Frank Turner - Wessex Boy Chords and tab by Neil Wicker wicker101@hotmail.co.uk during the verses while playing D, Frank hammers on his pinky to make Dsus4, do this for a more accurate sound. intro: Dsus4, Em7, G x4 (no G last time) Dsus2 (xx0230@1) Em7 GLet (320003@1)me tell you all a little story of the things I've found, D (xx0232@1) Em7 GHanging (320003@1)out and drinking with my friends in the cathedral grounds, D (xx0232@1) Em7 GAnd (320003@1)later dodging drunks as we dance along Jewry Street, Dsus2 (xx0230@1) Em7 G (320003@1) D(hammer (xx0232@1)on)Em7 D (xx0232@1)As we wander up town to the railway our friends to meet, Dsus4 (xx0233@1) Em7 There's something about coming back to your hometown again, G (320003@1) The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends, Dsus4 (xx0233@1) Em7 And 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 e|--10--7-----------------| B|----------10--7--5--3---| G|------------------------| x4 D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| (chords that you can play instead are: Dsus4, Em7, G x4) Dsus2 (xx0230@1) Em7 GLet (320003@1)me tell you all a little story of the things I've lost, D (xx0232@1) Em7 GHuddling (320003@1)for warmth on the top step of the Buttercross, D (xx0232@1) Em7 GSitting (320003@1)on the benches by the bridges at the riverside, Dsus2 (xx0230@1) Em7 GOf (320003@1)counting down the hours for the buses cause I missed my ride Dsus4 (xx0233@1) Em7 There's something about coming back to your hometown again, G (320003@1) The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends, Dsus4 (xx0233@1) Em7 And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go, G (320003@1) Bm (x24432@1)I'm a Wessex Boy, a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm home G (320003@1) Em7 DAnd (xx0232@1)one day I will hear this song anonymous and sweet, Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1) Em7 D (xx0232@1) Ringing out from a buskers guitar on the ancient city streets, Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1) Em7 D (xx0232@1) I'll pause a while and smile before I continue on alone, Em7 GAnd (320003@1)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 (xx0233@1) Em7 There's something about hometowns you never can escape G (320003@1) The triumphs and the tragedies, the tawdry little fates Dsus4 (xx0233@1) Em7 The welling of nostalgia, the feeling kinda strange G (320003@1) Cause despite all the little changes, this place still feels the same Dsus4 (xx0233@1) Em7 There's something about coming back to your hometown again, G (320003@1) The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends, Dsus4 (xx0233@1) Em7 And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go, G (320003@1) DI'm (xx0232@1)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|-----------------|
