Boston chords by Dermot Kennedy

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

E A E A

Verse 1:

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

Chorus:

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

E C#m E A
C#m

Verse 2:

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

Chorus:

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

B E A C#m G# A
C#m

Verse 3:

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

G# A F#m F# C#m A F#m
E A

Outro:

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