Intro
C, Am, G, Em (022000@1)    (x2)
Verse 1	
C (x32010@1)  AmI (x02210@1)am the small town linesman
G (320003@1)       Em (022000@1)
And you'll find me out here on the line.
C (x32010@1)	    GSearching (320003@1)ceaselessly to simply
          Am (x02210@1)    GC
Find a place i can call mine.
          Am (x02210@1)       GEvery (320003@1)corner of this country
	          Em (022000@1)    CCriss-crossed (x32010@1)out with coloured lines.
	  G/CThe (2431xx@7)city lies before me,
G (320003@1)       AmG     CAnother (x32010@1)city sprawling out behind.
Chorus	  
         		Em (022000@1)   	CCos (x32010@1)I'm a frontiers man,
		          Em (022000@1)Trapped in suburban England.
Verse 2
C (x32010@1)  AmSince (x02210@1)the Scramble ended,
    G (320003@1)        EmSince (022000@1)the West was won on wagon trails,
C (x32010@1)	         GIt (320003@1)seems the Mazzini's paradisical
     Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1) 	CPanopticon (x32010@1)prevailed.
	      Am (x02210@1)     GMy (320003@1)walkabouts no longer take me
	    Em (022000@1)           CBeyond (x32010@1)a choice of different jails.
	          G/C (2431xx@7)	
Why should i have to choose a state
G (320003@1)       Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)
When every one of them has failed?
Chorus	  
         		Em (022000@1)   	CCos (x32010@1)I'm a frontiers man,
		          Em (022000@1)Trapped in suburban England.

Build Up to Bridge
Dm (xx0231@1)          C (x32010@1)
And i promise not to overthrow the state
      D(slide up C shape)
If allowed to redraw the atlas before
  DmC
I emigrate.
Bridge

So I have sailed the seven seas alone,
Trying to find a shore I can call home.
But all i found are different flags,
Double-speaking diplomats, and
I do not have time for that.
So I'll declare my own sovereign state, - I cant figure out the bridge =[
The borders based on the
Bottoms of my boots,
And i will open embasies
Wherever the hell i please,
And at assemblies
You will see me sat
But never on my knees.

Chorus	  
         		Em (022000@1)   	CCos (x32010@1)I'm a frontiers man,
		          Em (022000@1)Trapped in suburban England.
Build Up to Bridge
Dm (xx0231@1)          C (x32010@1)
And i promise not to overthrow the state
      D(slide up C shape)
If allowed to redraw the atlas before
  DmC
I emigrate.



Dm (xx0231@1)	     CAnd (x32010@1)I'd gladly leave your Metternich's alone 
       D(slide up C shape)
As long as where
			        DmC
I lay my head i can be my very own.
(Repeat Intro)

I am the Winchester lineman.
Chorus	  
         		Em (022000@1)   	CCos (x32010@1)I'm a frontiers man,
		    Em (022000@1)Trapped in suburban England.
Coda
C (x32010@1)EmBut (022000@1)here I will not remain-
CNo (x32010@1)I'll ride into the sunset,
            Em (022000@1)	DmWhere (xx0231@1)my horse waits on the plain,
			  Cslide (x32010@1)to D (xx0232@1)		
And I keep walking the li --------- ine.