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


you can watch my cover of this on youtube here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OorUuENrTRE
(it demonstrates the "picky" sections as well)  
 
intro: Dsus4, Em7, G  x4  (no G last time)

D                                          Em7          G
Let me tell you all a little story of the things I've found,
D                                                   Em7      G
Hanging out and drinking with my friends in the cathedral grounds,
D                                           Em7    G
And later dodging drunks as we dance along Jewry Street,
D                                         Em7      G        
As we wander up town to the railway our friends to meet,

        Dsus4                           Em7
There's something about coming back to your hometown again,
     G					        	
The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
           Dsus4                              Em7
And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
      G                                 D
I'm 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)

D                                          Em7          G
Let me tell you all a little story of the things I've lost,
D                                          Em7      G
Huddling for warmth on the top step of the Buttercross,
  D                                         Em7      G
Sitting on the benches by the bridges at the riverside,
D                                                Em7         G
Of counting down the hours for the buses cause I missed my ride

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

                    G              Em7          D
And one day I will hear this song anonymous and sweet,
        Bm           G                   Em7           D     
Ringing out from a buskers guitar on the ancient city streets,
      Bm                G              Em7         D               
I'll pause a while and smile before I continue on alone,
     Em7                                   G
And 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                        Em7
There's something about hometowns you never can escape 
     G					        	
The triumphs and the tragedies, the tawdry little fates 
      Dsus4                    Em7
The welling of nostalgia, the feeling kinda strange
       G                                    
Cause despite all the little changes, this place still feels the same 

         Dsus4                          Em7
There's something about coming back to your hometown again,
     G					        	
The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
           Dsus4                              Em7
And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
      G                                               D
I'm 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|-----------------|