'Flowing'
Performed By 311
From the album "Soundsystem" on Capricorn Records
Music by:  N. Hexum
Lyrics by:  N. Hexum
(c) 1999 Hydroponic Music BMI
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Tabbed by: Adam Wood ([email protected])
           Nowo311 ([email protected])
Additions/Corrections by: Anthony Portillo ([email protected])
Additional Info by: Matt ([email protected])
The 311 Guitar Archive -- http://chromosome.colorado.edu/311archive/


Intro:
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* Played through a Lexicon MPX-G2; From Guitar Player (November 1999):

  GP: You also have a Lexicon MPX-G2. Do you use it live? 

  Tim: Not yet, but I used it to record "Flowing" on the new album. The 
  beginning of that song is an effect preset from the MPX -- a stereo panning, 
  trippy guitar sound. We sat there until we got a take that sounded just 
  right, because each time I'd play, the effect would react differently. It's a 
  complex little unit. Typically, I'm thinking about effects when I write 
  parts, because some parts will bring a certain effect to mind, like, "Oh, 
  that would sound nice with a tremolo." 

   A   Cm  C  Bsus2 G
1:-4---3-------2----2-
2:-4---4---4---2----2-
3:-5---5---4---4----3-
4:--------------------
5:--------------------
6:--------------------

Chorus:
=======
   G#5      C5       Bsus2    F#5 (C#)
1:-------------------2-2-2-2----------
2:-------------------2-2-2-2----------
3:-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4------6-6-
4:-6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4--4-4-X-X-
5:-6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-
6:-4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3-----------2-2-----

Verse:
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[Part 1:]

   F5 F#5    G5 G#5    F5     F#5 G5 G#5
1:------------------------------------------
2:------------------------------------------
3:------------------------------------------
4:------------------------------------------
5:-3--4-4-4--5--6-6-6--3-3-3--4---5--6-6-6--
6:-1--2-2-2--3--4-4-4--1-1-1--2---3--4-4-4--

(Palm mute on the F#5 and G#5.  Also palm mute the F5 the second time.)

[Part 2:]

   A#5 G#5 A#5 G#5 A#5 G#5 A#5 G#5
1:-------------------------------
2:-------------------------------
3:-------------------------------
4:-------------------------------
5:-8---6---8---6---8---6---8---6-
6:-6---4---6---4---6---4---6---4-

[Part 3 (Palm Muted):]

   F5     F#5    G5     G#5
1:----------------------------
2:----------------------------
3:----------------------------
4:----------------------------
5:-3-3-3--4-4-4--5-5-5--6-6-6-
6:-1-1-1--2-2-2--3-3-3--4-4-4-


Song Structure:
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---> Play Intro (x2)
---> Play Chorus (x4) over:
   Along the way to close my eyes
   I lost where I was going
   The more it will spin
   The more that I try
   To stop my mind flowing away, away
   To all that I despise
   Along the way to close my eyes
---> Play Verse Part 1 (x2)
---> Play Verse Part 1 (x4) over:
   You can't be let down if you don't expect the world
   Expect to lay awake and by your sleeping girl
---> Play Verse Part 2 (x1) over:
   If somebody cares then there is
---> Play Verse Part 3 (x2) over:
   no way you can tell
---> Play Verse Part 2 (x1) over:
   Your sub-consciousness is your
---> Play verse Part 3 (x2) over:
   private hell
---> Play Chorus (x4) over:
   Along the way to close my eyes
   I lost where I was going
   The more it will spin
   The more that I try
   To stop my mind flowing away, away
   To all that I despise
---> Play Verse Part 1 (x2)
---> Play Verse Part 1 (x4) over:
   Tick, tick, tick the clock lurches your mind
   Endlessly replaying times that were unkind
---> Play Verse Part 2 (x1) over:
   Go away sun I'm not prepared
---> Play Verse Part 3 (x2) over:
   For you today
---> Play Verse Part 2 (x1) over:
   It seems you are, It seems you
---> Play Verse Part 3 (x2) over:
   are    ..huh!
---> Play Chorus (x4) over:
   Along the way to close my eyes
   I lost where I was going
   The more it will spin
   The more that I try
   To stop my mind flowing away, away
   To all that I despise
   Along the way to close my eyes
---> End on F#5 (244xxx)