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Song title:   Only Way To Go Is Forward
Other Album:  Intriguer Deluxe 2016

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.
I transcribed it from an NYC Fillmore performance, so this is my
interpretation of the lyrics.



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--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                  The     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 - & -|

                  In      the      town,   the     bars    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 - & -|

                  So,     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
  Wake up, there's no one in control
Em
  Give it up to the madness in our souls
F                G              C
  You and me are witness to The Fall


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 imho.

Chords:
C   x32010    Am  x02210
Em  022000    F   xx3211

C                       Em
  The only way to go is forwards
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


CHORUS1:
Chords:
F  xx3211    G  320003
Em 022000    C  x32010

F
  Wake 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 to enjoy the experience


BRIDGE:
Chords:
Em  022000    C   x32010
Am  x02210    G   320003
F   xx3211    E7  020130

Em                   Am
  God has moments of    aberation, yeah
Em                    Am
  God has feelings of    affectation, but we won't...


CHORUS2:
Chords:
F  xx3211    Em   022000
C  x32010    Am   x02210
G  320003    Am/G 302210
E7 020130

F
  Sit back, look at photographs
C
  Come back, see the aftermath
G
  Got the bait, feel it disintegrate

E7
  Your life, ah-ah ah-ah ah


[Guitar SOLO over these chords:]

| C | Em | Am Am/G | F | % | Em | F | G | C |


[repeat CHORUS2]


OUTRO:
F
  Ah ah ah-ah ah-ah ah...
C
  Ah ah ah-ah ah-ah ah...
G
  Ah ah ah-ah ah-ah ah...
Em
  Ah ah ah-ah ah-ah ah...


[repeat a couple of times]

[Guitar SOLO over these chords a couple of times:]

| F | C | G | % |


[repeat "Ah ah ahs"]

[end on G]