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A New England Tabs

(ver. 1)
Billy Bragg
Billy plays the song on an electric guitar and the whole song is pretty much just palm 
with some open strums in between. But I noticed some tabs were way off and others close, 
I'm going to make a better one.

F |---| C |---| D |---| Bb |---| Am |---|
  |---|   |---|   |---|    |---|    |---|
  |---|   |-5-|   |-7-|    |-3-|    |---|
  |-3-|   |-5-|   |-7-|    |-3-|    |-7-|
  |-3-|   |-3-|   |-5-|    |-1-|    |-7-|
  |-1-|   |---|   |---|    |---|    |-5-|

Note: play F power chords palm muted and quick and pull off every 8th note on the E 
for every "F" so:

-INTRO-

*PM
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|


F
I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song
   C                   D
I'm twenty-two now but I won't be for long
Bb                                 F
People ask me when will you grow up to be a man
           C                               Bb                   F
But all the girls I loved at school are already pushing prams

F
I loved you then as I love you still
   C                          D
Though I put you on a pedestal, I put you on the pill
Bb                      F
I don't feel bad about letting you go
           C                  F
I just feel bad about letting you know

(Before each chorus he plays a quick opens strum of Bb so it's like a 16th note of just 
strums then back to palm muting...)


Bb                   Am           F
   I don't want to change the world
F                              D
   I'm not looking for A New England
            Bb                    Am         C
   I'm just looking for another girl
Bb                   Am           F
   I don't want to change the world
F                              D
   I'm not looking for A New England
            Bb           C        F
   I'm just looking for another girl

F
I loved the words you wrote to me
   C                     D
But that was bloody yesterday
Bb                         F
I can't survive on what you send
C             Bb          F
Everytime you need a friend

F
I saw two shooting stars last night
   C              D
I wished on them but they were only sattelites
Bb                             F
Is It wrong to wish on space hardware?
C       Bb      F
I wish I wish I wish you'd care
Bb                 Am          F
I don't want to change the world...

Ends with:

F|---| C |---| Bb|---|
 |---|   |---|   |---|
 |-10-|  |---|   |---|
 |-10-|  |-10-|  |-8-|
 |-8-|   |-10-|  |-8-|
 |---|   |-8-|   |-6-|

-Outro-

F, C, Bb, C

e|-----------------------|   x2
B|-----------------------|
G|-10-10-----------------|
D|-8--8--10-10-8-8-10-10-|
A|-8--8--10-10-8-8-10-10-|
E|-------8--8--6-6-8--8--|

End on:

e|---------------------8--|
B|---------------------10-|
G|-10------10------10--10-|
D|-10------10------10--10-|
A|-8-------8-------8---8--|
E|---------------------x--|

AND I KNOW THIS TAB ISN'T 100% CORRECT. BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OTHER PULL OFFS AND 
BUT I HOPE IT HELPS YOU OUT ! =]
            
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