+
-

A Town Called Blue

Boo Hewerdine

Text File

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
#
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)
----------------------------------

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.

Nic

Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk