Intro
C, Am, G, Em      (x2)
Verse 1 
C          Am
I am the small town linesman
G                      Em               
And you'll find me out here on the line.
C                           G
Searching ceaselessly to simply
          Am      G     C
Find a place i can call mine.
          Am            G
Every corner of this country
                  Em                C
Criss-crossed out with coloured lines.
          G/C
The city lies before me,
G               Am      G     C
Another city sprawling out behind.
Chorus    
                        Em              C
Cos I’m a frontiers man,
                          Em    
Trapped in suburban England.
Verse 2
C          Am
Since the Scramble ended,
    G                   Em
Since the West was won on wagon trails,
C                                G
It seems the Mazzini's paradisical
     Am  G      C
Panopticon prevailed.
              Am              G
My walkabouts no longer take me
            Em                     C
Beyond a choice of different jails.
                  G/C                   
Why should i have to choose a state
G               Am      G                  C            
When every one of them has failed?
Chorus    
                        Em              C
Cos I’m a frontiers man,
                          Em    
Trapped in suburban England.

Build Up to Bridge
Dm                        C             
And i promise not to overthrow the state
      D(slide up C shape)
If allowed to redraw the atlas before
  Dm C
I emigrate.
Bridge

So I have sailed the seven seas alone,
Trying to find a shore I can call home.
But all i found are different flags,
Double-speaking diplomats, and
I do not have time for that.
So I'll declare my own sovereign state, - I cant figure out the bridge =[
The borders based on the
Bottoms of my boots,
And i will open embasies
Wherever the hell i please,
And at assemblies
You will see me sat
But never on my knees.

Chorus    
                        Em              C
Cos I’m a frontiers man,
                          Em    
Trapped in suburban England.
Build Up to Bridge
Dm                        C             
And i promise not to overthrow the state
      D(slide up C shape)
If allowed to redraw the atlas before
  Dm C
I emigrate.



Dm                           C
And I'd gladly leave your Metternich's alone 
       D(slide up C shape)
As long as where
                                Dm C
I lay my head i can be my very own.
(Repeat Intro)

I am the Winchester lineman.
Chorus    
                        Em              C
Cos I’m a frontiers man,
                    Em  
Trapped in suburban England.
Coda
C               Em
But here I will not remain-
C
No I'll ride into the sunset,
            Em                  Dm
Where my horse waits on the plain,
                          C slide to D                          
And I keep walking the li --------- ine.