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Where Have All the Bootboys Gone

A.c.a.b.
Tab
★4.8(5)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

ACAB-Where Have All The Bootboys Gone

Tuning: standard

INTRO-Play 1x

e|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------------------------|
B|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------------------------|
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------------------------|
D|-5----5x--|------2x--|-2--------|----------|-------------------------------|
A|-3----3x--|-5----2x--|-2----7x--|-7----3x--|-3----5x-----------------------|
E|----------|-3----0x--|-0----5x--|-5----1x--|-1----3x-----------------------|

Little solo after INTRO & while VERSE

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7b-5~--7-7b-5-4~--7-7b-5---------5-------4-5-5/10~-9-9-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-5~---|
D|--------------------------7~--5-7---7~--5----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7b-5-4~--/10-9-7b-5--------5------4-5-5/10~-9-9-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-5~--------|
D|-----------------------7~-5-7---7~-5---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE-Play 2x

C5 Em

e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
E|----------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|

A5 F5 G5

e|----------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
B|----------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
G|----------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|

I still remember those glory days

Where no one dared to get in our ways

It only seems like yesterday

Seeing boots and braces all the way

We used to live out on the streets

We used to drink and used to steal to eat

We shared the joy and we shared the pain

I' ve never thought you'd call it a day

CHORUS

F5 G5

e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------|

C5 Em A5

e|------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
E|------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|

F5 G5

e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------|

C5

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

We Were So Proud

We were so strong

But now where have all the bootboys gone

The joy we had

The pain we shared

Are always on my mind

A little solo thingy in the chorus on the third note

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-5/8~-6~-5~----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5~5-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

GUITAR SOLO

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7b-5~--7-7b-5-4~--7-7b-5---------5-------4-5-5/10~-9-9-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-5~---|
D|--------------------------7~--5-7---7~--5----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7b-5-4~--/10-9-7b-5--------5------4-5-5/10~-9-9-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-5~--------|
D|-----------------------7~-5-7---7~-5---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

LEGEND

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

Tabbed by ErOsSKiN_Smigal

E-Mail: ad_redsamurai@hotmail.com

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