The Rakes — Leave The City And Come Home Tab
This is the last song on Ten New Messages. I am going to try and tab as much of the
as i can. So far i have done Little Superstitions and We Danced Together. Apologies for the
of the lyrics. Here's my third tab:
Standard Tuning — EADGBE
E — 0 2 2 1 0 0
G#m — 4 6 6 4 4 4
A — 5 7 7 6 5 5
B — 7 9 9 8 7 7
C — 8 10 10 9 8 8
C# — 9 11 11 10 9 9
Intro — 0:00 — 0:20
There is no guitar until 0:14
E
Verse — 0:20 — 1:11
E
So here you are in hoxton two years on
G#m
Since you left that little nowhere that you're from
A
First few weeks you stayed with your ex
B
Same old arguements but without the sex
E
Now you're renting down the road its not so cheap
G#m
Every weekend police state in the street
A
Wiry looking kids hoods up eyes down
B
Weave their bIkes through the arty crowd.
Chorus — 1:11 — 1:25
A B A
Now they're squaring up
B A
"What phone you got bruv?"
B A
Yeah they're gonna give you grief
B E
But you still get home in one piece
Verse — 1:25 — 1:53
E
In the party your mates spot a celebrity
G#m
But your not fussed by the gay guy off CBBC
A
Limos ferry hen nights to the west end
B
The night is dragging its heels till the end
Chorus — 1:53 — 2:18
A B A
Now he's in your face
B A
"Got any drugs on ya mate?"
B A
You get out for some peace
B A
Still get home by half—three
B A
Now you're home
B A
Crashing out in your coat
B A
Jet lag from the night bus
B E
Planning your escape
Interlude — 2:18 — 2:56
E A B x6 (including over the solo)
Solo (plays twice 2:27 — 2:31 and 2:40 — 2:43)
E||——————————————————|
B||——————————————————|
G||——————————————————|
D||——4——2—2—4—4—2————|
A||——————————————————|
E||——————————————————|
E||——————————————————|
B||——————————————————|
G||——————————————————|
D||——1—2—1———0—1—————|
A||————————2—————————|
E||——————————————————|
Bridge — 2:56 — 3:09
E
No point trying to act all hard
A B
As the kids take the piss as you walk past
E
No sane place left to go
A B
Your mates wanna try and stop this agro
Chorus — 3:09 — 3:21
A B A
Now you tear it up
B A
Just need one night off
B A
Get out of this in one piece
B A
And come home for some sleep
Outro — 3:21 — 3:45 (End)
B A
Now you're home
B A
Crash out in your coat
B A
Jet lag from the night bus
B C C#
And plan your escape
And thats it. Its pretty much all chords but i put it down as a tab beacause of the solo
the middle. Please rate :D