Portland Maine chords by Donovan Woods

Chords with lyrics

Custom Tuning
FF A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE

-Raise the low E MajorE string a semitone, so you have more freedom playing the low F.

Capo 4th fret

I'm aware the chord naming looks simpler than what it is. Play the song like the tab below and use the
chord naming as guidance for the lyrics.


Verse (main)
   A minorAm        G+G              FF
E----------3--3--3---------3--3--3--3----3--3-----------3---3--3-----3---3--3-----3--3---------
B----------1--1--1---------1--1--1--1p0--0--0-----------1---1--1-----1---1--1-----1--1---------
G----------0--0--0---------0--0--0--0----0--0-----------0---0--0h2---2---2--2p0---0--0---------
D----0h2-------------------0--0--0--0----0--0-----x-----x---x--x-----x---x--x-----x--x---------
A----0----------------x---------------------------3--------------------------------------------
F---------------------2---------------------------0--------------------------------------------

Verse Alternative (marked)
   A minorAm        G+G              FF *
E----------3--3--3---------3--3--3--3----3--3-----------3---3--3----------3-------------3--3------
B----------1--1--1---------1--1--1--1p0--0--0-----------1---1--1----------1-------------1--1------
G----------0--0--0---------0--0--0--0----0--0-----------0---0--0----0---------0--0---0--0--0------
D----0h2-------------------0--0--0--0----0--0-----x-----x---x--x----0---------0--0h2-0------------
A----0----------------x---------------------------3-----------------------------------------------
F---------------------2---------------------------0-----------------------------------------------


Chorus
   A minorAm        G+G              FF        C majorC       C/BC/B
E----------3--3--3---------3--3--3--3----3--3-----------3--3--3---3-----3--3--3-------3--3-----------
B----------1--1--1---------1--1--1--1----1--1-----------1--1--1---1-----1--1--1-------1--1-----------
G----------0--0--0---------0--0--0--0----0--0-----------0--0--0---0-----0--0--0--0----0--0-----------
D----0h2-------------------0--0--0--0----0--0-----x-----x--x--x---0h2------------0-------------------
A----0----------------x------------0h2------------3---------------3--------------2-------------------
F---------------------2---------------------------0---------------x----------------------------------


A minorAm  G+G  FF
A minorAm  G+G  FF


A minorAm        G+G               FF
  I don't wanna be talking on the phone every night
A minorAm    G+G            FF *
  6 pm, which timezone, yours or mine?
A minorAm          G+G               FF
  Ain't gonna worry where ya are, who you're with
A minorAm        G+G       FF
  Let's just agree this is it

        A minorAm  G+G              FF   C majorC (C/BC/B)
Portland, Maine -   I don't know where that is
A minorAm         G+G            FF    C majorC (C/BC/B)
  Leave your bags in the car, keep it running
      A minorAm  G+G           FF    C majorC
I won't pretend  that I want these things
  (C/BC/B)     A minorAm  G+G               FF   C majorC
But Portland, Maine -  I don't know where that is
         G+G
And I don't wanna know
       FF
I don't wanna know


A minorAm  G+G  FF
A minorAm  G+G  FF


A minorAm           G+G                 FF
  See, I'm just saving us some trouble somewhere down the line
A minorAm       G+G           FF
  This kind of town you just leave behind
   A minorAm        G+G           FF *
Since you don't know yet, but you won't come back
A minorAm          G+G         FF
  And I ain't going nowhere, you know that


        A minorAm  G+G              FF   C majorC (C/BC/B)
Portland, Maine -   I don't know where that is
A minorAm         G+G            FF    C majorC (C/BC/B)
  Leave your bags in the car, keep it running
      A minorAm  G+G           FF    C majorC
I won't pretend  that I want these things
  (C/BC/B)     A minorAm  G+G               FF   C majorC
But Portland, Maine -  I don't know where that is

G+G                         FF
 And you can go ahead and hate me, that's just fine
G+G                  F...
 It doesn't matter either way, I'm right


A minorAm  G+G   FF   C majorC
A minorAm  G+G   FF   C majorC


        A minorAm  G+G              FF   C majorC (C/BC/B)
Portland, Maine -   I don't know where that is
A minorAm         G+G            FF    C majorC (C/BC/B)
  Leave your bags in the car, keep it running
      A minorAm  G+G           FF    C majorC
I won't pretend  that I want these things
  (C/BC/B)     A minorAm  G+G               FF   C majorC
But Portland, Maine -  I don't know where that is
       A minorAm  G+G               FF   C majorC
Portland, Maine -  I don't know where that is
A minorAm   G+G   FF   C majorC
         A minorAm   G+G   FF   C majorC
And I don't wanna know
       A minorAm   G+G   FF   C...
I don't wanna know