A Town Called Blue

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