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16 Miles (Boo Hewerdine)

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This is on Boo Hewerdine’s second album, Ignorance. It’s in Ab (capo at 1)
both live and on the album. Below is written as though played in G at the nut.

(Intro & verse) :

[(G)] [C+2] [C(b5)+2] [Em7(+2)]

e----------|---3-3-3-3-3-2-|---3-3-3-3-3-2-|---3-3-3-3-3-2-|---3-3-3-3-3-|
B----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-|
G----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D----------|-2-------------|-0-------------|-2-------------|-2----------:|
A--0-2-0-3-|-3-------------|---------------|-2-------------|-2-----------|
E-3--------|---------------|---------------|(0)------------|(0)----------|

Just keep that tab going throughout the song (except the bridge).

Cadd2 Dsus4 Em7
D’you ever see London at night and not want to go home ?
D’you ever take drugs stay up late just to see what you would see
D’you ever have love and hate scratched across your hand ?
or did you turn
round with 16 miles to go ?

Cadd2 Dsus4 Em7
D’you ever just walk away and disappear for days ?
D’ou ever have a girl—-friend called Catherine Wheel?
D’you ever come home from work and say I’m never going back again?
or did you turn
round with 16 miles to go ?

(Outro):

first 3 bars of TAB above, followed by :
[/F#]

e --3---3-----3---3------3--3--3--3---3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3--3--3----||
B --3---3-----3---3------3--3--3--3---3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3--3--3----||
G --0---0-----0---0------0--0--0--0---0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0--0--0----||
D --2---2-----2---2------2--2--2--2---2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2--0--0----||
A --2---2-----2---2------2--2--2--2---2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2--2--2----||
E --0---0-----0---0------0--0--0--0---0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0--2--3----||

. . . .

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Heavy on the bass strings

EADGBe
X32033 – Cadd2
X32032 – C(b5)add2 – ‘flattened fifth’
XX0233 – Dsus4
XX0232 – D
022033 – Em7
022033 – Em7add2
320033 – G
022100 – E
022200 – Esus4

The trick is to fret the B and e strings ‘the wrong way round’ (i.e. pinky on
B string, 3rd finger on e string) so you can slide down to the second fret on
the e string for the last beat in each bar (marked above).

e.g. for a Cadd2 going to C(b5)add2 (second bar)
______o____
| | | | | |
|_|_|_|_|_|
| | | | | |
|_|_1_|_|(3)
| | | | | |
|_2_|_|_4_3
| | | | | |
|_|_|_|_|_|

I think that’s about it, any comments (or better chord names!) welcome.

Nic