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A Town Called Blue

Boo Hewerdine

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#----------------------------------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
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