• Song:

    Wessex Boy

  • Artist:

    Frank Turner

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

A (x02220@1)                             EmThere's (022000@1)something about coming back to your hometown again,
    GThe (320003@1)place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
           A (x02220@1)                                EmAnd (022000@1)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

D (xx0232@1)                                                   GLet (320003@1)me tell you all a little story of the things I've lost,
D (xx0232@1)                                              GHuddling (320003@1)for warmth on the top step of the Buttercross,
D (xx0232@1)                                              GSitting (320003@1)on the benches by the bridges at the riverside,
   D (xx0232@1)                                                     GOf (320003@1)counting down the hours for the buses cause I missed my ride
  
        A (x02220@1)                              EmThere's (022000@1)something about coming back to your hometown again,
    GThe (320003@1)place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
           A (x02220@1)                                 EmAnd (022000@1)though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
        G (320003@1)                                          BmI'm (x24432@1)a Wessex Boy, a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm home

Bm (x24432@1)                G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)         DAnd (xx0232@1)one day I will hear this song anonymous and sweet,
Bm (x24432@1)                G (320003@1)                   A (x02220@1)         DRinging (xx0232@1)out from a buskers guitar on the ancient city streets,
Bm (x24432@1)                 G (320003@1)                   A (x02220@1)            DI'll (xx0232@1)stand along while and smile before I continue on the road,
A (x02220@1)                                       GAnd (320003@1)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 (x02220@1)                           EmThere's (022000@1)something about hometowns you never can escape
    GThe (320003@1)triumphs and the tragedies and those of little faith
    A (x02220@1)                      EmThe (022000@1)welling of nostalgia and feeling kind of strange,
     GCause (320003@1)despite the little changes yeah this place still feels the same

A (x02220@1)                            EmThere's (022000@1)something about coming back to your hometown again,
    GThe (320003@1)place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
           A (x02220@1)                                EmAnd (022000@1)though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
       GI'm (320003@1)a Wessex Boy,
       G (320003@1)                             DI'm (xx0232@1)a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm home

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