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Song title:      History Boys
Original Album:  Year Of The Wolf

Words and Music by Nerina Pallot
Copyright © 2011 Polydor Ltd/Geffen Records (UK)
Published by Geffen Records (UK)

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Acoustic grand piano transcribed for the guitar. Timing is 3/4.


INTRO:
Notes:
The voicings I've chosen here are an attempt to emulate
how the piano plays i.e. in the same register. Arpeggiate the chords.

Chords:
A   xx 11 9 10 9
E   xx999x
Bm  xxx777


[play: 3/4| A | E | Bm | A |]  [x2]



VERSE1:
Notes:
The voicings I've chosen here are an attempt to emulate
how the piano plays i.e. in the same register.
Guitar Figures 1 and 2 indicate how the piano plays these chords. 

Guitar Figure 1
3/4
  A                         F#m                       Dmaj7
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-7-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------6---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------7-------|
|---------4-------7-------|---------0-------4-------|-------------------------|
|-5-----------------------|-2-----------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |



|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------|
|---------6---------------|---------6---------------|---------6---------------|
|-----------------7-------|-----------------7-------|-----------------7-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |



Guitar Figure 2
3/4
  Bm
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------4-------|-----------------4-------|
|---------4---------------|---------4---------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |


  E*
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-9-----------------------|-9-----------------------|
|---------9---------------|---------9---------------|
|-----------------7-------|-----------------7-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |


Chords:
A   xx 11 9 10 9    A*    542xxx    Bm  x24432
E   xx999x          F#m   2442xx    E*  x7999x
Bm  xxx777          F#m*  xx767x    D   x5777x


3/4
                     [<---Guitar Figure 1--->]
| A | E  | Bm | A    | A* | F#m | F#m* | % | % | % | % | %
  Six mil -lion souls, lost to    thin air,


  [<------Guitar Figure 2------>]
  | Bm*         | %     | E* | %
are wandering the earth a-gain.


        [| A* | % | D | % |]  [x2]
Lives, not numbers



VERSE2:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
A   xx 11 9 10 9    A*    542xxx    Bm*   x24432    D   x5777x
E   xx999x          F#m   2442xx    E*    x7999x
Bm  xxx777          F#m*  xx767x    Edim  x4535x


3/4
                      [<---Guitar Figure 1--->]
| A | E   | Bm | A    | A* | F#m | F#m* | % | % | % | % | % 
  All these gho__osts,  sons of    mothers,


[<---Guitar Figure 2--->]
| Bm*     | %   | E* | %
  History's empty arms


   | Edim         | %     | D
It's just one thing after a-nother

  | Bm*              | E*  | %  [| A* | % | D | % |]  [x2]
And slowly we follow behind    our boys



VERSE3:
Notes:
Play as for previous verses.

Chords:
A   xx 11 9 10 9    A*    542xxx    Bm*   x24432    D   x5777x
E   xx999x          F#m   2442xx    E*    x7999x
Bm  xxx777          F#m*  xx767x    Edim  x4535x


3/4
                     [<--Guitar Figure 1-->]
| A | E | Bm | A    | A*  | F#m | F#m* | % | % | % | % | % 
  One day I'll have a child     of   my  own


[<------Guitar Figure 2----->]
| Bm*      | %       | E* | %
  How will I tell him, oh


    | Edim      | %           | D
"This world, this world it is a good place"?

| Bm*               | E* | %      [| A*  | % | D | % |]  [x2]
  How will I hide the fear   from my face?



[Piano INSTRUMENTAL over VERSE chords]



VERSE4:
Notes:
Play as for previous verses.

Chords:
A   xx 11 9 10 9    A*    542xxx    Bm*   x24432    D   x5777x
E   xx999x          F#m   2442xx    E*    x7999x
Bm  xxx777          F#m*  xx767x    Edim  x4535x


3/4
                     [<----Guitar Figure 1--->]
| A | E | Bm | A   | A*  | F#m | F#m*      | % | % | % | % | % 
  How do  you  sleep with  all   that you've done?

                        
      | Bm*    | E*   | %    | Edim  | %    | A       | D
Sending somebody else's son to die for things no one be-lieves in


| Bm*  | %         | E*   | %        | %        | %         | A
Saluting your own charade,  as we line up in this heartless parade



[play: 3/4| A* | % | D | % |]


[end on A]