The Stranglers – London Lady (Guitar Tab)
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Transcription by: Richard Stanforth ([email protected])
Date of Transcription: 1st April 2002
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intro: C D G F
*bass and drums enter* C D G
(intro riff)
C D G E-------------------------------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------------------------------| G-------------------------------------------------------------| D----------------------------------5--5h7p5-5h7p5-5h7p5-5h7p5-| A-------3-5-3-------5-7-5------5-7----------------------------| E---3-5---------5-7--------5-7--------------------------------| C D G F E-------------------------------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------------------------------| G-------------------------------------------------------------| D----------------------------------5--5h7p5-5h7p5-3h5p3-3h5p3-| A-------3-5-3-------5-7-5------5-7----------------------------| E---3-5---------5-7--------5-7--------------------------------| C D G F E-------------------------------------------------------------| B----------------------------------------------1----1---------| G----------------------------------------------3p2--2---------| D----------------------------------5--5h7p5----3----3---------| A-------3-5-3-------5-7-5------5-7----------------------------| E---3-5---------5-7--------5-7--------------------------------|
C D
Little lady with Dingwalls bullshit
G F
Ah, you're so stupid, Foetid brainwaves
C D
Little lady, what really happens
G F
When you see mirrors, you get the shivers
G (N.C.) G F G (N.C.) G (N.C.)
Ahhhh... (keyboards) (bass) (drums)
C D
Making love to the Mersey tunnel
G F
With a sausage, have you ever been to Liverpool?
C D
Please don't talk much, it burns my ears
G F
Tonight you've talked for a thousand years
G
Plastics real when you're real sick
F
Plastics real when you're real sick
E5
Plastics real when you're real sick
Eb
Plastics real when you're real sick
(play the above twice)
G Bb F
G Bb F
Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about
G Bb F
G Bb F
Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about
G F E5 F G F E5 F
Oh!
C D
London lady, why did you lay me?
G F
Your head is crowded with the names you've hounded
C D
The lines around your eyes they show me
G F G Bb F
You realise the party's over London Lady, party's over London Lady
G Bb F G Bb F
Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about
G Bb F
Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about
G Bb F (x7)
note: Hugh plays a kind of 'anti solo' here, where he just attacks his guitar and plays randomly,
unfortunately, it's really low in the mix so more time is needed to decipher it :)
end on F.
G#m D E C#m B
Your skies were blue, goodbye Toulouse
E
I walked your streets in fear
G#m D E C#m B (riff)
I washed your streets with tears, Toulouse
F#m G#m A B E
Goodbye Toulouse
E
Your cafes tell the tales
G#m D E C#m B
Of saddened millionaires, Toulouse
E
A million dreams I've had
G#m D E C#m B (riff)
A million lies I've told, Toulouse
F#m G#m A B
Goodbye Toulouse
D E D E - D D#5 E
guitar solo (over verse chords):
E G#m E--------------0-----------0-----7-5-4-2-0-2-----| B--12s---0-2-4---4-2-0-2-4---4-0-------------4---| G------------------------------------------------| D------------------------------------------------| A------------------------------------------------| E------------------------------------------------| D E C#m B E--------------------------------------0-----------0------| B-5^^^^^-5h7p5-4h5p4-4h5p4-2h4p2-0-2-4---4-2-0-2-4---4-0--| G---------------------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------| E G#m E-s4-2-0-------4-2-0-------7-5-4-2-0-2----| B--------4-2-0-------4-2-0-------------4--| G-----------------------------------------| D-----------------------------------------| A-----------------------------------------| E-----------------------------------------| D E C#m B E--------------------------------------0-----------0------| B-5^^^^^-5h7p5-4h5p4-4h5p4-2h4p2-0-2-4---4-2-0-2-4---4-0*-| G---------------------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------| <-*let ring A---------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------|
F#m G#m A B
E - G#m D E C#m B (x2, riff second time)
F#m G#m A B
D E D E - D D#5 E
E
E
Paula leaned down to me
G#m D E C#m B
From her high balcony, Toulouse
E
I will return someday
G#m D E C#m B (riff)
So you can hear me say farewell
F#m G#m A B (riff)
Goodbye Toulouse (x3)
D E D E - D D#5 E
end on E.