• Song:

    Boston And St Johns

  • Artist:

    Great Big Sea

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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:
E5   022000
D5  200230
G5      320033
A5      x02220

Intro:
E5   -   D5   -   G5   -   ( G5 )
E5   -   D5   -   G5   -   A5
x2

[Oohs]

Verse 1:
E5            D5               G5
   Girl don't tell me that it's morning
E5        D5       G5           ( A5 )
   Can we keep the curtains drawn?
E5           D5            G5
   I haven't given you fair warning
E5         D5       G5           A5
   But our ship, it sails at dawn


Chorus:
         D5            A5            G5                 A5
And it's true I must be going, but I swear it won't be long
      D5             A5             G5              A5
There isn't that much ocean between Boston and St. Johns
E5       D5            A5             D5 (?)
   I'm a rover, and I'm bound to sail away
      G5             A5          (->Em...)
I'm a rover can you love me anyway?

[1x intro passage]

Verse 2:
E5             D5            G5
   And if some suitor comes approaching
E5          D5        G5             ( A5 )
   Will you let him through your door?
E5         D5           G5
   What if I return half-broken?
     E5        D5      G5     A5
Will you still love me any more?

Chorus:
         D5            A5            G5                 A5
And it's true I must be going, but I swear it won't be long
      D5             A5             G5              A5
There isn't that much ocean between Boston and St. Johns
E5       D5            A5             D5 (?)
   I'm a rover, and I'm bound to sail away
      G5             A5          (->Em...)
I'm a rover can you love me anyway?
 
[1x intro passage]

Bridge:
E5            D5
   Close your eyes and dream
    G5                    A5
And tell me what you see
D5                A5
   You can tell me what you want
     G5                   A5
Just tell me that you'll wait for me

    E5          D5               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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