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Augustana

Boston

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×
G
Am×
Fm7Diagram coming soon
E

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: 
C ? G ? Am 
Fm7/E ? C ? Am - G 
 
C       G           Am   Fm7/E       C     Am       G 
In the light of the sun, is there anyone? oh it has begun... 
C   G                Am     Fm7/E             C      
Oh dear you look so lost, eyes are red and tears are shed, 
Am                      G  
This world you must've crossed...you said... 
 
C                   G              Fm7/E      G       
You don't know me, you don't even care,    oh yeah 
C                  G                  Fm7/E        G 
You don't know me, you don't wear my chains...  oh yeah 
 
C ? G ? Am 
Fm7/E ? C ? Am - G 
 
C     G            Am       Fm7/E           C         Am        
    Essential and appealed, carry all your thoughts across  
          G 
An open field, 
C      G               Am        
  When flowers gaze at you 
Fm7/E                 C        Am           G   
They're not the only ones who cry when they see you... You said... 
 
C                   G              Fm7/E      G       
You don't know me, you don't even care,    oh yeah... you said 
C                  G                  Fm7/E        G 
You don't know me, you don't wear my chains...  oh yeah 
 
                             C  
She said I think I?ll go to Boston... 
                      G 
I think I?ll start a new life, 
                      Fm7/E                       G   
I think I?ll start it over, where no one knows my name, 
                     C                        G 
I?ll get out of California, I?m tired of the weather, 
                    Fm7/E                  G 
I think I?ll get a lover and fly'em out to Spain... 
                    C 
I think I?ll go to Boston,  
                       G 
I think that I?m just tired 
                 Fm7/E                          G 
I think I need a new town, to leave this all behind... 
                  C                         G 
I think I need a sunrise, I?m tired of the sunset,  
                         Fm7/E                      G 
I hear it's nice in the summer; some snow would be nice... 
C                   G              Fm7/E      G       
You don't know me, you don't even care,    oh yeah... 
 
C       G                            Fm7/E    G     
      Boston...where no one knows my name... ... where no one knows my 
C       G                            Fm7/E     G     
name...       where no one knows my name...     
Intro: 
C ? G ? Am       Fm7/E ? C ? Am ? G                       C 
                                   where no one knows my name...      
 
          
 

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Chord set

C · G · Am · Fm7 · E

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.