Date: 5 Feb 1996 10:15:01 +0000
From: «Boulton, Nic»
Subject: /h/Boo Hewerdine/A Town Called Blue.tab
A Town Called Blue (Boo Hewerdine)
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This is on Boo Hewerdine’s first album, Evidence. Written and performed with
Darden Smith.
[Intro] :
Em* (B) (A) (B7)
e ——————————————————————2p0—|
B ——————————————————————0——|
G —————————————————————2——-|
D —————2—————-2-(4)-(2)——————————-|
A ———2————-2-sl-4——————0——-0—1—2———-|
E —-0——————————————————————|
Em* (B) (A) (B7)
e ————————————————————2———|
B ———————————————-2————-0———|
G ———————————————-2————-2———|
D —————2—————2-(4)-(2)——2————-1———|
A ———-2————2-sl-4——————0————-2———|
E —-0—————————————————————-|
Em* (B) (A) (B7)
e ——————————————————————2p0—|
B ——————————————————————0——|
G —————————————————————2——-|
D —————2—————-2-(4)-(2)——————————-|
A ———2————-2-sl-4——————0——-0—1—2———-|
E —-0——————————————————————|
I was born and I’ll die in a town called blue
Em* (B) (A) (B7)
e —————————————————————-2——|
B ————————————————2—————0——|
G ————————————————2—————2——|
D ——————2—————-2-(4)-(2)—-2—————1——|
A ————2—————2-sl-4—————0—————2——|
E —-0——————————————————————|
where streets are paved with memories borrowed from the truth
Em(VII) D(V) A A/E
I’ll go out walking seeing shadows of youth
G C G
I was born in a town called blue
C G Em(VII) D(V)
So, baby get out your needle and thread
C C/F# Am B
Try to sew up this hole in my head
C G Em(VII) D(V)
Was it too smart, too late or too much too soon
C D G
Born in a town called blue
[Break]:
G(III)v^v^v (B(VII)) (Em(VII)) (B(VII)) (D) (G(III))
e —3—
B —4— / sl h p /
G —5————5-7-5-7(9)—14(16)14—12-11—-11-12-11—11—15(17)-
D —5—-
C G Em(VII) D(V)
So, baby get out your needle and thread
C C/F# Am B
Try to sew up this hole in my head
C G Em(VII) D(V)
Was it too smart, too late or too much too soon
C D
Born in a town
B(VII) Em(VII)
Born in a town
C D
Born in a town called . .
Em* (B) (A)
e ——————————————————
B ————————————————2—-
G ————————————————2—-
D ——————2—————-2-(4)-(2)—-2—-
A ————2—————2-sl-4—————0—-
E —-0————————————————
blue
B7 B7 Em
a town called blue.
Chord fingerings:
EADGBe
022000 — Em
X02220 — A
X21202 — B7
X79987 — Em(VII)
x57775 — D(V)
002220 — A/E
320003 — G
X32010 — C
355433 — G(III)
2X0010 — C/F#
XX0232 — D
X02210 — Am
X24442 — B
797877 — B7(VII)
* play Em with your 3rd & 4th fingers, then slide those upto the 4th fret
Bend notation :
/
x(y) fretted at x, pick and bend upto y
x(y)x fretted at x, pre-bent (to y), pick and release bend back down to x
h is a hammer on
p is a pull-off
sl is a slide
^v^v^v^v is tremolo (?with a wang bar)
I’m not at all sure about the C/F# and in theory, the Bs and As should all be
minor chords, but it doesn’t sound right like that. Any suggestions welcome.