North Country Boy
============-The Charlatans

This is possibly the most famous Charlatans single ever and I can't
beleive no-one else has tabbed it. It's on the Tellin' Stories album.

I'll start off will the chords:
	E A D G B E
A	x O 2 2 2 O
Dsus2/A	x O 4 2 3 O
F#m	2 4 4 2 2 2
E	O 2 2 1 O O
D	x x O 2 3 2
C5	x 3 5 x x x
Bm	x 2 4 4 3 2
G	3 2 O O O 3

Intro
-----
Chords:	     A      .   Dsus2/A     .
	E|-----------------------------------|
	B|--------5-5-5-------5-5-5-----5-5--|
	G|--4h6-6-------4h6-6-------4h6------|
	D|-----------------------------------|
	A|-----------------------------------|
	E|-----------------------------------|	x4

Verse 1
  It's just the rhythm guitar in the verse except for a few lead fills
which I'll tab when we get to them:

A   Dsus2/A	A   Dsus2/A
Hey, Country boy,
A   Dsus2/A	A   Dsus2/A
Hey, Country boy,
             A		Dsus2/A		       A
What are you sad about, every day you make the sun come out,
F#m	    E
Even in the pouring rain,
		 D			      C5
I'll come to see you, And I'll save you, I'll save you.

Fill 1
   A    .      Dsus2/A .    .   .  A  .
E|-----------------------|---------O----|
B|-/10-10-10-10---10-10--|------3--2----|
G|-/11-11-11-11---11-11--|------2--2----|
D|-----------------------|--2h4----2----|
A|-----------------------|---------O----|
E|-----------------------|--------------|

A                  Dsus2/A	   A            Dsus2/A
What do you care about? She says, 'this and that,'
	  A            Dsus2/A		    A
What do I mean to you? I'll show you if you want me to.
F#m		E			   D
I can't remember, I don't know how to tell you,
D			C5
But I love you just the same.

Fill 2
   A    .      Dsus2/A .    A	      .         .     .
E|-----------------------|--------12-12---------12-12---|
B|-/10-10-10-10---10-10--|--12h14--------12h14----------|
G|-/11-11-11-11---11-11--|------------------------------|
D|-----------------------|------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|------------------------------|

Bridge
    Bm
How many eyes must a young girl have?
          E
I know she makes you cry, I know she makes you laugh,
       F#
I'd be good to you, if I could I'd make you happy,
G
If I had a son I'd be good to my Daddy,
    Bm
Who loves you but I bet it's not the same
   E     G
as your, North Country Boy.

Fill 3
   A    .      Dsus2/A    .  	     A        .   Dsus2/A   .
E|--------------------------------|---------------------12------|
B|-9h10--9h10--------10p9---------|--/15-/15--14--12h14-----14--|
G|-9-----9-----9h11-------9-------|--/16-/16--------------------|
D|-9h11--9h11---------------11p9--|-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|

Verse 2
A   Dsus2/A	A   Dsus2/A
Hey,    Country Boy,
	    A          Dsus2/A	         A
What're you sad about, I think we'll work it out,
F#m	    E				   D
Even in the morning rain, I'll come to see you,
D			  C5
Hope your feelings're the same.	  (Repeat Fill 2)

Bridge
    Bm
How many ears must a young girl have?
          E
I know she hears you cry, I know she makes you laugh,
F#
Itchy and Scratchy come runnin' up the alley,
G
If you'd be good, I'd be good to your Daddy,
    Bm
Who loves you but I bet it's not the same
   E     G
as your, North Country Boy.


Instrumental

Play the intro riff again. There's a harmonic pumping out behind it
this time. This can be found by lightly touching the 3rd (G) string
directly above the 5th fret - don't press down, but play the string
and it should ring. It may need a bit of distortion to bring it out.

Then the guitar solo starts. I think it's played with a slide, but
if you don't have one or an empty pint-glass to hand, it sounds
alright by just fretting the notes with your fingers and add plenty
of vibrato.

   A   .    Dsus2/A  .    A   .    Dsus2/A  .   A   .    Dsus2/A  .
E|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|--/2------------------|-/7--7\--------------|-/7--7\--------------|
G|--/2------------------|-/7--7\--------------|-/7--7\--------------|
D|--/2------------------|-/7--7\--------------|-/7--7\--------------|
A|-----O/3-/5-5-5-/7/10-|---------3\O-O-----O-|---------3\O-O-----O-|
E|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

    A   .    Dsus2/A  .      A  .      .    .      A   .    Dsus2/A  .
E|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
B|-/7--7\-----------------|--/2------------------|-/7--7\--------------|
G|-/7--7\------O----O-----|--/2------------------|-/7--7\--------------|
D|-/7--7\--------/2---/2--|--/2------------------|-/7--7\--------------|
A|---------3\O------------|-----O/3-/5-5-5-/7/10-|---------3\O-O-----O-|
E|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|

    A   .    Dsus2/A  .     A  .      .    C5
E|------------------------|----------------------|
B|-/7--7\-----------------|--/2------------------|
G|-/7--7\------O----O-----|--/2------------/5----|
D|-/7--7\--------/2---/2--|--/2----------5-------|
A|---------3\O------------|-----O/3-/5-5---------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|

Over the last 3 bars of the solo a louder, more prominent overdub
is played. It goes a little something like this:

E|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|------7-7-9p7---7----|
A|--7h9p7------------|--7h9p7------------|--7h9---------9------|
E|--------7h9-7-5-5--|--------7h9-7-5-5--|-------------------8-|

Verse 3

A                  Dsus2/A	   A            Dsus2/A
What do you care about? She says, 'this and that,'
	  A            Dsus2/A		    A
What do I mean to you? I'll show you if you want the truth.
F#m		E			   D
I threw it all away, I don't know where I put it,
D			C5
But I miss it just the same.  (Repeat Fill Ad Lib)

Bridge
    Bm
How many eyes must a young girl have?
          E
I know she makes you cry, I know she makes you laugh,
       F#
I'd be good to you, if I could I'd make you happy,
G
If I had a son I'd be good to my Daddy,
    Bm
Who loves you but I bet it's not the same
   E     G
as your, North Country Boy.

Outro

A weird chord starts playing, I think it's C#7b5 but you play it
like this:

E|--7--|	This is played a few times with that
B|--8--|	Fret five harmonic repeating.
G|--6--|	Finally the original intro riff comes
D|-----|	back in, plus ad lib vocals and
A|-----|	the song fades out.
E|-----|

The End

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