Wessex Boy

intro: D, G, D, G, Em, D  x2

specific chords to play melody as well: (watch here for rhythm -
    D     G
E|--2--2--3--0--0--| 
B|--3--0--3--3--3--| 
G|--2--2--0--0--0--| 
D|--------0--4--2--| 
A|--------2--2--0--| 
E|--------3--3--3--| 



D                                                      G
Let me tell you all a little story of the things I've found,
D                                                            G
Hanging out and drinking with my friends in the cathedral grounds,
D                                                  G
And later dodging drunks as we dance along Jewry Street,
D                                                  G
As we wander up town to the railway our friends to meet,

        D                               Em7
There's something about coming back to your hometown again,
     G
The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
           D                                 Em7
And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
      G                                 D
I'm a Wessex Boy and when I'm here I'm home
Melody: (or on one guitar repeat the intro x2)
E|--10--7-----------------|    
B|----------10--7--5--3---|    
G|------------------------| x4 
D|------------------------|    
A|------------------------|    
E|------------------------|    



D                                                       G
Let me tell you all a little story of the things I've lost,
D                                                  G
Huddling for warmth on the top step of the Buttercross,
  D                                                  G
Sitting on the benches by the bridges at the riverside,
D                                                            G
Of counting down the hours for the buses cause I missed my ride

        D                               Em7
There's something about coming back to your hometown again,
     G
The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
           D                                  Em7
And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
      G                                               Bm
I'm a Wessex Boy, a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm home

                    G              Em7          D
And one day I will hear this song anonymous and sweet,
        Bm           G                   Em7           D
Ringing out from a buskers guitar on the ancient city streets,
      Bm                G              Em7         D
I'll pause a while and smile before I continue on alone,
     Em7                                   G
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)
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 or the intro during the ba ba ba's:
E|--10--7-----------------|    
B|----------10--7--5--3---|    
G|------------------------| x4 
D|------------------------|    
A|------------------------|    
E|------------------------|    


         D                           Em7
There's something about hometowns you never can escape
     G
The triumphs and the tragedies, the tawdry little fates
      D                       Em7
The welling of nostalgia, the feeling kinda strange
       G
Cause despite all the little changes, this place still feels the same

         D                             Em7
There's something about coming back to your hometown again,
     G
The place where you grew up and where you found your firmest friends,
           D                                 Em7
And though none of them still live here, I've got nowhere to go,
      G                                               D
I'm a Wessex Boy, a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm home



outro part 1:  same as intro

outro part 2:
E|-----------------|    
B|--7--5--3--3--3--|    
G|-----------------| x8 
D|-----------------|    
A|-----------------|    
E|-----------------|