Frank Turner – After The Rush Hour (Guitar)

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Chords

G*: 3x0033
C/G: 332010
[Intro] F, Am, G, Em F, C/G, G*, Am, G* (x2) [Verse]
F          Am
I am the small town linesman

G                  Em           
And you'll find me out here on the line.

F          C/G           G*
Searching ceaselessly to simply

       Am      G*       F
Find a place i can call mine.

      Am              G
Every corner of this country

              Em                 F
Criss-crossed out with coloured lines.

          C/G
The city lies before me,

G*              Am      G*   C/G
Another city sprawling out behind.
[Chorus]
              Em        C/G
Cos I'm a frontiers man,

                 Em     
Trapped in suburban England.
[Verse]
F          Am
Since the Scramble ended,

    G              Em
Since the West was won on wagon trails,

F               C/G           G*
It seems the Mazzini's paradisical

  Am    G*      F
Panopticon prevailed.

        Am               G
My walkabouts no longer take me

         Em                   F
Beyond a choice of different jails.

              C/G                       G*
Why should i have to choose a state

            Am      G*       C/G                
When every one of them has failed?
[Chorus]
              Em        C/G
Cos I'm a frontiers man,

                 Em     
Trapped in suburban England.
[Post-Chorus]
Dm                   C          
And i promise not to overthrow the state

      D#(slide up C shape)
If allowed to redraw the atlas before

  Dm C
I emigrate.
[Bridge] So I have sailed the seven seas alone, Trying to find a shore I can call home. But all i found are different flags, Double-speaking diplomats, and I do not have time for that. So I'll declare my own sovereign state, The borders based on the Bottoms of my boots, And i will open embasies Wherever the hell i please, And at assemblies You will see me sat But never on my knees. [Chorus]
C/G           Em        C/G
Cos I'm a frontiers man,

                 Em     
Trapped in suburban England.
[Post-Chorus]
Dm                   C          
And i promise not to overthrow the state

      D#(slide up C shape)
If allowed to redraw the atlas before

  Dm C
I emiiigrate.

Dm                         C
And I'd gladly leave your Metternich's alone 

       D#(slide up C shape)
As long as where

                           Dm  C
I lay my head i can be my very own.
[Intro] F Am G Em
   F     C/G         G* Am  G* C/G
I am the Winchester liiiiiiiineman.
[Chorus]
              Em        C/G
Cos I'm a frontiers man,

                 Em     
Trapped in suburban England.

C/G             Em
But here I will not remain-

C/G
No I'll ride into the sunset,

         Em                     Dm
Where my horse waits on the plain,

                          C slide to  D#  
And I keep walking the liiiiiiiiiiiiine.