Heavy Traffic Intro Chords

KeyF# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays403

Heavy Traffic Intro by Status Quo is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords F#, A and B5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F#
Text
16
Speed
  			Not a bad one, this.  Rick plays the chords above the tabs. 
     

     ____ 
  F# |  | 
E|----9--------|----------------|---------------------|-------------| 
B|---9^-9r9-7-7|--5-7-7-7br7-5-7|---------------------|5h7-5h7-4h5-4| 
G|-------------|----------------|THEN REPEAT FIRST BAR|-------------| 
D|-------------|----------------|---------------------|-------------| 
A|-------------|----------------|---------------------|-------------| 
E|-------------|----------------|---------------------|-------------| 
             THEN REPEAT THE WHOLE THING FOLLOWED BY A B5 CHORD 


LEGEND 

b=bend up 
r=release bend  
h=hammer on 
p=pull off 
b^=bend and hold (until told to release by: r or b) 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante