From John's second album 'Map Or Direction'.

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Standard tuning - capo 5th fret 
John plays drop D or DADGAD on this, but I'm using standard tuning here

Verse 1
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G (320003@1)                                /F# /E DWell (xx0232@1)I guess that I'd die with my friends at  my side
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)                /F# /E  DPuzzled (xx0232@1)young faces just slipped a  -way slowly
  C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)I thought of the times I was drunk on the railway
/F#  Em (022000@1)                  A7 (x02020@1)           D (xx0232@1)La - mented the time I was smashed in the square

Verse 2
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G (320003@1)          /F#           G (320003@1)  /F# /E  DSo (xx0232@1)around I did wander for to find my  way home
   C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)              /F# /E DOn (xx0232@1)feet made of nothing it's har-der to roam
  C (x32010@1)            GI (320003@1)trooped up the coastline
  C (x32010@1)         GA (320003@1)walk on the moor
    EmSaw (022000@1)no big wide river
   A7 (x02020@1)             DNo (xx0232@1)glorious faraway shore

Refrain 1
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G (320003@1)   /F#       G (320003@1)  /A /B
And every now and a-gain
  C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)              /F# /E  DI (xx0232@1)go into town just to see my  old friends
     C (x32010@1)         GIt's (320003@1)such an odd feeling
      C (x32010@1)            GTheir (320003@1)eyes burn like embers
      C (x32010@1)             GTheir (320003@1)minds are these forests
      C (x32010@1)              GWhere (320003@1)thoughts fall as timber
   Em (022000@1)               A7 (x02020@1)Be-fore I'm dragged a-way
C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)       GEvery (320003@1)now and a-gain

Inst 
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G (320003@1) /F#   G (320003@1) /F#   /E   D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C   G (320003@1) /F#   /E   D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)

Verse 3
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G (320003@1)       /F#          G (320003@1)   /F# /E  DNow (xx0232@1)I have no form I could climb in  her spine
    C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)             /F#   /E DHer (xx0232@1)blood is like wine to a ghost drunk on sadness
    C (x32010@1)           GAnd (320003@1)time moves on slowly
   C (x32010@1)           GIn (320003@1)time I'll for-give her
   EmBe-cause (022000@1)when she holds hands with him
A7 (x02020@1)                     DI (xx0232@1)know she's thinking of me

Refrain 2
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G (320003@1)   /F#       G (320003@1)  /A /B 
And every now and a-gain
  C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)          /F#  /E     DI (xx0232@1)like to i-magine and I like to pre-tend
       C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)        GIt's (320003@1)a glorious feeling I'll be re-membered 
    C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)         GFor (320003@1)all my good deeds these eighteen De-cembers
   Em (022000@1)               A7 (x02020@1)Be-fore I'm dragged a-way
C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)       GEvery (320003@1)now and a-gain

Change
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C (x32010@1)         B (x2444x@1)           EmOut-side (022000@1)of the book there is no resurrection
    Am (x02210@1)      D (xx0232@1)           GThe (320003@1)valley be-low threatens me with a home
C (x32010@1)      B (x2444x@1)         EmHeaven (022000@1)a-bove has no map or direction
     C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)        CWhen-ever (x32010@1)you can cast a glance
       G (320003@1)         DTo (xx0232@1)the shadows for me

Refrain 3 | end
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G (320003@1)  /F#         G (320003@1) /A  /B
Yes I'll try without end
   C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)            /F#   /E  DTo (xx0232@1)seek others like me whom I might be -friend
   C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)       GIt (320003@1)drives like a madness there's no way to reach them
    C (x32010@1)          GYou (320003@1)catch just a glimpse
        C (x32010@1)       GBut (320003@1)you never can touch them
   Em (022000@1)                  A7 (x02020@1)Be-fore you're dragged a-way
C (x32010@1)   DEvery (xx0232@1)now
C (x32010@1)   DEvery (xx0232@1)now
C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)       GEvery (320003@1)now and a-gain



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I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
August 2012

watfordkev@gmail.com