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Wessex Boy chords by Frank Turner

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  • Em

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  • A

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Let me tell
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you all a little story of the things I've found,
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Hanging out and drinking with my
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friends in the cathedral grounds,
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And later dodging drunks as we
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dance along Jury Street,
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As we wander up town to the railway
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our friends to meet,

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Verse 2
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There's something about coming
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back to your hometown again,
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The place where you grew up and where
you found your firmest friends,
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And though none of them still live here,
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I've got nowhere to go,
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I'm a Wessex Boy and when I'm here
Interlude 1
I'm home
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Verse 3
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Let me tell you all a little story of
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the things I've lost,
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Huddling for warmth on the top
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step of the Buttercross,
Sitting on the benches by
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the bridges at the riverside,
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Of counting down the hours for the buses
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cause I missed my ride
Verse 4
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There's something about coming
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back to your hometown again,
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The place where you grew up and where you
found your firmest friends,
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And though none of them still live here,
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I've got nowhere to go,
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I'm a Wessex Boy,
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a Wessex boy and when I'm here I'm home
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And one day I will hear this song an
Verse 5
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onymous and sweet,
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Ringing out from a buskers guitar on the ancient city streets,
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I'll stand along while and smile
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before I continue on the road,
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And somebody else will sing the words and I'll
Interlude 2
feel like I'm home
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There's
Verse 6
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Em
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something about
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hometowns you never can escape
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The triumphs and the tragedies
and those of little faith
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The welling of nostalgia and feeling kind of strange,
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Cause despite the little changes yeah this
place still feels the same
Verse 7
A
There's something about coming
Em
back to your hometown again,
G
The place where you grew up and where you
found your firmest friends,
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And though none of them still live here,
Em
I've got nowhere to go,
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I'm a Wessex Boy,
I'm a Wessex boy and when I'm here
Outro 1
I'm home
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