Driftwood by Travis guitar tab (text):

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Band; Travis

Song; Driftwood

Album; The Man Who

Words and Music; Fran Healy

Tabbed by the Shagger



This very good Travis song is easy to play. 

This will be my first tab. Any comments or quires 

or anything to say at all, e-mail me at 

ryan_shagger@hotmail.com



Chords

Before I forget, because this song is in such a 

high key, to play this along with the music, you 

have to place a capo behind the 7nth fret.



Em   0-2-2-0-0-0

A    x-0-2-2-2-0

D    x-x-0-2-3-2

G6   3-2-0-0-3-0

Am   x-0-2-2-3-0

A7   x-0-2-0-2-0



Intro



Simple enough. Just repeat these two chords 

in the manor shown below(The spaces between the /s 

represents 2 bars at 4 beats per bar.)



/Em    /       /A      /       / x4



I couldnt pick out the rhythm throughout the 

whole song because it was hard to make out 

in places, but heres a suddested rhythm pattern 

that I think could be correct, but I 

would recommend you listen to the 

music and make your own judgement. 

This works for every bar of the song, Ill only 

show two bars. (D means down stroke and U means upstroke)



 /D    DU    DU    /D    DU    DU    / ect



Verse 1



Same strumming as before. For the verse, youll find 

that you wont have to remove the 3rd finger from 

the 3rd fret, 2nd sting until you play the A.

This song is easy to follow, so fire away!



D             G6    Am                A

Everything is open, nothing is set in stone

D              G6          Am          A

Rivers turn to oceans, oceans tide you home

D                 G6        Am                    A

Home is where the heart is, but your heart had to roam

D             G6       Am       A

Drifting over bridges, never to return



A7

Watching bridges burn 



Chorus 



Again, same strumming pattern, just follow 

the words and change chords ant the appropriate times.

       D         A        Em

Youre driftwood floating underwater

              G6

Breaking into pieces, pieces, pieces

     D          A                Em

Just driftwood, hollow and of no use

                G6

Waterfalls will find you, bind you, grind you 



Verse 2



Same chords as before, but its slightly 

different at the end as it goas on to a whole new 

part of the song.

D            G6      Am              A

Nobody is an island, everyone had to go

D              G6      Am           A

Rivers turn to butter, butterflying low

D                 G6        Am                    A

Low is where your heart is, but your heart has to grow

D              G6       Am             A

Drifting under bridges, never with the flow



Bridge



Not exactly sure what to call this, a bridge, 

a 2nd chorus or whatever, who cares. 

Same strumming, so just follow chords and lyrics. 

        Em            A              Am

And you really didn't think it would happen



       Em            Am         A

But it really is the end of the line

       D     A                     Em

So I'm sorry that you've turned to driftwood

                G6                        D

But you've been drifting for a long, long time 



Instrumental

 

Keep on playing the D for two more bars then 

play this. Notice it's the same pattern 

reapeatetd 3 times then changes slightly on 

the last one. ( Remember the scale for this 

I showed you at the start)



/Em    /A   Am/

/Em    /A   Am/

/Em    /A   Am/

/Em    /      /



Verse 3



Chords exactly the same as verse one.

D                  G6       Am                A

Everywhere there's trouble, nowhere's safe to go

D              G6       Am             A

Pushes turn to shovels, shovelling the snow

D               G6      Am                   A

Frozen you have chosen, the path you wish to go

D            G6       Am          A

Drifting now forever, and forever more

A7

til you reach your shore 



Chorus



Same as the first chorus

       D         A        Em

Youre driftwood floating underwater

              G6

Breaking into pieces, pieces, pieces

     D          A                Em

Just driftwood, hollow and of no use

                G6

Waterfalls will find you, bind you, grind you



Bridge 2



An extended version of the Bridge finishes the song.

        Em            A              Am

And you really didn't think it would happen

       Em            Am         A

But it really is the end of the line

       D     A                     Em

So I'm sorry that you've turned to driftwood

                G6                        D

But you've been drifting for a long, long time 

            G6                        D

You've been drifting for a long, long time 

            G6                   A                         D

You've been drifting for a long, drifting for a long, long time