Frank Turner - Wessex Boy
Chords and tab by Neil Wicker
wicker101@hotmail.co.uk

during the verses while playing D, Frank hammers on his pinky to make Dsus4, do 
this for a more accurate sound. 
 
intro: Dsus4, Em7, G  x4  (no G last time)

Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                                     Em7          GLet (320003@1)me tell you all a little story of the things I've found,
D (xx0232@1)                                                 Em7      GHanging (320003@1)out and drinking with my friends in the cathedral grounds,
D (xx0232@1)                                         Em7    GAnd (320003@1)later dodging drunks as we dance along Jewry Street,
Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                                   Em7      G (320003@1)     D(hammer (xx0232@1)on)Em7  D (xx0232@1)As we wander up town to the railway our friends to meet,

Dsus4 (xx0233@1)                         Em7
There's something about coming back to your hometown again,
     G (320003@1)			        	
The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
           Dsus4 (xx0233@1)                            Em7
And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
      G (320003@1)                               DI'm (xx0232@1)a Wessex Boy and when I'm here I'm home

e|--10--7-----------------|
B|----------10--7--5--3---|
G|------------------------|  x4
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|

(chords that you can play instead are:  Dsus4, Em7, G  x4)

Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                                    Em7          GLet (320003@1)me tell you all a little story of the things I've lost,
D (xx0232@1)                                        Em7      GHuddling (320003@1)for warmth on the top step of the Buttercross,
  D (xx0232@1)                                       Em7      GSitting (320003@1)on the benches by the bridges at the riverside,
Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                                          Em7         GOf (320003@1)counting down the hours for the buses cause I missed my ride

Dsus4 (xx0233@1)                         Em7
There's something about coming back to your hometown again,
     G (320003@1)			        	
The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
           Dsus4 (xx0233@1)                            Em7
And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
      G (320003@1)                                             Bm (x24432@1)I'm a Wessex Boy, a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm home

G (320003@1)            Em7          DAnd (xx0232@1)one day I will hear this song anonymous and sweet,
        Bm (x24432@1)         G (320003@1)                 Em7           D (xx0232@1)   
Ringing out from a buskers guitar on the ancient city streets,
      Bm (x24432@1)              G (320003@1)            Em7         D (xx0232@1)             
I'll pause a while and smile before I continue on alone,
     Em7                                   GAnd (320003@1)somebody else will sing the words and I'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 during the ba ba ba's:

e|--10--7-----------------|
B|----------10--7--5--3---|
G|------------------------|  x4
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|

Dsus4 (xx0233@1)                      Em7
There's something about hometowns you never can escape 
     G (320003@1)			        	
The triumphs and the tragedies, the tawdry little fates 
      Dsus4 (xx0233@1)                  Em7
The welling of nostalgia, the feeling kinda strange
       G (320003@1)                                  
Cause despite all the little changes, this place still feels the same

Dsus4 (xx0233@1)                        Em7
There's something about coming back to your hometown again,
     G (320003@1)			        	
The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
           Dsus4 (xx0233@1)                            Em7
And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
      G (320003@1)                                             DI'm (xx0232@1)a Wessex Boy, a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm home



outro part 1:  Dsus4, Em7, G x4

outro part 2:
e|-----------------|
B|--7--5--3--3--3--|
G|-----------------|  x8
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|