Patty Griffin - Boston

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