Frank Turner - Wessex Boy
England Keep My Bones (2011)
Tabbed by Sam Brown
Main Riff:
E-2----------------3------|
B-3-0--------------3------|
G-2----------------0------|
D-0----------------0-4-2-0|
A------------------2------|
E------------------3------|
^^^^
Keep playing the chords, but take your finger off the B for the first chord and
use your third finger to play the riff on the second chord.
Sorry if I haven't made this clear enough!
On the verse use hammer-ons on the low E to the 2nd fret, then to the 3rd fret to
change chords from D to G.
You should be able to work out which notes of the chord to hammer on, just listen to the song.
D G
Let me tell you all a little story of the things I've found,
D G
Hanging out and drinking with my friends in the cathedral grounds,
D G
And later dodging drunks as we dance along Jury Street,
D G
As we wander up town to the railway our friends to meet,
A Em
There's something about coming back to your hometown again,
G
The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
A Em
And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
G D
I'm a Wessex Boy and when I'm here I'm home
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D G
Let me tell you all a little story of the things I've lost,
D G
Huddling for warmth on the top step of the Buttercross,
D G
Sitting on the benches by the bridges at the riverside,
D G
Of counting down the hours for the buses cause I missed my ride
A Em
There's something about coming back to your hometown again,
G
The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
A Em
And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
G Bm
I'm a Wessex Boy, a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm home
Bm G A D
And one day I will hear this song anonymous and sweet,
Bm G A D
Ringing out from a buskers guitar on the ancient city streets,
Bm G A D
I'll stand along while and smile before I continue on the road,
A G
And somebody else will sing the words and I'll feel like I'm home
E---10--7--5-------------------------|
B------------7--5--3--3--0-----------|
G--------------------------2---------|
D----------------------------4--2--0-|
A------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|
A Em
There's something about hometowns you never can escape
G
The triumphs and the tragedies and those of little faith
A Em
The welling of nostalgia and feeling kind of strange,
G
Cause despite the little changes yeah this place still feels the same
A Em
There's something about coming back to your hometown again,
G
The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
A Em
And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
G
I'm a Wessex Boy,
G D
I'm a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm home
