Frank Turner – Nashville Tennessee (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

G* = this riff...
e|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A|-2-0-2-3-0-0-0-3-2-0-2-2--|
E|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3--|
[Intro] G* G* G* G* [Verse 1]
         G*                    G*             C          D     G*
From the heart of the Southern Downs, to the North-East London reservoirs,

         G*                         G*                C    D       G*
From the start, the land scaped my sound, before I'd ever been to America.
[Chorus]
       C         D               G     D/F#     C
And if I knew anybody who played pedal steel guitar,

    C              D                G          D/F#     C
I'd get them in my band and then my band would get real far,

          C                B7                  Em        D     C
But I was raised in middle England, and not in Nashville Tennessee,

        C           D
And the only person in my band is me.
G* G* [Verse 2]
         G*                 G*         C         D        G*
A simple scale on an old guitar, and a punk rock sense of honesty.

         G*                  G*          C            D          G*
I cannot fail, I've got this far with no knowledge of mid-west geography.
[Chorus]
       C          D                  G        D/F#       C
And if I knew anywhere where I could drive in a straight line

    C                 D                     G     D/F# C
For hours through the desert, I'd drive for hours at a time.

          C                B7              Em        D     C
But I was raised in middle England, not in Nashville Tennessee,

        C           D
And the only person in this car is me.
G* [Bridge]
Am                C         G                   D           Am
   And yes I'm in four-four time, and yes I use cheap cheap rhymes,

                    C        G*
But I try to make a sound my own.

Am                 C        G                 D              Am
   I know I don't break new ground, many have travelled this sound,

                     C
But I try to make it sound like home.
[Solo] G* G* C D G* [Verse 3]
          G                             G
Well I've been to Texas state, I didn't think it was that fucking great,

      C                         D
And Nebraska is just a bunch of songs,

             Em                A7
Holloway and Hampshire where I belong.
[Chorus]
      C             D              G     D/F#     C
And I don't know anybody who plays pedal steel guitar,

        C              D             G      D/F#  C
All the city roads are twisted and I do not own a car.

      C                B7              Em        D     C
I was raised in middle England, not in Nashville Tennessee,

        C              D
And the only thing I'm offering is me.
[Outro] G* G* G* G*