John Wesley Harding (b. 22 October 1965) is a folk/pop singer-songwriter who has called his style of music "folk noir" and "gangsta folk".
He was born Wesley Stace in Hastings, East Sussex, England. His given name, Wesley, comes from John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, who preached one of his last sermons in the town where Harding was born.
His stage name may be seen as an almost inevitable nickname for a folk-pop musician, in that his first name overlaps with the Bob Dylan album (and song) "John Wesley Harding".
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B A C K I N G O U T
by John Wesley Harding
from The Name Above The Title
AEAEAEB7E AEAEAEB7E
AEAEA Been living in the city too long now EB7E Even my lungs have started to groan AEAEA Everybody is singing their own song EB7E Sometimes I want to sing alone
EAE Never been a prima donna AEB7 I never seem to want to be the one to complain B7EA Enough's too much and now I'm a goner C#mAB7E Stop the madness scene before it drives me insane
AE Take me where the sun won't shine on me AEB7 Take me where my conscience won't go now EA Take me where the sun won't shine - on me C#mAB7E Don't tell me I'm backing out 'cause I don't want to know C#mAB7E Don't tell me I'm backing out 'cause I don't want to know
AEAEAEB7E AEAEAEB7E
AEAEA Everyone around this town is so angry now EB7E Blaring horns and swearing; shaking fists AEAEA If everybody in the world was a hit man EB7E We'd wipe each other off each other's hit lists
EAE Who wants to stand and be counted AEB7B7 Or anger every man until there's lines on your face, now EA I don't want to be the one to start the shouting C#mAB7E I'm part of this society and I know my place
AE Take me where the sun won't shine on me AEB7 Take me where my conscience won't go now EA Take me where the sun won't shine - on me C#mAB7E Don't tell me I'm backing out 'cause I don't want to know C#mAB7E Don't tell me I'm backing out 'cause I don't want to know
AE Everything around this town is so boring
Well nothing changes; Nothing doesn't stay the same AE Ten years when we had high ideals
We couldn't wait to play the protest game
EAE But now we have our thing together EAEB7(sus4) Our brand new leathers, three bank accounts EA Who cares about the starving millions C#mAB7E We're just happy that our cheques don't bounce
AE Take me where the sun won't shine on me AEB7 Take me where my conscience won't go now EA Take me where the sun won't shine - on me C#mAB7E Don't tell me I'm backing out 'cause I don't want to know C#mAB7E Don't tell me I'm backing out 'cause I don't want to ... C#mAB7E No, Don't tell me I'm backing out 'cause I don't want to know
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==== T HEE N D ====
Notes ~~~~~ 1. I'm not too sure about the lyrics (thanks to Alan Pulliam for supplying them, BTW). I had completely the wrong idea originally in a few places and I've listened carefully and made one or two minor changes to them, but I'm still unsure of a few bits:
Stop the madness scene before it drives me insane ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Or anger every man until there's lines on your face, now ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^especially this bit^
Our brand new leathers, three bank accounts ^^^^^^^^ Here, Alan reckons it's probably `Lotus'
3. ***** I will be posting all Wes tabs/crds that I do in future to ***** ***** the newsgroup rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature since some ***** ***** hosts do not receive any of the `alt' groups. *****
4. The licks in this song are pretty easy, so I haven't included them in the CRD.