Without A Trace Guitar Tab

Grave Dancers Union Tabs:

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From: vetters@vax1.elon.edu (Steve Vetter)
Subject: IMPROVED: Without a Trace - Soul Asyalum

Soul Asylum - Without a Trace
I have updated what was posted a few months ago, and added some performance
notes.  I was doing this to help me band practice it and thought that I'd post
it.  The [electric guitar] guitar parts are played with power chords (I
think).  Best wishs, Steve Vetter 


G[320003]  Am[x02210]  C[x32010]  D[xx0232]
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The intro chords are:

G Am C D

Then it goes:

e|---7---5---3---5---3----7-7--5--3--2--3--5--|
B|---8---7---5---7---2----8-8--7--5--3--5--7--|
G|--------------------------------------------|

Then during the verse it goes the same intro chords but you play them like
an arpeggio.

G          Am                C                  D
I fell in love with a hooker she laughed in my face
G          Am           C           D
So seriously I took her I was a disgrace
C*            D*               G*
I was out of line I was out of place
         C*
Out of time to save face
C*           D*               G*           C*
See the open mouth of my suitcase saying leave this place
C                    D     C                     D
Leave without a trace      Leave without a trace
C     D         G
Leave without a trace

[Intro riff]

I tried to get a good job with honest pay
might as well join the mob, the benefits are OK
[electric guitar]
Standing in the sun with a popsicle
anything is possible,
with a lot of luck and a pretty face
and some time to waste
leave without a trace
leave without a trace
[electric]
leave without a trace

intro riff x2

I tried to dance at a funeral New Orleans style
I joined the Grave Dancers Union I had to file
trying to do the right thing
play it straight
the right thing changes from state to state
don't forget to take your mace
if you're out walking late
I liked to see your face
You left without a trace
[electric]
leave without a trace

riff x3 (or ad lib variations on intro and out)
  /--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-
  I  Steve Vetter                    I   "I'm not the same                  I
    vetters@vax1.elon.edu           I        As I was long ago,            /
  I  Elon College                    I    I've learned some new things      I
  /  Love School of Business         I        And I hope that it shows..."  
  I  Alpha Kappa Psi                 I          -Neil Young  (Homefires)    I
  -/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Joe Average	#1 by Joe Miller at May 20, 1970 at 2:08 PM EST
	I can't believe no one has written abou this song. It is one of my favorite Soul Asylum songs. I really don't know what it means. It is just a funny song that rhyms so it makes for a good song to sing in the shower. The beginning of the song is just so surreal that it is hilarious. Obviously the band thought well of the song since the album title came from this song (Grave Dancers Union). This title in itself is humorous. This song is funny but as far as I can think, doesn't have much meaning.

No Picture Joshua Wanna Be	#2 by Joshua Osprey at Dec 4, 1972 at 11:41 PM EST
	doesn't it say "I was out of pace" in the song instead of "place"? Anyway, that's just a detail. Great great song! Funny and clever lyrics. Dave Pirner might be talking in first person but I think he kinda tells the stories of 3 different people in strange situations. In the end, they feel like leaving the place without a trace. They feel ashamed and guilty and they wish they'd disappear.

No Picture Emdizzy foshizz Lead Player	#3 by Emdizzy foshizzy at May 22, 1993 at 1:03 AM EST
	This song is an example of what I like to call a hidden treasure that can be buried in albums. These hidden treasures are what differentiate the ordinary from the extra-ordinary record. This is a favorite of mine from the Grave Dancers Union record too. I am not sure what is intended by the lyrics but I have interpreted it as the singer telling us of his strange decisions and the consequences which result. Again as previously noted, it could just be amusing nonsense.

No Picture Dusty Wanna Be	#4 by Dusty Delonge at Nov 4, 1997 at 9:56 AM EST
	The way I see it, this song is about being frustrated with the world around you and all the expectations that people have on you. "Trying to do the right thing / Play it straight / The right thing changes from state to state" is another way of saying that everyone will always expect different things of you, which means that no matter what you do someone will always think you've done wrong. And when that happens, you might feel like you just want to leave without a trace and disappear. It's a complicated world... :) This is a great song with an equally awesome and aesthetically pleasing video. Seeing Dave Pirner as a smooth-talking politician is definitely something special! :)