Biography:
Joe Jackson (born 11 August 1954 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK, as David Ian Jackson) is a British musician. Jackson is probably best known for the hit singles Is She Really Going Out With Him? (1979) and Steppin' Out (1982). Although born in Staffordshire, Jackson grew up in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
He started off learning to play the violin but soon switched to piano. From the age of 16 he played in bars, and won a scholarship to study musical composition at London's Royal Academy of Music.
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Hometown - Joe Jackson
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Written by: Joe Jackson Tabbed by: maguri
From: "Big World" (1986) Tuning: Standard
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INTRO
| D A | Bm F#m | G Asus4 | Asus4 A |
| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G A |
| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G A |
VERSE
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
Of all the stupid things I could have thought this was the worst
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
I started to believe that I was born at seventeen
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
And all the stupid things, the letters and the broken verse
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
Stayed hidden at the bottom of the drawer, they'd always been
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
And now I plough through files of bills receipts and credit cards
D A Bm F#m G A
And tickets and the daily news and sometimes I just wanna go back to my
CHORUS
Bm F#m G D
Home Town, though I know it'll never be the same
A Bm F#m G
Back to my home town, 'cause it's been so long,
A E [ D ]
And I'm wondering if it's still there ... ooh ooh ooh
INTERLUDE
| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 |
| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 |
VERSE
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
We think we're pretty smart, us city slickers get around
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
And when the going's rough we kill the pain and relocate
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
We're never married, never faithful not to any town
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
But we never leave the past behind we just accumulate
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
So sometimes when the music stops I seem to hear a distant sound
D A Bm F#m G
Of waves and seagulls, football crowds and churchbells,
A
And I wanna go back to my
CHORUS
Bm F#m G D
Home Town, though I know it'll never be the same
A Bm F#m G
Back to my home town, 'cause it's been so long,
A [ E ]
And I'm wondering if it's still there
INTERLUDE
| E | % | G | % | E | % | G | A |
CHORUS
Bm F#m G D
Back to my home town, though I know it'll never be the same
A Bm F#m G
Back to my home town, 'cause it's been so long,
A E [ D ]
And I'm wondering if it's still there ... ooh ooh ooh
OUTRO
| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 |
| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 |
| Bm | F#m | G | D
Hometown - Joe Jackson
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Written by: Joe Jackson Tabbed by: maguri
From: "Big World" (1986) Tuning: Standard
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INTRO
| D A | Bm F#m | G Asus4 | Asus4 A |
| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G A |
| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G A |
VERSE
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
Of all the stupid things I could have thought this was the worst
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
I started to believe that I was born at seventeen
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
And all the stupid things, the letters and the broken verse
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
Stayed hidden at the bottom of the drawer, they'd always been
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
And now I plough through files of bills receipts and credit cards
D A Bm F#m G A
And tickets and the daily news and sometimes I just wanna go back to my
CHORUS
Bm F#m G D
Home Town, though I know it'll never be the same
A Bm F#m G
Back to my home town, 'cause it's been so long,
A E [ D ]
And I'm wondering if it's still there ... ooh ooh ooh
INTERLUDE
| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 |
| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 |
VERSE
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
We think we're pretty smart, us city slickers get around
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
And when the going's rough we kill the pain and relocate
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
We're never married, never faithful not to any town
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
But we never leave the past behind we just accumulate
D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4
So sometimes when the music stops I seem to hear a distant sound
D A Bm F#m G
Of waves and seagulls, football crowds and churchbells,
A
And I wanna go back to my
CHORUS
Bm F#m G D
Home Town, though I know it'll never be the same
A Bm F#m G
Back to my home town, 'cause it's been so long,
A [ E ]
And I'm wondering if it's still there
INTERLUDE
| E | % | G | % | E | % | G | A |
CHORUS
Bm F#m G D
Back to my home town, though I know it'll never be the same
A Bm F#m G
Back to my home town, 'cause it's been so long,
A E [ D ]
And I'm wondering if it's still there ... ooh ooh ooh
OUTRO
| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 |
| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 |
| Bm | F#m | G | D
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