
D|---------| 
A|---------| 
E|---------| 


                     Yes I do mean this!

E|-------------3--3--1--1---------
B|-4--4--2--2--3--3--0--0---------
G|-4--4--2--2--4--4--2--2---------
D|-4--4--2--2--5--5--2--2---------
A|-2--2--4--4--x--x--x--x---------
E|-------------3--3--1--1---------

E|---------------------------------
B|------------------4--4--------4--
G|------------------4--4--------4--
D|------------------4--4--------4--
A|------------------2--4--------x--
E|------------------------0--2--4--

E|----------| 
B|4----4-4--| 
G|4----4-4--| 
D|4----4-4--| 
A|----------| 
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VERSE: ("Am I asleep....")

E|-------------------------------
B|----2--0--2--0-----------0-----
G|----2--1--2--1-----------0--2--
D|----2--2--2--2--------------4--
A|-0-----------------0-----------
E|----------------------3--------

E|--------------------------------------------| 
B|0-------------------------------------------| 
G|0--2--------------2--0--2--0----------------| 
D|---4--------------3--2--3--2----------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------| 
E|------------3--1----------------------------| 


E|----4--5-----------6--------7---
B|-2--------7-----7-----7---------
G|-2-----------6-----------6------
D|-4------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------






EDD LE: ("Steer me...")

      p     p           p   

E|-------------------------------
B|----------------------------7--
G|----------------7--7--6--------
D|-7--6--7--6--6-----------7-----
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------

E|--------------------------------------------|   
B|--------------------------------------------|   
G|7-----7--7----------------------------------|   
D|---6-------------(r| epeat x 2)---------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------|   
E|--------------------------------------------|   


       p      p             p 

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|------------------10--10--9-----
D|-10--9--10--9--9-------------10-
A|--------------------------------

E|--------------------------------
B|-10-----------------------------
G|-----10-----10--10--------------
D|---------9----------(r| epeat x 
A|--------------------------------

E|-----------|   
B|-----------|   
G|-----------|   
D|2)-----------| 
A|-----------|   
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