END OF THE ROAD by Me First And The Gimme Gimmes. Album : Take a Break(2003)

Definetly one of the best songs on this album! I wrote some chords to help you

in playing that intro.

Original version's by Boyz II Men.

A=Joey  B=Jackson  A&B=both

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# intro #A X2  !B is quiet!   !improvise!

E-----------------------------------4------3-------1-----6-4-----|

B------8-----9-----8------8-----------4------4-------1-------6---|

G--------8-----8-----8------8-----------5------5-----------------|

D---------------------10-----10--6-6-----------------------------|

A----------------------------------------------------------------|

E------D#----------Cm------------G#----------------Fm----A#------|

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# intro2 #A&B

E----------------------------------------------------------------------|

B----------------------------------------------------------------------|

G---5-------5-------5--------------------------------------------------|

D---5-------5-------5-------3-------6-------5-------6-------8----------|

A---3-------2-------3-------3-------6-------6-------6-------8----------|

E---------------------------1-------4-------3-------4-------6----------|

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# main #A X3   ()=only 1st and 3dr time   *=7-10X  "=2-4X   #=5-7X

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B----*------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G---8------------"---*-----------"---#-------#-------#-------*----------------|

D---8-----------8--10-----------8---6-------5-------6-----\/8-----------------|

A---6-----------5--10-----------8---6-------6-------6-----\/8-----------------|

E--(6)---------(6)--8-----------6---4-------3-------4-----\/6-----------------|

# main #B X3   *=play 7-10X   "=play 2-4X   #=play 5-7X

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B----*-----------"---*--------------------------------------------------------|

G---8-----------7---8------------"---#-------#-------#-------*----------------|

D---8-----------8--10-----------8---6-------5-------6-------8-----------------|

A---6-----------5--10-----------8---6-------6-------6-------8-----------------|

E-------------------8-----------6---4-------3-------4-------6-----------------|

:

# chorus #A   #=play 5-7X   "=play 2-4X

E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B----#-------#-------#------------------------------------------------let----|

G---5-------4-------3--------"-------#-------#-------#-------#------8-ring---|

D---5-------5-------5-------3-------6-------5-------6-------8-------8-during-|

A---3-------2-------1-------3-------6-------6-------6-------8-------6-bridge-|

E---------------------------1--/13--4-------3-------4-------6----------------|

# chorus #A   #=play 5-7X   "=play 2-4X

E-------------------------------------------------------------------|

B----#-------#-------#----------------------------------------------|

G---5-------4-------3--------#-------#-------#-------#-------#------|

D---5-------5-------5-------3-------6-------5-------6-------8-------|

A---3-------2-------1-------3-------6-------6-------6-------8-------|

E---------------------------1-------4-------3-------4-------6-------|

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# bridge #B   !A is quiet!

E---------------------------------------------------------------------->

B---------------------------------------------------------------------->

G---------------7---8-------------------------------------------------->

D---8-----------8--10-----------8---------------------------8---------->

A---6-----------5--10-----------8---6-------6-------6-------8---------->

E-------------------8-----------6---4-------3-------4-------6---------->

:

END OF THE ROAD

:

>bridge #B   !A is quiet!

>----------------------------------------------------------------------|

>-------------------8---------------------------------------6----------|

>---8-----------7---8---------------------------------------7----------|

>---8-----------8--10-----------8---------------------------8----------|

>---6-----------5--10-----------8---6-------6-------6-------8----------|

>-------------------------------6---4-------3-------4------------------|

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# main2 #A&B  *=play 7-10X  "=play 2-4X   #=play 5-7X   !only A does the slides!

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B----*-----------"------------------------------------------------------------|

G---8-----------7----*-----------"---#-------#-------#-------*----------------|

D---8-----------8--10-----------8---6-------5-------6-----\/8-----------------|

A---6-----------5--10-----------8---6-------6-------6-----\/8-----------------|

E-------------------8-----------6---4-------3-------4-----\/6-----------------|

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# solo-bg #A   *=play 7-10X   "=play 2-4X   #=play 5-7X

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B----*------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G---8------------"---*-----------"---#-------#-------#-------*----------------|

D---8-----------8--10-----------8---6-------5-------6-------8-----------------|

A---6-----------5--10-----------8---6-------6-------6-------8-----------------|

E---6-----------6---8-----------6---4-------3-------4-------6-----------------|

# solo #B   !not in the same scale as A!   h=hammer-on

E-----11------h--------15------18-------11------11-------10------11-------->

B-----------1113-11-------16------16----1113-------13----1313-------13----->

G-/12----12-12---12-12-------15------15---h--12-------12------12-------12-->

D-------------------13----------------------------------------------------->

A-------------------------------------------------------------------------->

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------->

>solo #B

>-----------------------------------------------------------------|

>-----------------------------------------------------------------|

>--13-131313-12-10-12-121012-10-1013-13-13-13-12-----15--15--12---|

>--13-1313---------13-131313-13-1013-13-13------13-1515151515-----|

>-----------------------------------------------------------------|

>-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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# end-note #A&B

E-----------|

B-----------| That solo is a work of a pure genius!

G---8-------|

D---8-------| Tabbed by N.M. 17.06.2006

A---6-------|

E-----------|