A Town Called Blue

Song

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Date: 5 Feb 1996 10:15:01 +0000

From: "Boulton, Nic" <Nic.Boulton@mcl.co.uk>

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.

Nic

Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk