Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Londons Brilliant Parade (Guitar)
Capo 5
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
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)