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Wayfaring Sons

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Cmajor

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1/7

Tempo 80 BPMVol

Sound:

Position

Step 1 / 7Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Taken from the Going Somewhere album.
Standard tuning 
Chords used:
G - 320033
G/F# - 200033
 Cadd9- X32033
 Am- X02210
F - 103210
 Bm- X24432
Intro - G - G/F# - Cadd9
You can hear the hammer ons in the intro, this progression is played like this:
e|---3---3---3---3----3-------------------------------------------------|
B|---3---3---3---3----3-------------------------------------------------|
G|---0---0---0---0----0h2-----------------------------------------------|
D|---0---0---2---0h2--0-------------------------------------------------|
A|---2---0---3---3----3-------------------------------------------------|
E|---3---2--------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
GDon't go G/F#out in the niCadd9ght
GEven thouG/F#gh you know tCadd9he town
Gsomeone aG/F#lways wants tCadd9o fight
GYou end uG/F#p lying on thCadd9e ground
AmI dream of lying in the sunF  
AmIn my ears hear the oGcean roaring
AmLike all good wayfaring soFns
AmTravel home and the rGain is pouring
GSoaks me to the skin, I duck into this public house and get shattered by the din.
And back to the intro/verse chords.
Bridge (played after the second chorus)
 Bm- Cadd9  
Thats it. Comments welcome.

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Wayfaring Sons

by Colin Hay

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

G/F#

Taken from the Going Somewhere album.

Standard tuning

Chords used:

G - 320033

G/F# - 200033

Cadd9

- X32033

- X02210

F - 103210

- X24432

Intro - G - G/F# - Cadd9

You can hear the hammer ons in the intro, this progression is played like this:

e|---3---3---3---3----3-------------------------------------------------|

B|---3---3---3---3----3-------------------------------------------------|

G|---0---0---0---0----0h2-----------------------------------------------|

D|---0---0---2---0h2--0-------------------------------------------------|

A|---2---0---3---3----3-------------------------------------------------|

E|---3---2--------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

G G/F# Cadd9

Don't go out in the night

G G/F# Cadd9

Even though you know the town

G G/F# Cadd9

someone always wants to fight

G G/F# Cadd9

You end up lying on the ground

Am F

I dream of lying in the sun

Am G

In my ears hear the ocean roaring

Am F

Like all good wayfaring sons

Am G

Travel home and the rain is pouring

Soaks me to the skin, I duck into this public house and get shattered by the din.

And back to the intro/verse chords.

Bridge (played after the second chorus)

Bm Cadd9

Thats it. Comments welcome.

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