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Traffic - Medicated Goo guitar tab

                            "Medicated Goo"
                        (S. Winwood - J. Miller)

Intro 1:

	D7(no 3)                              G/D       [piano: D-A-C  D-G-B]
	 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v          (16th notes) 
	/14-------------15\10/14-|----10-------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	/14-------------16\11/14-|----11-------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------

	D7(no 3)                              G/D
	 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v  
	/14----------10-12-------|-------10----------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	/14----------11-12-------|9b11--------9b11r9-7-----
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------

	bass [4X]:

	 v       v       v       v
	-7-------7---7-----------7-------
	-----7-9-------------7-9---------
	---------------------------------
	---------------------------------


Verse 1:

	D7(no 3)        G/D                            D
	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
	-13--------------12--------------|-12--10--8---7-------------------
	-14--------------12--------------|-12--11--9---7-------------------
	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
	Pretty  Polly  Possum    what's wrong with you?

	 C                                                          D
	Your body's kinda weak and you think there's nothing we can do
	D7(no 3)     G/D               D 
	Good golly, Polly    shame on you
	C                                                              D
	Cause Molly made a stew that'll make a new little girl out of you

Chorus:

	[bass as per intro; doubled w/baritone sax]

	D7(no 3)        G/D                D
	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
	---------------------*-----------|----10-10-----------10-10-------
	-13--------------12--------------|---------------------------------
	-14--------------12--------------|/11-------------/11--------------
	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
	                     * 13 (G7/D) last time; occasionally 15

	So follow        me,          its good for you
	    D7(no 3)            G/D        D
	That good old fashioned Medicated Goo
	D7(no 3) G/D            D
	    Ooh, ooh, ain't it good for you
	D7(no 3)        G7/D                 D
	My own homegrown recipe'll see you through

Verse 2:

	Freaky Freddy Frolic had some, I know
	He was last seen picking green flowers in a field of snow
	Get ready, Freddy, they're sure to grow
	Mother Nature just blew it and there's nothing really to it, I know

[repeat chorus]

[guitar solo over chorus chords]

Verse 3:

	Auntie Franny Pritchett and Uncle Lou
	They made some goo, now they really sock it to their friends
	Frantic friends and neighbors charge the door
	They caught a little whiff now they're digging it and seeking more

[repeat chorus]

Break:

	bass [4X; saxes enter sequentially]:

	 v       v       v       v
	-7-------7---7-----------7-------
	-----7-9-------------7-9---------
	---------------------------------
	---------------------------------

	sax 1 arr. for guitar:

	   v       v       v       v
	D -4---0-2-4---4-------0-2-4-------

	sax 2 arr. for guitar:

	   v       v       v       v
	D -7---4-5-7---7-------4-5-7-------

	saxes 3, 4 arr. for guitar:

	   v          v          v         v
	e -12----8-10-12----12-------8-10-12------
	b -13---10-12-13----13------10-12-13------

Intro 2:

	(bass as per intro 1)

	D7(no 3)                  G/D
	 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	/14-------------12/14-10-|-------------------10----
	-------------------------|----------------12-------
	/14-------------12/14-11-|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------

	D7(no 3)                  G/D
	 v     v     v     v       v     v     v           v
	/14----------15-17---/14-|----10-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------13p12p10----------
	/14----------16-17---/14-|----11-------------------12-10-
	-------------------------|-------------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------------

[repeat chorus]

[guitar solo over chorus chords to fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers