Leaving Oldtown tab by Glen Phillips

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Leaving Oldtown

VERSE RIFFS

G+G Riff

e|-------------|
BB|-----0-------|
G+G|-------2-0---|
D MajorD|---0-------0-|
A augmentedA|-------------|
E MajorE|-3-----------|

B7B7 Riff

e|-----------------|
BB|-----------0-----|
G+G|---2-2---2---2p0-|
D MajorD|---1-----1-------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|
E MajorE|-3-3---3-3-------|

C/GC/G riff

e|-------------------|
BB|-----------0-1-0---|
G+G|-------0-2-------0-|
D MajorD|-----2-------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------|
E MajorE|-(3)-3-------------|

C/BC/B riff

e|-----------------|
BB|-----1-------1---|
G+G|-------0-------0-|
D MajorD|---2-------2-----|
A augmentedA|-3-------2-------|
E MajorE|-----------------|


A minorAm riff

e|---------------|
BB|-0-------------|
G+G|-2-2-0---------|
D MajorD|-2-----2s4-2-0-|
A augmentedA|-0-------------|
E MajorE|---------------|

Am/B7 riff

e|-------------|
BB|-1-0---------|
G+G|-0---2-0-----|
D MajorD|-2-------1-0-|
A augmentedA|-0-----------|
E MajorE|-------------|


CHORUS RIFFS

E minorEm riff

e|-------------------------------|
BB|---0-------0-------0-------0---|
G+G|---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|
D MajorD|-2-----1-------0---------2-----|
A augmentedA|-----------------------4-------|
E MajorE|-0-----------------------------|

C/Am/D7 riff

e|-----------------------------2---|
BB|-----1-------1-------1-------1-0-|
G+G|-----0-0-----0-0-----2-2---2-----|
D MajorD|---2-------2-------2-----0-------|
A augmentedA|-3-------2-------0---------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|

C/Am/B7 riff

e|---------------------------------|
BB|-------1-------1-----1-------0---|
G+G|-----0-------0-------2-2---2---2-|
D MajorD|---2-------2-------2-----1-------|
A augmentedA|-3-------2-------0---------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|


[Intro]

G+G riff, B7B7 riff

G+G riff, B7B7 riff


[Verse 1]


G+G riff       B7B7 riff
I’m leaving Oldtown

G+G riff       C/GC/G riff
With no direction, learning how to be alone

C/BC/B riff    A minorAm riff
Learning how to stand on my own two feet

G+G riff        B7B7 riff
I’m getting good now

G+G riff     C/GC/G
A augmentedA recollection, hollow as a sparrow bone

C/BC/B      Am/B7 riff         G+G riff, B7B7 riff
Mythic as the stories our parents told


[Chorus 1]


E minorEm riff
It’s getting colder, the days are shorter

C/Am/D7 riff
It’s not the season for the road

E minorEm riff
Blow out the candle, pack up your bedroll

C/Am/B7 riff
I think it’s time to go


[Verse 2]


G+G riff        B7B7 riff
I’m leaving old town

G+G riff       C/GC/G riff
I’m bags and boxes, hand me downs and borrowed rooms

C/BC/B riff      A minorAm  N.C.
Still hoping to be loved anew

G+G riff      B7B7 riff
I need a new town

G+G riff         C/GC/G riff
Where no-one knows me, no-one heeds a thing I do

C/BC/B riff     A minorAm    N.C.
And no-one’s ever heard of you


[Chorus 2]

E minorEm riff
It’s getting colder, the days are shorter

C/Am/D7 riff
It’s not the season for the road

E minorEm riff
Blow out the candle, pack up your bedroll

C/Am/B7 riff
I think it’s time to go


[Bridge 1]

E minorEm    Em/D#
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo

Em/DEm/D   Em/C# C-Am Am-B7 B7B7
Hm-mm-mm-mm-mm

E minorEm    Em/D#
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo

Em/DEm/D   Em/C# C majorC C
Hm-mm-mm-mm-mm


[Bridge 2]


G+G    G/F#   C majorC C majorC
I need a new town
G+G    G/F#
I need a new town


[Chorus 3]

E minorEm      Em/D#
It’s getting colder

Em/DEm/D     Em/C#
The days are shorter

C majorC      C/BC/B  A minorAm    D7D7
It’s not the season for the road

E minorEm riff
Blow out the candle, pack up your bedroll

C/Am/B7 riff
I think it’s time to go


[Outro]


G+G riff       B7B7 riff
I’m leaving Oldtown

G+G riff       B7B7 riff
I’m leaving Oldtown

  Em/D# Em/DEm/D Em/C# B7B7
e|-0-----0----0-----2--------------------------------------------|
BB|-0-----0----0-----0--------------------------------------------|
G+G|-0-----0----0-----2--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-1-----0----2-----1--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------4-----2--------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|


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| p  Pull-off
| (n) Ghost note