Nowhere Is Near My Home

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Nowhere Is Near My Home

Standard tuning

The lead guitar tends to play all the chords as straight “power chords,” just roots and fifths.

A
x.0.2.2.2.x

Bsus4
x.2.4.4.0.0

E
0.2.2.4.0.0

Dsus2
x.0.0.2.3.0

C#m7
x.4.6.6.0.0

D6/9
x.5.7.7.0.0

E(2)
x.7.9.9.0.0

F#m
2.4.4.2.x.x


D octave lick

———————————————————
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—7—6—4—————————————
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—5—4—2—————————————
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D pull-off lick

——————————————————————————————————
——————3——————3——————3——————3———————
—7—6———2——————2——————2——————2———————
——————0——4p2p0—0——4p2p0—0——4p2p0—0——4p2p0——
—5—4———————————————————————————————
—————————————————————————————————

Opening

A — Bsus4 — E

A — Bsus4 — Dsus2

(The lead guitar plays an A double-stop at the 5th fret over these chords)

Main Theme

A — Bsus4 — C#m7 — Dsus2 — repeat

Lead for main theme

————————————————————————————————5———-
———————————————————————————————5————-
—2—1—2—1—2s4——2—1—2—1—s6—4——2—1—2—1—s6—-————2p0———
——————————————————————————————————————2p0-
————————————————————————————————————————-2p0
——————————————————————————————————-

Verse

{Out to sea in a ship full of holes}
A

{Even though}
C#m7 (lead guitar plays a G#, G string, first fret)

{With a heave and a ho}
Dsus2

{Gonna raise my sails}
A

etc.

False chorus

{I ain't deserted}
E — A

{Just feel so disconcerted}
E — Dsus2

{I ain't deserted at all}
E — A — D octave lick

Repeat Main Theme


Second verse

Chorus

{I ain’t deserted}
Bsus4 — C#m7

{I just feel so disconcerted}
D6/9 — E(2)

{Nowhere}
A — E

{That's my home, dear)
D pull-off lick

{Nowhere}
A — E

{That's where I'm from}
D pull-off lick

{Nowhere}
A — E

{Ain't too far from here}
(Start the D pull-off lick but stop at the first D chord)

Half verse

Chorus

Guitar solo over

F#m — D — F#m — D

F#m — E — A

F#m — D — F#m — D

F#m — E


{I ain't deservin'}
Bsus4 — C#m7

{Just feel so disconcerted}
D6/9 — C#m7

{I ain't got no answers now}
Bsus4

{I got no home at all}
E(2)

{No no no}
E

{Nowhere at all}
D pull-off lick

repeat three times then

{No, no, no}
E

{nowhere at all}
A

Bsus4 — C#m7 — D6/9 — D octave lick — A