Wessex Boy Frank Turner
Frank Turner - Wessex Boy
Chords and tab by Neil Wicker
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intro: D, G, D, G, Em, D x2
specific chords to play melody as well: (watch here for rhythm -
[D] [G]
e|--2--2--3--0--0--| B|--3--0--3--3--3--| G|--2--2--0--0--0--| D|--------0--4--2--| A|--------2--2--0--| E|--------3--3--3--|
[D]Let me tell you all a little story of the things I've f[G]ound,
[D]Hanging out and drinking with my friends in the cathedral gro[G]unds,
[D]And later dodging drunks as we dance along Jewry St[G]reet,
[D]As we wander up town to the railway our friends to [G]meet,
There's [D]something about coming back to y[Em7]our hometown again,
The p[G]lace where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
And though [D]none of them still live here, I've[Em7] got nowhere to go,
I'm a [G]Wessex Boy and when I'm here I'm h[D]ome
Melody: (or on one guitar repeat the intro x2)
e|--10--7-----------------| B|----------10--7--5--3---| G|------------------------| x4 D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------|
[D]Let me tell you all a little story of the things I've lo[G]st,
[D]Huddling for warmth on the top step of the Buttercr[G]oss,
Si[D]tting on the benches by the bridges at the riversid[G]e,
[D]Of counting down the hours for the buses cause I missed my ri[G]de
There's [D]something about coming back to y[Em7]our hometown again,
The p[G]lace where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
And though [D]none of them still live here, I've [Em7]got nowhere to go,
I'm a [G]Wessex Boy, a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm h[Bm]ome
And one day I will h[G]ear this song a[Em7]nonymous and [D]sweet,
Ringing [Bm]out from a bu[G]skers guitar on the [Em7]ancient city s[D]treets,
I'll p[Bm]ause a while and s[G]mile before I c[Em7]ontinue on a[D]lone,
And s[Em7]omebody else will sing the words and I[G]'ll feel like I'm home
the 0's here are played fast and quietly (you could probably go without them)
e|--10--7---------------------------------------------------------| B|----------10---------7--5--3---------3---------------7--5-------| G|--------------(0-0)-----------(0-0)-----4--2---------------7----| D|----------------------------------------------(0-0)-------------| x3 A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
play this or the intro during the ba ba ba's:
e|--10--7-----------------| B|----------10--7--5--3---| G|------------------------| x4 D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------|
There's s[D]omething about hometowns you[Em7] never can escape
The t[G]riumphs and the tragedies, the tawdry little fates
The we[D]lling of nostalgia, the [Em7]feeling kinda strange
Cause d[G]espite all the little changes, this place still feels the same
There's s[D]omething about coming back to [Em7]your hometown again,
The p[G]lace where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
And though [D]none of them still live here, I've[Em7] got nowhere to go,
I'm a [G]Wessex Boy, a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm h[D]ome
outro part 1: same as intro
outro part 2:
e|-----------------| B|--7--5--3--3--3--| G|-----------------| x8 D|-----------------| A|-----------------| E|-----------------|
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