A New England Chords & Tabs
Billy plays the song on an electric guitar and the whole song is pretty much just palm
with some open strums in between. But I noticed some tabs were way off and others close,
I'm going to make a better one.
F |---| C |---| D |---| Bb |---| Am |---|
|---| |---| |---| |---| |---|
|---| |-5-| |-7-| |-3-| |---|
|-3-| |-5-| |-7-| |-3-| |-7-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-5-| |-1-| |-7-|
|-1-| |---| |---| |---| |-5-|
Note: play F power chords palm muted and quick and pull off every 8th note on the E
for every "F" so:
-INTRO-
*PM
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|
F
I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song
C D
I'm twenty-two now but I won't be for long
Bb F
People ask me when will you grow up to be a man
C Bb F
But all the girls I loved at school are already pushing prams
F
I loved you then as I love you still
C D
Though I put you on a pedestal, I put you on the pill
Bb F
I don't feel bad about letting you go
C F
I just feel bad about letting you know
(Before each chorus he plays a quick opens strum of Bb so it's like a 16th note of just
strums then back to palm muting...)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/billy_bragg/a_new_england_tab.html ]
Bb Am F
I don't want to change the world
F D
I'm not looking for A New England
Bb Am C
I'm just looking for another girl
Bb Am F
I don't want to change the world
F D
I'm not looking for A New England
Bb C F
I'm just looking for another girl
F
I loved the words you wrote to me
C D
But that was bloody yesterday
Bb F
I can't survive on what you send
C Bb F
Everytime you need a friend
F
I saw two shooting stars last night
C D
I wished on them but they were only sattelites
Bb F
Is It wrong to wish on space hardware?
C Bb F
I wish I wish I wish you'd care
Bb Am F
I don't want to change the world...
Ends with:
F|---| C |---| Bb|---|
|---| |---| |---|
|-10-| |---| |---|
|-10-| |-10-| |-8-|
|-8-| |-10-| |-8-|
|---| |-8-| |-6-|
-Outro-
F, C, Bb, C
e|-----------------------| x2
B|-----------------------|
G|-10-10-----------------|
D|-8--8--10-10-8-8-10-10-|
A|-8--8--10-10-8-8-10-10-|
E|-------8--8--6-6-8--8--|
End on:
e|---------------------8--|
B|---------------------10-|
G|-10------10------10--10-|
D|-10------10------10--10-|
A|-8-------8-------8---8--|
E|---------------------x--|
AND I KNOW THIS TAB ISN'T 100% CORRECT. BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OTHER PULL OFFS AND
BUT I HOPE IT HELPS YOU OUT ! =]
