Never Home

Each song below is the author's own work and represents his/her interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.

I've noted tab authors for each. All songs written by Freedy Johnston unless otherwise noted.

Track listing:
On the Way Out
I'm Not Hypnotized
Western Sky
One More Thing to Break
He Wasn't Murdered
You Get Me Lost
Hotel Seventeen
Gone to See the Fire
Seventies Girl
If It's True
Something's Out There

On the Way Out

Tabs provided by Jeffrey Schulberg

(Key = Fm)

Verse: Fm, G#, C# (all power chords)

[Fm]On the [G#]way [C#]out I'm thinking, etc...

Chorus: D#, C# (power chords)

I'm Not Hypnotized

Tabs provided by Jeffrey Schulberg

(Key = Eb)

(Capo on 3rd fret)

Verse: C, C/B, Am, Am/G,   F,   C,   G

[C] I [/b] know you're [/a] only [/g] having fun, [F]you want [C]me to [G] stare into your eyes.

Bridge: F, C, D7, F, G

[F] You should wear that all the time,[C] that's some magic I don't mind
[D7]Hearts and moons and...

[F]You don't [G] know I'm getting...

Western Sky

Tabbed by Bob Arnold (robertfarnold@lycos.com)

Capo IV. Chords are relative to the capo. (I'm not sure that this is how Freedy plays it, but it works.)

Verse:
[G] A pilot's [C] son won't fly
[D] So it's a [G]two-day drive
[G] Kissed his [Am] brave new wife good[D]bye

Chorus:
[C] Western [D] sky
[C] The miles roll [D] by
[G] She'll [C] always [D] get there first
And [G] I'll al[C]ways ar[D]rive

Alternate version, provided by Gary Baize:

With your guitar properly in tune,place a capo on the 8th fret, yeah I know that's way up, then play all chords in open position:

E      Asus
A pilots son won't fly
B            E
So it's a two day drive
       Asus              B  - A-E  
Kissed his brave new wife goodbye  
E        Asus
The road ends in a fence
B         E
She flies off overhead
E         Asus            B
He starts his lonely trip out west
A     B  - A           B
Western sky the miles go by
E     A      B
She'll always get there first
    E    A      B
and I'll always arrive
 
The rest of the song follows as the above.

One More Thing to Break

Tabs provided by Jeffrey Schulberg

(Key of E)

Intro: E, B

Verse: B, F#, C#m, B

[B]You always [F#] tell me I'm just [C#m] one more thing to [B] break

Chorus (2x):
A, B
A, B
E, B
E, B

He Wasn't Murdered

Tabs provided by Jeffrey Schulberg

(Key of Em)

Intro/Verse: Em, C, G, D

He wasn't [Em] murdered by love or [C] loneliness, he [G] walked out on his [D] own.

Bridge:
C, Em, D
C, Em, D, C

Leaving, [C] just enough for the [Em] weekly rent [D] plus a little change

Solo: D, C, D, C, D

Alterntative version, tabbed by Gary Baize

This is the open position version, no capo. When I refer to the Em add the
F# on the first string 2nd fret. You should be using only 3 fingers. 

Intro: Em-add F#  -  C - G - D     2-X

         Em-add                C             G                D
He wasn't murdered by love or loneliness he walked out on his own

       Em-add               C              G               D
It was a holiday night he was out of state before she knew he'd gone

        C                  Em          D
leaving - just enough for the weekly rent - plus a little change

       C              Em         D             C
taking - the long way to anyplace - in the frozen rain

intro chords
2nd verse
guitar ride : D - C - D -C - D
3rd verse

Last chord in the song is Em 7

You Get Me Lost

See tabs here.



Hotel Seventeen

Tabbed by Gary Baize

Song Open:  Play an open A-7sus(2nd fret), A-7, D-7, G.  That repeats through the verses.
The middle 8 or bridge: C, D, G, C  
        D-7      "    "    "   " stops.
Sings: at Hotel 17 .
Goes back to the intro chords from there.

All the above are played in the open position.

Gone to See the Fire

No tabs at present.


Seventies Girl

Tabbed by Gary Baize

The no-capo version

Intro: E - B - A

E                      B7                                       E
Down from the attic in your old things, my new girlfriend has a curious streak
        A          E                 F# 7           A-E  B-A
half - lit , in the hall , she's like you 20 years ago

2nd verse
             E                  B-A                              E
Chorus : 70's girl, don't come any closer, there's gonna be trouble tonight
                  B-A                E                      B-A
you're not staying over, hey there 70's girl, never should have told her
             F# 7             A-E
you want to be older , than you were

3rd verse
chorus
         F# 7                          A                          F# 7
bridge : We fell apart just like that dress then taught ourselves unhappiness
                        A
I don't recall much I confess but wonder where she's gone

Chorus

If It's True

Tabs provided by Jeffrey Schulberg

(Key of C#)

(Capo on 1st fret)

Verse: C, D(sus)
Chorus: G, Am, D, Am

Bridge: Bb, C, Am7, D, Bb, C, D

In a [Bb] land locked town with a [C] backwards name, selling [Am7] paintings of the [D] sea
My [Bb] horizons sit in a [C] parking lot all [D] day

Something's Out There
(Freedy Johnston and Stan Lynch)

Tabs provided by Jeffrey Schulberg

(Key of C#)

(Capo on 1st fret)

Verse: C, F, G

[C] I'm not saying you gotta believe me, [F] something's [G] out there

Chorus: Bb, C, G, C

Bb, C, G...

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