#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Only Way To Go Is Forward Other Album: Intriguer 2016 re-issue (Disc2) Words and Music by Neil Finn & Crowded House Copyright © 2008 Crowded House Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net) NOTES: The song is in Eb, so slap a capo on 3. Chords and tab are relative to capo. Timing is 4/4. This was played during the 2008 US tour but didn't make the cut for Intriguer. Transcribed it from a live performance recorded at the Leigh Sawmill Café, NZ, 22nd–24th Feb 2008. Released on the 2016 re-issue of Intriguer (Disc2). INTRO: Notes: I've shown barrés in the tab because it's what the electric guitar plays. For an acoustic, you might also play this, or play C and Em chords [play:] [x2] C5 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| C5/B |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| |-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| VERSE1: Notes: I've shown barrés in the tab because it's what the electric guitar plays. For an acoustic, you might also play this, or play C, Em and F chords. C5 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| Only way to go is C5/B |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| |-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| for - ward A5 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--| |-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| Where the fu - ture's look - ing F5 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--| |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| bright C5 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| The curtains on the bar are C5/B |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| |-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| closing A5 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--| |-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| That's why, we'll have to stay all F5 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--| |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--| |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| night CHORUS1: Chords: F xx3211 G 320003 Em 022000 C x32010 F Drink up, there's no one in control Em Give in to the madness in our souls F G C You and me are witness to the Fall F Drink up, before we all get shot Em Old friend, I'll tell you what we've got F G C Not too much time before they'll bury us VERSE2: Notes: You could play exactly as the tab in VERSE1 or you could play the chords. I think the descending bass line for C5 - C5/B sounds better in my humble opinion. Chords: C x32010 Am x02210 Em 022000 F xx3211 C Em Only way to go is forward Am F And it's not such a pretty sight C Em When your hair is full of embers Am F From the fire we lit last night [repeat CHORUS] BRIDGE: Chords: Em 022000 C x32010 Am x02210 G 320003 F xx3211 E7 020130 Em Am We all have moments of masturbation, yeah Em Am Lots of feelings of desperation, and we won't... F Sit back, look in photographs C Come back, to see the aftermath G Got the ???, feel it disintegrate E7 Your life, ah-ah ah-ah ah [Guitar SOLO over these chords:] 4/4| C | Em | Am Am/G | F | % | % | Em | F | G | C | CHORUS2: Chords: F 133211 or x8 10 10 10 8 C x32010 or x35553 Em 022000 or x79987 Em7 022030 or x79787 G 320033 or 355433 Asus4 x02230 or 577755 F Drink up, before we all get shot Em Old friend, I'll tell you what we've got F G C Not too much time before they'll bury us [play: 4/4| Em | Em7 | Asus4 |] ...celebration and we won't... OUTRO: Chords: F x33211 G 320033 C x32010 Em 022000 F Sit back, look in photographs C ...to see the aftermath G ...watch it disintegrate [play: 4/4| F | C | G | Em |] F Oh oh oh-oh oh oh oh... C Oh oh oh-oh oh oh oh... G Oh oh oh-oh oh oh oh... Em Oh oh oh-oh oh oh oh... [repeat "Oh, oh, ohs"] [Guitar SOLO over: 4/4| F | C | G | Em |] [x2] [repeat "Oh, oh, ohs"] [x2] [end on G]