Dido – Smalltown Boy (Guitar)

Capo 1

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For Intro: Picking pattern For Verse 1: Picking pattern For Verse 2: Picking pattern For Chorus 1: Picking pattern For Verse 3: First chord strum once + picking pattern + cajon + tambourine For Verse 4: Picking pattern + cajon + tambourine, start strumming pattern on C For Chorus 2: Strumming pattern + cajon + tambourine For Bridge: Strumming pattern + cajon + tambourine For Verse 1: First chord strum once, other chords pick each once on 1, picking pattern on Dm, then strumming pattern For Chorus: Strumming pattern + cajon + tambourine For Outro (like Bridge): Strumming pattern + cajon + tambourine

Picking pattern:
  Am         G          Dm         C Cadd9 C
e|------------------------1---1---------------|
B|--1---1------3---3------3---3------1---3--1-|
G|--2---2------0---0-----2---2---2---0---0--0-|
D|-2---2---2--0---0---0-0---0---0---2---2-----|
A|0---0---0------------------------3---3---3--|
E|-----------3---3---3------------------------|

[Intro] Am G Dm C Cadd9 C [Verse 1]

    Am
You leave in the morning

     G
With everything you own

     Dm           C
In a little black case

  Am
Alone on a platform

    G
The wind and the rain

     Dm      C Cadd9 C
On a sad and lonely

Am    G     Dm    C Cadd9 C
face

[Verse 2]

Am                G
Mother will never understand

        Dm           C Cadd9 C
Why you had to leave

        Am
But the answers you seek

     G                 Dm   C
Will never be found at home

    Am
The love that you need

     G                 Dm   C
Will never be found at home

[Chorus]

     Am
Run away, turn away

     G                    Dm   C
Run away, turn away, run away

     Am
Run away, turn away

     G                    Dm   C Cadd9 C
Run away, turn away, run away

[Verse 3]

Am                G
Pushed around and kicked around

         Dm          C
Always a lonely boy

Am
You were the one

            G                  Dm
That they'd talk about around town

                C Cadd9 C
As they put you down

[Verse 4]

       Am                 G
And as hard as they would try

               Dm            C Cadd9 C
They'd hurt to make you cry

        Am             G
But you never cried to them

             Dm    C
Just to your soul

        Am             G
No, you never cried to them

             Dm    C
Just to your soul

[Chorus]

     Am
Run away, turn away

     G                    Dm   C
Run away, turn away, run away

     Am
Run away, turn away

     G                    Dm   C
Run away, turn away, run away

[Bridge]

Am  G  Dm  C
Cry

Am  G  Dm  C
Cry

Am  G  Dm  C
Cry

Am  G  Dm  C
Cry

[Verse 1]

    Am
You leave in the morning

     G
With everything you own

     Dm           C
In a little black case

  Am
Alone on a platform

    G
The wind and the rain

     Dm      C
On a sad and lonely

Am    G     Dm    C
face

[Chorus]

     Am
Run away, turn away

     G                    Dm   C
Run away, turn away, run away

     Am
Run away, turn away

     G                    Dm   C
Run away, turn away, run away

[Outro]

Am  G  Dm  C
Cry

Am  G  Dm  C
Cry

Am  G  Dm  C
Cry

Am  G  Dm
Cry