G*: 3x0033
C/G: 332010
[Intro]
F, Am, G, Em
F, C/G, G*, Am, G* (x2)
[Verse]
F Am
I am the small town linesman
G Em
And you'll find me out here on the line.
F C/G G*
Searching ceaselessly to simply
Am G* F
Find a place i can call mine.
Am G
Every corner of this country
Em F
Criss-crossed out with coloured lines.
C/G
The city lies before me,
G* Am G* C/G
Another city sprawling out behind.
[Chorus]
Em C/G
Cos I’m a frontiers man,
Em
Trapped in suburban England.
[Verse]
F Am
Since the Scramble ended,
G Em
Since the West was won on wagon trails,
F C/G G*
It seems the Mazzini's paradisical
Am G* F
Panopticon prevailed.
Am G
My walkabouts no longer take me
Em F
Beyond a choice of different jails.
C/G G*
Why should i have to choose a state
Am G* C/G
When every one of them has failed?
[Chorus]
Em C/G
Cos I’m a frontiers man,
Em
Trapped in suburban England.
[Post-Chorus]
Dm C
And i promise not to overthrow the state
D#(slide up C shape)
If allowed to redraw the atlas before
Dm C
I emigrate.
[Bridge]
(clear in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9jbQFBB8O0)
So I have sailed the seven seas alone,
Trying to find a shore I can call home.
But all i found are different flags,
Double-speaking diplomats, and
I do not have time for that.
So I'll declare my own sovereign state,
The borders based on the
Bottoms of my boots,
And i will open embasies
Wherever the hell i please,
And at assemblies
You will see me sat
But never on my knees.
[Chorus]
C/G Em C/G
Cos I’m a frontiers man,
Em
Trapped in suburban England.
[Post-Chorus]
Dm C
And i promise not to overthrow the state
D#(slide up C shape)
If allowed to redraw the atlas before
Dm C
I emiiigrate.
Dm C
And I'd gladly leave your Metternich's alone
D#(slide up C shape)
As long as where
Dm C
I lay my head i can be my very own.
[Intro]
F Am G Em
F C/G G* Am G* C/G
I am the Winchester liiiiiiiineman.
[Chorus]
Em C/G
Cos I’m a frontiers man,
Em
Trapped in suburban England.
C/G Em
But here I will not remain-
C/G
No I'll ride into the sunset,
Em Dm
Where my horse waits on the plain,
C slide to D#
And I keep walking the liiiiiiiiiiiiine.