North Country Boy tab by The Charlatans

Tabs

I'll start off will the chords:
	E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE
A augmentedA	x O 2 2 2 O
Dsus2/A	x O 4 2 3 O
F# minorF#m	2 4 4 2 2 2
E MajorE	O 2 2 1 O O
D MajorD	x x O 2 3 2
C5C5	x 3 5 x x x
B minorBm	x 2 4 4 3 2
G+G	3 2 O O O 3

Intro
-----
Chords:	   A augmentedA   .  Dsus2/A   .
	E MajorE|-----------------------------------|
	BB|--------5-5-5-------5-5-5-----5-5--|
	G+G|--4h6-6-------4h6-6-------4h6------|
	D MajorD|-----------------------------------|
	A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|
	E MajorE|-----------------------------------|	x4

Verse 1
 It's just the rhythm guitar in the verse except for a few lead fills
which I'll tab when we get to them:

A augmentedA  Dsus2/A	A augmentedA  Dsus2/A
Hey, Country boy,
A augmentedA  Dsus2/A	A augmentedA  Dsus2/A
Hey, Country boy,
       A augmentedA		Dsus2/A		    A augmentedA
What are you sad about, every day you make the sun come out,
F# minorF#m	  E MajorE
Even in the pouring rain,
		 D MajorD			   C5C5
I'll come to see you, And I'll save you, I'll save you.

Fill 1
  A augmentedA  .   Dsus2/A .  .  . A augmentedA .
E MajorE|-----------------------|---------O----|
BB|-/10-10-10-10---10-10--|------3--2----|
G+G|-/11-11-11-11---11-11--|------2--2----|
D MajorD|-----------------------|--2h4----2----|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|---------O----|
E MajorE|-----------------------|--------------|

A augmentedA         Dsus2/A	  A augmentedA      Dsus2/A
What do you care about? She says, 'this and that,'
	 A augmentedA      Dsus2/A		  A augmentedA
What do I mean to you? I'll show you if you want me to.
F# minorF#m		E MajorE			  D MajorD
I can't remember, I don't know how to tell you,
D MajorD			C5C5
But I love you just the same.

Fill 2
  A augmentedA  .   Dsus2/A .  A augmentedA	   .     .   .
E MajorE|-----------------------|--------12-12---------12-12---|
BB|-/10-10-10-10---10-10--|--12h14--------12h14----------|
G+G|-/11-11-11-11---11-11--|------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------|------------------------------|

Bridge
  B minorBm
How many eyes must a young girl have?
     E MajorE
I know she makes you cry, I know she makes you laugh,
    F#F#
I'd be good to you, if I could I'd make you happy,
G+G
If I had a son I'd be good to my Daddy,
  B minorBm
Who loves you but I bet it's not the same
  E MajorE   G+G
as your, North Country Boy.

Fill 3
  A augmentedA  .   Dsus2/A  . 	   A augmentedA    .  Dsus2/A  .
E MajorE|--------------------------------|---------------------12------|
BB|-9h10--9h10--------10p9---------|--/15-/15--14--12h14-----14--|
G+G|-9-----9-----9h11-------9-------|--/16-/16--------------------|
D MajorD|-9h11--9h11---------------11p9--|-----------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|

Verse 2
A augmentedA  Dsus2/A	A augmentedA  Dsus2/A
Hey,  Country Boy,
	  A augmentedA     Dsus2/A	     A augmentedA
What're you sad about, I think we'll work it out,
F# minorF#m	  E MajorE				  D MajorD
Even in the morning rain, I'll come to see you,
D MajorD			 C5C5
Hope your feelings're the same.	 (Repeat Fill 2)

Bridge
  B minorBm
How many ears must a young girl have?
     E MajorE
I know she hears you cry, I know she makes you laugh,
F#F#
Itchy and Scratchy come runnin' up the alley,
G+G
If you'd be good, I'd be good to your Daddy,
  B minorBm
Who loves you but I bet it's not the same
  E MajorE   G+G
as your, North Country Boy.

Instrumental

Play the intro riff again. There's a harmonic pumping out behind it
this time. This can be found by lightly touching the 3rd (G+G) string
directly above the 5th fret - don't press down, but play the string
and it should ring. It may need a bit of distortion to bring it out.

Then the guitar solo starts. I think it's played with a slide, but
if you don't have one or an empty pint-glass to hand, it sounds
alright by just fretting the notes with your fingers and add plenty
of vibrato.

  A augmentedA  .  Dsus2/A .  A augmentedA  .  Dsus2/A .  A augmentedA  .  Dsus2/A .
E MajorE|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
BB|--/2------------------|-/7--7\--------------|-/7--7\--------------|
G+G|--/2------------------|-/7--7\--------------|-/7--7\--------------|
D MajorD|--/2------------------|-/7--7\--------------|-/7--7\--------------|
A augmentedA|-----O/3-/5-5-5-/7/10-|---------3\O-O-----O-|---------3\O-O-----O-|
E MajorE|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

  A augmentedA  .  Dsus2/A .   A augmentedA .   .  .   A augmentedA  .  Dsus2/A .
E MajorE|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
BB|-/7--7\-----------------|--/2------------------|-/7--7\--------------|
G+G|-/7--7\------O----O-----|--/2------------------|-/7--7\--------------|
D MajorD|-/7--7\--------/2---/2--|--/2------------------|-/7--7\--------------|
A augmentedA|---------3\O------------|-----O/3-/5-5-5-/7/10-|---------3\O-O-----O-|
E MajorE|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|

  A augmentedA  .  Dsus2/A .   A augmentedA .   .  C5C5
E MajorE|------------------------|----------------------|
BB|-/7--7\-----------------|--/2------------------|
G+G|-/7--7\------O----O-----|--/2------------/5----|
D MajorD|-/7--7\--------/2---/2--|--/2----------5-------|
A augmentedA|---------3\O------------|-----O/3-/5-5---------|
E MajorE|------------------------|----------------------|

Over the last 3 bars of the solo a louder, more prominent overdub
is played. It goes a little something like this:

E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
BB|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
G+G|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|-------------------|------7-7-9p7---7----|
A augmentedA|--7h9p7------------|--7h9p7------------|--7h9---------9------|
E MajorE|--------7h9-7-5-5--|--------7h9-7-5-5--|-------------------8-|

Verse 3

A augmentedA         Dsus2/A	  A augmentedA      Dsus2/A
What do you care about? She says, 'this and that,'
	 A augmentedA      Dsus2/A		  A augmentedA
What do I mean to you? I'll show you if you want the truth.
F# minorF#m		E MajorE			  D MajorD
I threw it all away, I don't know where I put it,
D MajorD			C5C5
But I miss it just the same. (Repeat Fill Ad Lib)

Bridge
  B minorBm
How many eyes must a young girl have?
     E MajorE
I know she makes you cry, I know she makes you laugh,
    F#F#
I'd be good to you, if I could I'd make you happy,
G+G
If I had a son I'd be good to my Daddy,
  B minorBm
Who loves you but I bet it's not the same
  E MajorE   G+G
as your, North Country Boy.

Outro

A augmentedA weird chord starts playing, I think it's C#7b5C#7b5 but you play it
like this:

E MajorE|--7--|	This is played a few times with that
BB|--8--|	Fret five harmonic repeating.
G+G|--6--|	Finally the original intro riff comes
D MajorD|-----|	back in, plus ad lib vocals and
A augmentedA|-----|	the song fades out.
E MajorE|-----|

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