Foghat Tab - Eight Days On The Road
 Eight Days On The Road 


Tabbed by Nickie John Scarsone
If you have anything to add to this, or have a way to
improve what's here, feel free to drop Nickie a line.
Lyrics


                   Eight Days On The Road
                         by Foghat
             From the album Rock and Roll Outlaws
       Tabbed by Nickie John Scarsone for www.foghat.com
       =================================================

  [Intro]

E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-2s440h4s20------02s40h4s20-----02s40h4s20------|
D|------------2~---------------2~-------------2~--|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
 

E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-02s40h4s20-----|
D|------------2~--|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
 (Intro solo is played around the 7th and 9th fret,
  and then drop down around the 12th and 14th fret)

   E    E     E   E    E    E    E   E G G# E G A B
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------4-|
A|-2222422224222242222422224222242222422-----------2-|
E|-0000000000000000000000000000000000000-3-4-0-3-5---|
 (Boogie beat above played with solo)

    E  G  A   C D  (PLAY 2TIMES)   E G# A Bb  B  E
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------02S40H4S20----------------------|
D|--2--5--7--10-12--------------2~--2---2--3--4--2--|
A|--2--5--7--10-12------------------2---0--1--2--2--|
E|--0--3--5---8-10------------------0-4----------0--|

              E G A B E              G# A Bb  B  E
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------4--------------------2--3--4--2-|
A|------------------2-2------------------0--1--2--2-|
E|------------0-3-5---0---------------4-----------0-|
  Sugar lady,           be my saviour

                    G A G B E               G#ABb B E
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------4-------------------2-3-4-2-|
A|---------------------0---2-2-----------------0-1-2-2-|
E|-------------------3---3---0--------------4--------0-|
'Cause I'm tired, I've been 8 days on the road. That's right,

                  E GG# E G A B  E       G         A
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------4--2-------5---------7---|
A|----------------------------2--2-------5---------7---|
E|----------------0-3-4-0-3-5----0-------3---------5---|
  Eight days on the road     Travelin' through the night

         B               A             B      G    EG#ABbBE
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---X-X-------------X-X------------X-X----XX----XX----234---|
A|---X-X-911-9-9-----X-X-7-9-7-7----X-X-9--XX-5--XX-2--012-2-|
E|---X-X-7-7-7-7-----X-X-5-5-5-5----X-X-7--XX-3--XX-O-4----0-|
  There ain't no town, ain't no town, ain't no rest tonight

                E G A B E                         G# A BbB E
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------4------------------------------2-3-4---|
A|--------------------2-2----------------------------0-1-2-2-|
E|--------------0-3-5---0--------------------------4-------0-|
  Broke and busted,      standin' on the county line

                E G A B G A B E                D   A
E|----------------------------------------------2-----|
B|----------------------------------------------3-----|
G|----------------------------------------------2-----|
D|--------------------4---2--4------------------0--2--|
A|--------------------2---0--2-2-------------------0--|
E|--------------0-3-5---3------0----------------------|
  I've been traveling      8 days on the road
That's right, well, 8 days on the road G#ABbBE E G A B Travelin' through the night. There ain't no town A B G E Ain't no town, ain't no rest tonight [Intro] I'm out here thinkin', thinkin' 'bout what I've done That's why, oh that's why, I'm eight days on the road That's right, well eight days on the road Travelin' through the night. I'm comin' home E E E E D A E|---------------------2-------------------------------| B|---------------------3-------------------------------| G|---------------------2-------------------------------| D|---------------------2-2---------------------2-3-2---| A|-22224222242222422-----0--2222422224222242---0-1-4-2-| E|-00000000000000000--------0000000000000000-4-------0-| (Rythm played with 2nd solo) E|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|-------2-3-4--------2~---------2-3-4--------2~--| A|--22---0-1-2-2-22------2--22---0-1-2-2-22-------| E|--00-4-------0-00-3----0--00-4-------0-00-3-----| (Repeat above rythm again then...) E G A C D E|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|--2----5---7--10---12---------------------------| A|--2----5---7--10---12---------------------------| E|--0----3---5---8---10---------------------------| (Guitar 1 above played 2 times with guitar 2 below) E|------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------| D|--------4---4-5-4-5-7-5-7-9-7-9--12~-14~--| A|-/7-5-7---7-------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------| (2nd guitar aboave and below) [Transition] E|--------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------15~-16B--| G|-----------------------------14----14-16-14-16----------| D|-/14-12-14-16-14-16-17-16-17----17----------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------| The rest of the song is just repeating somewhere above in tab. Have fun, hope this helps out. It may not be perfect, but it gives you an idea.


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