Song: Boston
Artist: Augustana
Tabbed By: Brett(wrsrider@yahoo.com)
Here's my version:
for intro and verse the chords are: C Em Am x2 F C F G
play them only on the high 3 strings --
C Em Am then F C F G
e|-3--3---5---7--8---5---3---5---7------|
B|-5--5---5---5--5---6---5---6---8------|
G|-5--4---5---5--5---5---5---5---7------|
D|-x--x---x---x--x---x---x---x---x------|
A|-x--x---x---x--x---x---x---x---x------|
E|-x--x---x---x--x---x---x---x---x------|
verse lyrics:
C Em Am F C F G
in the light of the sun..... is there anyone? oh it has begun...
C Em Am F C
oh dear you look so lost.... eyes are red and tears are shed,
F G
this world you must've crossed...you said...
Prechorus: C Em F G two measures of each, played on the quarter notes
C Em F G or G or G whichever you like best
e|--0----0----1----3------3------3--------|
B|--1----0----1----3------0------3--------|
G|--0----0----2----0------0------4--------|
D|--x----x----x----x------x------x--------|
A|--x----x----x----x------x------x--------|
E|--x----x----x----x------x------x--------|
prechorus lyrics:
C Em F G
you don't know me, you don't even care, oh yeah and you said
C Em F G
you don't know me, you don't wear my chains... oh yeah
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/augustana/boston_crd_ver_2.html ]
verse again:
essential and appealed, carry all your thoughts across
an open field,
when flowers gaze at you...they're not the only ones who cry
when they see you
you said...
Prechorus again:
you don't know me, you don't even care, oh yeah and you said
you don't know me, you don't wear my chains... oh yeah
Chorus: Use full open chord shapes
C Em F G or G or G whichever you like better
e|---0----0---1---3----3----3------------------|
B|---1----0---1---3----0----3------------------|
G|---0----0---2---0----0----4------------------|
D|---2----2---3---0----0----5------------------|
A|---3----2---3---2----2----5------------------|
E|---3----0---1---3----3----3------------------|
chorus lyrics:
C
she said I think I'll go to Boston...
Em
I think I'll start a new life,
F G
I think I'll start it over, where no one knows my name,
I'll get out of California, I'm tired of the weather,
I think I'll get a lover and fly em out to Spain...
I think I'll go to Boston,
I think that I'm just tired
I think I need a new town, to leave this all behind...
I think I need a sunrise, I'm tired of the sunset,
I hear it's nice in the Summer, some snow would be nice...
Prechorus again, but use C Em F and G chord voicings from verse:
you don't know me, you don't even care, oh yeah
Final line using chorus chords: on the eigth note all downstrokes
C Em F
Boston...where no one knows my name...
G C
where no one knows my name....
Em F
where no one knows my name....
G (slow down) C (slow strum)
where no one knows my name
