• Song:

    A New England

  • Artist:

    Billy Bragg

  • Album:

    1987-03-07: Victoria Un...

Billy plays the song on an electric guitar and the whole song is pretty much just palm
with some open strums in between. But I noticed some tabs were way off and others close, 
I'm going to make a better one.

F |---| C |---| D |---| Bb |---| Am |---|
  |---|   |---|   |---|    |---|    |---|
  |---|   |-5-|   |-7-|    |-3-|    |---|
  |-3-|   |-5-|   |-7-|    |-3-|    |-7-|
  |-3-|   |-3-|   |-5-|    |-1-|    |-7-|
  |-1-|   |---|   |---|    |---|    |-5-|

Note: play F power chords palm muted and quick and pull off every 8th note on the E 
for every "F" so:

-INTRO-

*PM
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|


FI (133211@1)was twenty-one years when I wrote this song
   C (x32010@1)                 DI'm (xx0232@1)twenty-two now but I won't be for long
Bb (x1333x@1)                               FPeople (133211@1)ask me when will you grow up to be a man
           C (x32010@1)                             Bb (x1333x@1)                 FBut (133211@1)all the girls I loved at school are already pushing prams

FI (133211@1)loved you then as I love you still
   C (x32010@1)                        DThough (xx0232@1)I put you on a pedestal, I put you on the pill
Bb (x1333x@1)                    FI (133211@1)don't feel bad about letting you go
           C (x32010@1)                FI (133211@1)just feel bad about letting you know

(Before each chorus he plays a quick opens strum of Bb so it's like a 16th note of just 
strums then back to palm muting...)


Bb (x1333x@1)                 Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)  I don't want to change the world
F (133211@1)                            D (xx0232@1)  I'm not looking for A New England
            Bb (x1333x@1)                  Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)  I'm just looking for another girl
Bb (x1333x@1)                 Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)  I don't want to change the world
F (133211@1)                            D (xx0232@1)  I'm not looking for A New England
            Bb (x1333x@1)         C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)  I'm just looking for another girl

FI (133211@1)loved the words you wrote to me
   C (x32010@1)                   DBut (xx0232@1)that was bloody yesterday
Bb (x1333x@1)                       FI (133211@1)can't survive on what you send
C (x32010@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)        FEverytime (133211@1)you need a friend

FI (133211@1)saw two shooting stars last night
   C (x32010@1)            DI (xx0232@1)wished on them but they were only sattelites
Bb (x1333x@1)                           FIs (133211@1)It wrong to wish on space hardware?
C (x32010@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)    FI (133211@1)wish I wish I wish you'd care
Bb (x1333x@1)               Am (x02210@1)        FI (133211@1)don't want to change the world...

Ends with:

F|---| C |---| Bb|---|
 |---|   |---|   |---|
 |-10-|  |---|   |---|
 |-10-|  |-10-|  |-8-|
 |-8-|   |-10-|  |-8-|
 |---|   |-8-|   |-6-|

-Outro-

F, C, Bb, C

e|-----------------------|   x2
B|-----------------------|
G|-10-10-----------------|
D|-8--8--10-10-8-8-10-10-|
A|-8--8--10-10-8-8-10-10-|
E|-------8--8--6-6-8--8--|

End on:

e|---------------------8--|
B|---------------------10-|
G|-10------10------10--10-|
D|-10------10------10--10-|
A|-8-------8-------8---8--|
E|---------------------x--|

AND I KNOW THIS TAB ISN'T 100% CORRECT. BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OTHER PULL OFFS AND 
BUT I HOPE IT HELPS YOU OUT ! =]

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