Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Londons Brilliant Parade (Guitar)

Capo 5
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Chords

____Intro: Strings: B & E (Notes on both strings to be played simultaneously)
 E string:*G  F  F
 B string: D  Db  C* (Repeat *-* 2 more times)
____Verse 1:
E           C#m9
 Outside my window

                 A       E
 not long before sleep arrives

      G                   E
 they come with their sirens___

                  A
 and they sweep away all the boys

      C#7                        F#m
 busy draining the joy from their___lives

      B                              E
 they never said their prayers out loud
____Verse 2:
E              C#m9
 And while I'm dreaming

                   A     E
 there's a passing motor car

      G                    E
 that broadcasts a popular song

              A
 and a girl appears to be saying

        C#7                       F#m
"Do you think that I'm going to go___far"?
____Chorus 1:
 C
 Just look at me

     Em/B                 Em-5/Bb
 I'm having the time of my_______life

    A7
 or something quite like it

 Dm                         G
 when I'm walking out and about

             F/C       C
 in London's brilliant parade
____Bridge:
       Em7                         A
 She's one of those girls that you just can't place

          Em7                     A
 you feel guilty desiring such an innocent face

        D                    F#m7              Bm
 but of course they knew that____when they cast__her

  D                F#m7       Bm
 along with the red____Routema__ster

         Em7                    A
 and the film takes place in an MGB

      Em7                         A
 in a perfect re-creation of "The Speakeasy"

      D             F#m7          Bm
 everybody looks hap____py and twi__sted

            D          F#m7       Bm
 though she probably ne____ver exi__sted

               G#dim  Dm/A              Bb    Bdim
 for old times sake,______don't let me awake______
____Verse 3:
E           C#m9
 I wouldn't want you

                A          E
 to walk across Hungerford Bridge

   G                 E
 especially at twili___ght

                     A
 looking through the bolts and the girders

 C#7              F#m
 into the water be___low

        B                        E
 you'll never find your answer there
____Verse 4:
E                  C#m9
 They sounded the "all-clear"

            A         E
 in the occidental bazaar

      G                   E
 they used to call Oxford Street

                  A
 now the bankrupt souls in the city

     C#7               F#m
 are finally tasting de___feat
____Chorus 2:
 C
 Don't look at me

     Em/B                 Em-5/Bb
 I'm having the time of my_______life

    A7
 or something quite like it

 Dm                         G
 when I'm walking out and about

             F/C       C
 in London's brilliant parade

 Dm                         G
 when I'm walking out and about

             F/C       C
 in London's brilliant parade
____Verse 5:
E                      C#m9
 From the gates of St. Mary's,

                       A      E
 there were horses in Olym__pia

       G                           E
 and a trolley bus in Fulham Broadway

                   A
 the lions and the tigers

             C#7                    F#m
 in Regents Park couldn't pay their way

     B                         E
 and now they're not the only ones
____Verse 6:
E                   C#m9
 At the Hammersmith Palais

                   A        E
 in Kensington and___Camden town

           G                   E
 there's a part that I used to play

               A   
 the lovely Diorama is really

 C#7                   F#m
 part of the drama, I'd___say
____Chorus 1:
 C
 Just look at me

     Em/B                 Em-5/Bb
 I'm having the time of my_______life

    A7
 or something quite like it

 Dm                         G
 when I'm walking out and about

             F/C       C
 in London's brilliant parade (Repeat chorus)
____Coda:
 E string:*G  F  F
 B string: D  Db  C* (Repeat *-* 2 more times)