Blur – Lets All Go Down The Strand (Guitar)

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[Intro] D D D D [Verse 1]
D   D/B    A
One night, half a dozen tourists

D
Met together in Trafalgar Square

              Bm          C#            A
A fortnight's tour on the continent was planned

    Bm               C#             A
And each had his portmanteau in his hand

A7                   D
Down the Rhine, they meant to have a picnic

     A                     D
'Til Jones said, "I must decline

    F#m            Bm
You boys have been advised by me

F#m            Bm
Stay away from Germany

F#m                Bm             A     A7
What's the good of going down the Rhine?"
[Chorus]
D
Let's all go down the Strand

Bm
Let's all go down the Strand

A               D
I'll be leader, you can march behind

C#               F#m              A
Come with me and see what you can find

D
Let's all go down the Strand

Bm               F#
Oh, what a happy land

Bm                   F#m
That's the place for fun and noise

Bm            F#m
All among the girls and boys

D                              N.C.
So let's all go down the Strand
[Verse 2]
D   D/B  A
One day, five and twenty convicts

D
Sat in five and twenty little cells

              Bm       C#            A
The bell then sounded, ding-a-ding-a-dong

   Bm           C#              A
To exercise the prisoners came along

A7           D
Burglar Ben exclaimed to Jaggs the Warden

    A                  D
"To me, sir, it's very strange

            F#m      Bm
The men are tired of going 'round

 F#m                  Bm
'Round and 'round the same old ground

  F#m        Bm            A     A7
I propose we make a little change"
[Chorus]
D
Let's all go down the Strand

Bm
Let's all go down the Strand

A               D
I'll be leader, you can march behind

C#               F#m              A
Come with me and see what you can find

D
Let's all go down the Strand

Bm               F#
Oh, what a happy land

Bm                   F#m
That's the place for fun and noise

Bm            F#m
All among the girls and boys

D                              N.C.
So let's all go down the Strand
[Verse 3]
D     D/B    A
Great crowds gathered round to welcome

D
Shackleton returning from the Pole

           Bm           C#              A
The Lord Mayor welcomed all the gallant crew

    Bm                   C#              A
And said, "My lads, I've got a treat for you

A7                D
Come with me, the Mansion House awaits you

  A                D
A banquet shall be supplied"

F#m          Bm
But a Tar in grumbling mood

F#m                  Bm
Said, "We don't want any food"

F#m               Bm             A     A7
Then he turned to Shackleton and sighed
[Chorus]
    D
Oh, let's all go down the Strand

Bm
Let's all go down the Strand

A               D
I'll be leader, you can march behind

C#               F#m              A
Come with me and see what you can find

D
Let's all go down the Strand

Bm               F#
Oh, what a happy land

Bm                   F#m
That's the place for fun and noise

Bm            F#m
All among the girls and boys

D
So let's all go down the Strand

    D
Oh, let's all go down the Strand

Bm
Let's all go down the Strand

A               D
I'll be leader, you can march behind

C#               F#m              A
Come with me and see what you can find

D
Let's all go down the Strand

Bm               F#
Oh, what a happy land

Bm                   F#m
That's the place for fun and noise

Bm            F#m
All among the girls and boys

D
So let's all go down the Strand
[Outro] N.C. Okay?