• Song:

    Boston And St Johns

  • Artist:

    Great Big Sea

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My first chording effort - apologies for errors, etc! Done from listening to the 
album version, so no idea if this actually looks like the official version...

Note: the melody starts on a D, while the guitar is playing E minor. This feels 
very wrong til you get used to it. I think it sounds better if you sit heavily on 
the low end: you really want that underlying E - F - G on the low E string.

Chords used:
Em   022000
D/F  200230
G (320003@1)    320033
A (x02220@1)    x02220

Intro:
Em (022000@1) -   D/F (100232@1) -   G (320003@1) -   (G)
Em (022000@1) -   D/F (100232@1) -   G (320003@1) -   Ax2 (x02220@1)
[Oohs]

Verse 1:
Em (022000@1)          D/F (100232@1)             G (320003@1)  Girl don't tell me that it's morning
Em (022000@1)      D/F (100232@1)     G (320003@1)         (A)
   Can we keep the curtains drawn?
Em (022000@1)         D/F (100232@1)          G (320003@1)  I haven't given you fair warning
Em (022000@1)       D/F (100232@1)     G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)  But our ship, it sails at dawn

Chorus:
         D/F (100232@1)          A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1)               AAnd (x02220@1)it's true I must be going, but I swear it won't be long
      D/F (100232@1)           A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)            AThere (x02220@1)isn't that much ocean between Boston and St. Johns
Em (022000@1)     D/F (100232@1)          A (x02220@1)           D/F(?) (100232@1)   I'm a rover, and I'm bound to sail away
      G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)        (->Em...)
I'm a rover can you love me anyway?

[1x intro passage]

Verse 2:
Em (022000@1)           D/F (100232@1)          G (320003@1)  And if some suitor comes approaching
Em (022000@1)        D/F (100232@1)      G (320003@1)           (A)
   Will you let him through your door?
Em (022000@1)       D/F (100232@1)         G (320003@1)  What if I return half-broken?
     Em (022000@1)      D/F (100232@1)    G (320003@1)   AWill (x02220@1)you still love me any more?

Chorus:
         D/F (100232@1)          A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1)               AAnd (x02220@1)it's true I must be going, but I swear it won't be long
      D/F (100232@1)           A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)            AThere (x02220@1)isn't that much ocean between Boston and St. Johns
Em (022000@1)     D/F (100232@1)          A (x02220@1)           D/F(?) (100232@1)   I'm a rover, and I'm bound to sail away
      G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)        (->Em...)
I'm a rover can you love me anyway?
 
[1x intro passage]

Bridge:
Em (022000@1)          D/F (100232@1)  Close your eyes and dream
    G (320003@1)                  AAnd (x02220@1)tell me what you see
D/F (100232@1)              A (x02220@1)  You can tell me what you want
     G (320003@1)                 AJust (x02220@1)tell me that you'll wait for me

Em (022000@1)        D/F (100232@1)             G...
But oh... Don't tell me that it's morning... [repeat verse 1 & chorus]

[Outro - loop intro and get quieter. Last chord the Em?]

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