Augustana - Boston Chords & Tabs

 

Boston Chords & Tabs

Augustana Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Chords

Boston Chords

   
Song: Boston
Artist: Augustana
Tabbed By: Brett(wrsrider@yahoo.com)

Here's my version:

for intro and verse the chords are: C Em Am x2 F C F G
play them only on the high 3 strings -- 

   C  Em  Am  then   F   C   F   G
e|-3--3---5---7--8---5---3---5---7------|
B|-5--5---5---5--5---6---5---6---8------|
G|-5--4---5---5--5---5---5---5---7------|
D|-x--x---x---x--x---x---x---x---x------|
A|-x--x---x---x--x---x---x---x---x------|
E|-x--x---x---x--x---x---x---x---x------|

verse lyrics:
C          Em           Am       F           C    F           G
    in the light of the sun..... is there anyone? oh it has begun...
C      Em               Am       F                C    
    oh dear you look so lost.... eyes are red and tears are shed,
         F                 G
    this world you must've crossed...you said...


Prechorus: C Em F G   two measures of each, played on the quarter notes

    C   Em    F    G  or  G  or  G  whichever you like best
e|--0----0----1----3------3------3--------|
B|--1----0----1----3------0------3--------|
G|--0----0----2----0------0------4--------|
D|--x----x----x----x------x------x--------|
A|--x----x----x----x------x------x--------|
E|--x----x----x----x------x------x--------|

prechorus lyrics:
C                  Em                F     G
you don't know me, you don't even care, oh yeah and you said
C                  Em                F             G
you don't know me, you don't wear my chains...  oh yeah

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/augustana/boston_crd_ver_2.html ]
verse again:
essential and appealed, carry all your thoughts across 
an open field,
when flowers gaze at you...they're not the only ones who cry
when they see you
you said...


Prechorus again:
you don't know me, you don't even care, oh yeah and you said
you don't know me, you don't wear my chains... oh yeah


Chorus:  Use full open chord shapes
     C   Em   F   G or G or G whichever you like better
e|---0----0---1---3----3----3------------------|
B|---1----0---1---3----0----3------------------|
G|---0----0---2---0----0----4------------------|
D|---2----2---3---0----0----5------------------|
A|---3----2---3---2----2----5------------------|
E|---3----0---1---3----3----3------------------|

chorus lyrics:
                            C
she said I think I'll go to Boston...
                         Em
I think I'll start a new life,
                      F                           G
I think I'll start it over, where no one knows my name,
I'll get out of California, I'm tired of the weather,
I think I'll get a lover and fly em out to Spain...
I think I'll go to Boston, 
I think that I'm just tired
I think I need a new town, to leave this all behind...
I think I need a sunrise, I'm tired of the sunset,
I hear it's nice in the Summer, some snow would be nice...



Prechorus again, but use C Em F and G chord voicings from verse:

you don't know me, you don't even care, oh yeah



Final line using chorus chords: on the eigth note all downstrokes
C        Em                          F              
      Boston...where no one knows my name... 
G                           C         
      where no one knows my name....  
Em                          F
      where no one knows my name....           

G     (slow down)            C (slow strum)
      where no one knows my name