Wessex Boy
Frank TurnerVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
, , x4 (no last time)
Let me tell you all a little story of the things I've found,
Hanging out and drinking with my friends in the cathedral grounds,
And later dodging drunks as we dance along Jewry Street,
As we wander up town to the railway our friends to meet,
There's something about coming back to your hometown again,
The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
I'm a Wessex Boy and when I'm here I'm home
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(chords that you can play instead are: Dsus4, Em7, G x4)
Let me tell you all a little story of the things I've lost,
Huddling for warmth on the top step of the Buttercross,
Sitting on the benches by the bridges at the riverside,
Of counting down the hours for the buses cause I missed my ride
There's something about coming back to your hometown again,
The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
I'm a Wessex Boy, a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm home
And one day I will hear this song anonymous and sweet,
Ringing out from a buskers guitar on the ancient city streets,
I'll pause a while and smile before I continue on alone,
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)
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play this during the ba ba ba's:
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There's something about hometowns you never can escape
The triumphs and the tragedies, the tawdry little fates
The welling of nostalgia, the feeling kinda strange
Cause despite all the little changes, this place still feels the same
There's something about coming back to your hometown again,
The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
I'm a Wessex Boy, a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm home
outro part 1: , , x4
outro part 2:
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Readable chord sheet for Wessex Boy by Frank Turner
[Dsus4], [Em7], [G] x4 (no [G] last time) [D]Let me tell you all a little story of the t[Em7]hings I've fo[G]und, [D]Hanging out and drinking with my friends in the cath[Em7]edral gro[G]unds, [D]And later dodging drunks as we dance along J[Em7]ewry St[G]reet, [D]As we wander up town to the railway our fr[Em7]iends to [G]meet, There's [Dsus4]something about coming back to y[Em7]our hometown again, The p[G]lace where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends, And though [Dsus4]none of them still live here, I've [Em7]got nowhere to go, I'm a [G]Wessex Boy and when I'm here I'm h[D]ome e|--10--7-----------------| B|----------10--7--5--3---| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| (chords that you can play instead are: Dsus4, Em7, G x4) [D]Let me tell you all a little story of the t[Em7]hings I've lo[G]st, [D]Huddling for warmth on the top step of the [Em7]Buttercro[G]ss, Si[D]tting on the benches by the bridges at the[Em7] riversid[G]e, [D]Of counting down the hours for the buses cause I [Em7]missed my ri[G]de There's [Dsus4]something about coming back to y[Em7]our hometown again, The p[G]lace where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends, And though [Dsus4]none of them still live here, I've [Em7]got nowhere to go, I'm a [G]Wessex Boy, a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm h[Bm]ome And one day I will h[G]ear this song a[Em7]nonymous and [D]sweet, Ringing [Bm]out from a bu[G]skers guitar on the [Em7]ancient city s[D]treets, I'll p[Bm]ause a while and s[G]mile before I c[Em7]ontinue on a[D]lone, And s[Em7]omebody else will sing the words and I[G]'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---| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| There's s[Dsus4]omething about hometowns you [Em7]never can escape The t[G]riumphs and the tragedies, the tawdry little fates The we[Dsus4]lling of nostalgia, the f[Em7]eeling kinda strange Cause d[G]espite all the little changes, this place still feels the same There's s[Dsus4]omething about coming back to y[Em7]our hometown again, The p[G]lace where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends, And though [Dsus4]none of them still live here, I've [Em7]got nowhere to go, I'm a [G]Wessex Boy, a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm h[D]ome outro part 1: [Dsus4], [Em7], [G] x4 outro part 2: e|-----------------| B|--7--5--3--3--3--| D|-----------------| A|-----------------| E|-----------------|