Maps

 The Front  Bottoms: "Maps" 
 Slow Dancing to Soft Rock EP 
 video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbT6qUpROnI 
 Questions: mswojnow@gmail.com 
 Tabbed by: arunawayslave / Max 
  
 This song is pretty straight forward, fun to sing and easy to play. In the music video  
 he's using a pick but it's pretty easy to finger pick. 
  
  
 Listen to the song to get the rhythm. 
  
  
 Intro: 
  
 E|--------------------------------------------------| 
 B|--------------------------------------------------| 
 G|--------------------------------------------------| 
 D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-x-x-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| 
 A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-x-x-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| 
 E|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-x-x-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--| 
  
 Verse 
  
  
 Guitar 
 "There's a map in my room..." 
 E|---------| 
 B|---------| 
 G|---------| 
 D|---5---5-| 
 A|---------| 
 E|-3---3---|x12 
  
 Strings tabbed for guitar 
 E|--8--7---------| 
 B|--------10--8--| 
 G|---------------| 
 D|---------------| 
 A|---------------| 
 E|---------------| 
  
 "...big, big plans" 
 E|-----------------------------------------| 
 B|-----------------------------------------| 
 G|-----------------------------------------| 
 D|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-| 
 A|---------3---3---------------------------| 
 E|-7---7-----------3---3---3---3---3---3---| 
  
 Repeat once 
  
 "...slow, just slow enough to make you uncomfortable" 
 E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 D|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------------| 
 A|-----------------5---5-----------3---3---3---3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| 
 E|-5---5---5---5-----------7---7-------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| 
  
 Return to 
  
 E|---------| 
 B|---------| 
 G|---------| 
 D|---5---5-| 
 A|---------| 
 E|-3---3---| 
  
 Next part repeats the verse with a small variation 
 "anything to get the taste out of my mouth" 
 E|-----------------| 
 B|-----------------| 
 G|-------5-5-------| 
 D|-5-5---5-5---5~--| 
 A|-5-5---3-3---5~--| 
 E|-3-3---------3~--| 
  
 "confident...but I hear you..." 
 E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 D|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---5-5-5-5----| 
 A|-----------------5---5-----------3---3---3---3---3--3---3-3-3----| 
 E|-5---5---5---5-----------7---7-----------------------------------| 
  
 Chorus 
  
 It's hard to tell exactly what he's playing, but these chords sound fine strummed or  
 played like the earlier parts of the song. 
  
 E|-------------------------------------------| 
 B|-------------------------------------------| 
 G|-------------------------------------------| 
 D|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---| 
 A|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)--| 
 E|------------------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|x4 
  
 Strum these: 
 "but you are an artist..." 
 E|--- 
 B|--- 
 G|--- 
 D|-5- 
 A|-5- 
 E|-3- 
  
 *break* 
  
  
 "...bathroom" 
 E|--- 
 B|--- 
 G|--- 
 D|-5- 
 A|-5- 
 E|-3- 
  
 "...thinking, how did I get here?" 
 E|--- 
 B|--- 
 G|-5- 
 D|-5- 
 A|-3- 
 E|--- 
  
 *break* 
  
 Re-intro. Rest of the song reuses the same parts.