Boston chords by Dermot Kennedy

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA

Verse 1:

    E MajorE            C# minorC#m
For the wolves we fought when a child was brave
A augmentedA     E MajorE
Days on a Southern strand
              C# minorC#m
Where we’d all pretend to be touring
  E MajorE             C# minorC#m
And I’d wait all night for the smile you’d saved
      A augmentedA
Or how the wind would howl
   E MajorE
Better head back now
    A augmentedA    E MajorE A augmentedA
It’s a warning

Chorus:

C# minorC#m             E MajorE     A augmentedA
We were swimming out so far this time
C# minorC#m       E MajorE            A augmentedA
The sun and your eyes were the only fire
C# minorC#m            E MajorE  A augmentedA
Pretty intimate so far so I
        C# minorC#m
Lit a holy fire

E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA
C# minorC#m

Verse 2:

 E MajorE                  C# minorC#m
So we all gather our ghosts around the island flames
     E MajorE
Oh and the song she throws is not one I know
    C# minorC#m   BB
But it knew me
  E MajorE          C# minorC#m
For an age long lost in time, erased
        E MajorE
Days when they called our names
              C# minorC#m    E MajorE  A augmentedA
Stories tucked away, you tell it to me

Chorus:

C# minorC#m           BB      E MajorE A augmentedA
We were swimming out so far this time
C# minorC#m                BB  C#C# A augmentedA
The sun and your eyes were the only fire
C# minorC#m          BB  E MajorE A augmentedA
Pretty intimate so far so I
        C# minorC#m
Lit a holy fire

BB E MajorE A augmentedA C# minorC#m G#G# A augmentedA
C# minorC#m

Verse 3:

G# minorG#m             A augmentedA     C# minorC#m
Take me back to places I feel loved in
       A augmentedA           C# minorC#m
Maybe failing that, take me to Boston
G# minorG#m         A augmentedA         C# minorC#m
Strange that I’m not seeing you as often
G# minorG#m              A augmentedA     C# minorC#m
Wandering 'round in cities I feel lost in
G# minorG#m
  What if all the costs are even?

G#G# A augmentedA F# minorF#m F#F# C# minorC#m A augmentedA F# minorF#m
E MajorE A augmentedA

Outro:

F# minorF#m         F#F#        C# minorC#m    A augmentedA
We were swimming out so far this time (take me to Boston, Boston)
F# minorF#m                  C# minorC#m              A augmentedA
The sun and your eyes were the only fire (take me back to places I feel loved in, loved in)
F# minorF#m            G#G#          A augmentedA
Pretty intimate so far so I (wandering 'round in cities I feel lost in, lost in)
F# minorF#m
  Eyes of-e-e-o-of holy fire