Patty Griffin – Boston chords

Boston by Patty Griffin
Album: Silver Bell
Track 3
2013


Standard Tuning
Capo on the 4th fret


Chords:

C:     x32010
G:     320003 or 320033
D:     xx0232
E:     022100
A:     x02220


    Intro:    C    G    D    C    x 3    C    G    D

              E    A    x 4


E                A I went back to Boston
E                           A Back to the city you were lost in
E                    A I went back to the place
                            E    A Without your face in the stone

E                  A Walked around Harvard Square
      E                 A The runaway kids are still hanging out there
                 E   And I took the red line
  A                             E      A All the way across the River Charles


  C                   G Some things try and try
           D                   C But they never fly, and they never fly
      C                 G You reach up from the waves
                       D    C          E    A    E    A And find that you're only waving goodbye


E                 A Went walking in Boston
E                A Over a bridge I used to walk on
        E I was looking for my heart
            A                      E    A That I'd flung into that sea of stone


         E                    A Boston said, you need not apply
E                     A For your license to fly
             E                       A Hey, young lady, don't look so surprised
                       E     A You know you're not alone


  C                   G Some things try and try
           D                   C But they never fly, and they never fly
      C                 G You reach up from the waves
                       D    C          E    A    E    A And find that you're only waving goodbye


 C    G    D    C    C    G    D    (C)


E                (A) It was Memorial Day
E                    (A) I went to where you lay
                          E There were thousands of people
           (A)                  E    (A) Just like you in a giant graveyard

E                 A You came all of that way
                  E                  A   Looking for the sky, you got a slap in the face
            E                A You had a desperate need to be loved
                            E You just got put in that place
                   A           You better know your place, boy


  C                   G Some things try and try
           D                   C But they never fly, and they never fly
      C                 G You reach up from the waves
                       D    C          E    A    E    A And find that you're only waving goodbye
  E    A Only waving
        E     A You're only waving
        E     A You're only waving
        E     A          C      G      D      C      C      G      D      (C) You're only waving goodbye