Three Steps - The Verve

From the single "the drugs dont work"
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Tab by otto75yeah@hotmail.com
Visit me at vitaminic to hear my band elysee: stage.vitaminic.de/elysee
Lyrics by Jason Negus
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A good example how you can create a great groove with just 2 chords! With
just a few variations thrown in, this song doesnt get boring. Play with palm
muting where needed, its fun to play. To fully reproduce the stomping rhythm
let a bass-player come in. A gibson les paul and a marshall should be fine.
 
INTRO:
   B                    E
E:--------------------:--------------------:
B:--------------------:--------------------:
G:--------------------:--------------------:
D:--------------------:-harmonic-----------:
A:--------------------:-7-------x-7-x-x----:
E:-7---7---X-X-X-7----:--------------------:
  play with partial palm muting where needed
  and create natural harmonics by touching
  with the fret hand lightly the string
  directly over the fret, play with variations


VERSE-RIFF:
   B5                                   D5   E5
A5
E:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:
B:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:
G:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:
D:--------------------:-----------------7sl:-9---9---9-9---x-x--:-9-9-x-x-9-9-x-x----:
A:-9---9---9-9---x-x--:-9-9-x-x-9-9-x-x-5/-:-7---7---7-7---x-x--:-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7sl:
E:-7---7---7-7---x-x--:-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x----:--------------------:-----------------5/-:
  add harmonics and palm muting


CHORUS-RIFF:
Git.1
   B                                         E
E:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:
B:---------7-----7----:-7--------7--7--7---:--------------------:--------------------:
G:---------8-----8----:-8--------8--8--8---:-9-------9----9-----:-9---------9--9--9--:
D:-9-------9-----9----:-9--------9--9--9---:-9-------9----9-----:-9---------9--9--9--:
A:-9-------9-----9----:-9--------9--9--9---:-7-------7----7-----:-7---------7--7--7--:
E:-7------------------:-7--------7--7--7---:-0-------0----0-----:-0---------0--0--0--:

Git.2
   B5                   A5      D5/A         E5
E:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:
B:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:
G:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:
D:--------------------:----------7---------:--------------------:--------------------:
A:-9-------9----------:-7--------5---------:-2------------2-----:-----------2--------:
E:-7-------7----------:-5--------5---------:-0------------0-----:-----------------0--:


LEAD-RIFF:
   B                                         E
E:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:
B:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:
G:--------------------:--------------------:-7h9-9p7------------:-7h9-9p7------------:
D:-7h9-9p7------------:-7h9-9p7------------:--------------------:--------------------:
A:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:
E:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:--------------------:


VERSE 1
       B5      E5
It's alright, alright
                    B5      E5
We're going through cha-a-anges
    B5       E5   
Sometimes in life
                  B5     E5
You feel yourself rearranging


CHORUS
                       B    E
That's just the way it goes    Come on (repeat)
B                E
Y'know we nearly died


VERSE 2
    B5         E5
Sometimes, sometimes
               B5    E5
I see familiar fa-a-aces
   B5            E5
In rooms, in the sky
                 B5    E5
Like ????? we've ta-a-asted


CHORUS
                       B    E
That's just the way it goes    Come on (repeat)
B                E
Y'know we nearly died
                         B   E
That's just the way life is     Come on (repeat)
B                    E
Feels so good to be alive


LEAD-RIFF


BRIDGE
B
Three steps to heaven, man
E                               B     E
I took two and I sat back down again
B
Three steps to heaven, man
E                               B     E
I took two and I sat back down again


SOLO
over B  E - mess around! than slow down

         B        E
It feels good, so good
B      E
To be alive


OUTRO
over B  E - mess around!
Three steps to heaven, man
I took two and I sat back down again
Three steps to heaven, man
I took two and I sat back down again

We nearly died
Come on (repeat)
It' alright, alright
Alright (repeat)
Come on (repeat)


ADDITIONAL INFO:
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Chris Potter (producer of urban hymn) comment: " this was a jam. Its a five
minute section from the middle of a longer thing. Its pretty mujch as they
played it and i think nick overdubbed one guitar on it. It was just bass,
drums and guitar originally, with tongy on thythm and was briefly a
contender for urban hymns. It does sound like it was worked out but they
didnt have a clue what they were doing."