Harbortown by Josh Ritter Chords: E C#m4 F#sus2 Asus4 E--0----0-------0-------0--------------------------------------------- B--0----0-------0-------0--------------------------------------------- G--1----2-------2-------2--------------------------------------------- D--2----4-------4-------2--------------------------------------------- A--2----4-------x-------0-------------------------------------------- E--0------------2-------------------------------------------------------- See notes below! To play along with Josh: --> capo 1 <-- E C#m4 Brings me back to Harbortown F#sus2 Asus4 Where me and my true love once lay E C#m4 We watched the lights go up and sun go down F#sus2 Asus4 We let the moon rise where it may E C#m4 There I stood, the river flowed F#sus2 Asus4 There she stood my black-haired Jill E C#m4 The wind addressed her tresses black F#sus2 Asus4 The long love letters to the hills E C#m4 Light a light, lightly F#sus2 Asus4 How the shoreline meets the sea E C#m4 Light a light, lightly F#sus2 Asus4 How the closing meets the day E C#m4 I'm a poor boy, the night is cold F# Asus4 The meager treasure though it be E C#m4 And I would turn my restless youth to gold F# Asus4 That I might spend it all on thee E C#m4 Which brings me back to Harbortown F#sus2 Asus4 Where me and my true love once lay E C#m4 We watched the lights go up and the sun go down F#sus2 Asus4 We let the moon rise where it may E C#m4 Light a light, lightly F#sus2 Asus4 How the shoreline meets sea E C#m4 Light a light, lightly F#sus2 Asus4 How the closing meets the day E - C#m4 - F#sus2 - Asus4 x2 Notes: Yes, I know that's actually C#m7+11 or somesuch nonsense. Also, it's F#sus2+9, I think. I think Josh is likely in an alternate tuning, open E perhaps. This is a try at playing it in standard/Spanish tuning. The opening picking really sounds like: (again, capoed 1) E---------------- B---------0------ G-------2-------- D-----6-----6---- A---------------- E-0-------------- which also suggests an alternate tuning an acceptable alternative: (again, capoed 1) E---------------- B-------0-------- G-----2---------- D---2----------- A---------------- E-0-------------- basically substituting with an Esus4 picking scheme: E C#4 F#sus2 p p i p m p i p p i p m p i p p i p m p i E------------------------------------------------------------- B----------0-------------------0-------------------0---------- G------1-------1-----------2-------2-----------2-------2------ D----2-------2----x2-----4-------4----x2-----4-------4---x2--- A----------------------4-----4-------------------------------- E--0-----0---------------------------------2-----2------------ Asus4 p p i p m p i p p i p m p a p m p i p m E-----------------------------0---------------- B----------0--------------0-------0-------0---- G------2-------2------2---------------2-------- D----2-------2------2-------2-------2---------- A--0-----0--------0-----0-------0-------0------ E---------------------------------------------- If the F#sus2 is a stretch, replace it with an Asus4 with a F# bass note.