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Under The Overpass

Transcribed by Matt S. and Joakim Lindblad


Some Fills Used:
  Riff A.	Riff B.			Riff C.
   C    C/B     G#		       F	
e|----------| |--------------------| |----------------------| 
B|--------1-| |--------------------| |----------------------| 
G|---0------| |--------------4b----| |----------------------| 
D|----------| |---------4----------| |-------1-1---1---3b---| 
A|----------| |-4h6--6-----6-------| |-1h3-3-----3---3------| 
E|-3----2---| |--------------------| |----------------------| 

Verse 1:

Am	 C	  Fadd9 F Fmaj7	Fadd#11
  oh the news will travel slowly
Am     C	F  	Fadd#11   		
  over broken glass
Am      C          Fadd9 F    Fmaj7 Fadd#11
  and i bet you've heard that story
F	    G    C	    C  C/B Am
  under the overpass

Am	 C	Fadd9 F   Fmaj7  Fadd#11
  got no time to weep for something
Am       C	   F    Fadd#11
  you'll never get back
Am	  C	  Fadd9 F  Fmaj7  Fadd#11
  if your feeling cold and lonely
F    	    G    C	
  under the overpass

Chorus:
     F       C       F       Am 
halleluuuuuujah halleluuuuuujah
F	  G    C	
under the overpass
	   Am      F	    G     C	           C/B	
e|--------------------------------0-----------------------------|
B|-5---6---8--8--8-8--6--5--3--3--1------------------1----------|
G|--------------------------------0------------0----------------|
D|--------------------------------2-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------3-----------3----2------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2:
Am    Em	 Am		Em	
dingo howl in the middle of the night
Dm	  Am          Dm        C  C/B Riff A. 	
snakeskin crawl under desert sunlight
Am Em	    Am Em	
I  wish and I  hope
Dm	  Am       Dm             C  C/B Riff A. 	
someone's there to drink from the soak

Bridge:				         				
G#				    Riff B.	
 in the town where I hit the ground						
F				    Riff C.	
 in the town with the full nelson sound	

Verse 3:
							
Am       C 	    F  
yeah the news will travel slowly
Am   C	    F
over broken glass
Am       C		   F    
time and again your gonna hear that story
F	  G    C   C/B Am Riff 1.
under the overpass

(played with arpeggios)
Am	 C	 Fadd9 F  Fmaj7  Fadd#11
  got no time to weep for something
Am       C	   F   Fadd#11
  you'll never get back
Am	  C                Fadd9 F   Fmaj7  Fadd#11
 time and again your gonna hear that story
F    	    G    C	C/B Am Riff 1.	
  under the overpass

				      

   Am      C         F                  Am      C          F
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----8-------8-----10--8----------------8--------8-----10--8-----------|
G|---9---9---9---9---------10--9--10----9---9----9---9---------10--9--10-|
D|-7-------7--------------------------7-------10-------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
				      You can never get back

  Am	   C	     F		     F	  G	    C
e|-----------------------------------8--8--8---10-10-10--8--8--8--------|
B|-----8--------8---------10-----12--10-10-10--12-12-12--8--8--8--------|
G|---9---9----9---9----10----10------10-10-10--12-12-12--9--9--9--------|
D|-7-------10-------10---------------10-10-10--12-12-12--10-10-10-------|
A|-----------------------------------8--8--8---10-10-10--10-10-10-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------8--8--8--------|
if your feeling sad and lonely         under the over   pass


     F       C       F       Am 
halleluuuuuujah halleluuuuuujah
     F       Am      F       Am 
halleluuuuuujah halleluuuuuujah
	    F           G	C 	
yaa yaa yaa halle halle yeh yeh hey

   F       C       F       Am 
halleluuuuuujah halleluuuuuujah
     F       Am      F       Am 
halleluuuuuujah halleluuuuuujah

F	  G    Am	
under the overpass

F	  G    Am	
under the overpass

End:
         Am      F         Dm    Am        Am      F            Dm  Am  
e|----------------------------------------------------------------7---|
B|-5-6---8--8--8-8---6--5--3--3--1---5-6---8--8--8-8---6--5--3--3---1-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
	 Am	 F         Dm    Am		 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-6---8--8--8-8---6--5--3--3----6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|
G|-------------------------------5---5---7---5---7---5---7---5---7----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
                       Am add9
e|---------------------7----------------------------------------------|
B|---6--6--6--6--6--6--5----------------------------------------------|
G|-5---5--5--5--5--5---5----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------7----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

G: 320022	Fmaj7: xx3210	Dm: xx0231	G#     : 466544	
C: x32010	Fadd9: xx3213	Am: x02210	Fadd#11: x3320x	
F: xx3211	C/B  : x20000	Em: 022000	Am add9: xx7557

Note: during the three first lines of each of the first two verse
the C chord is played like this x32013, unlike the usual x32010.


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