The Waterboys – Ladbroke Grove Symphony (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
Am Bm Am I had a basement flat Bm Am Bm Am Off Portobello Road Bm Dm Em In my cowboy hat Dm Em Am Bm Am Bm Down the Grove I strode Dm Em Dm With my buckled boots F And my blue striped pants Am Bm I knew how to groove Am Bm Am Bm I didn't know how to dance F I wore a teenage rockabilly
Coat from Johnston's
Em My head full of lyrics, wonder Bm Am Bm Am Love and magic, stuff and nonsense
[Verse 2]
Am Bm Am The counter-culture was fading Bm Am But echoed everywhere Dm Em Dm Rastas promenading Am Bm Am Reefer smoke on the air Bm Dm Em Dm Behind my wooden door F I'd blast out my sounds Am Bm Am On my back on the floor Bm Am With the lights all down F Like Dorothy adrift
In the land of Oz
Dm Sometimes I'd open my eyes Am Bm Am Am Bm Am And wonder where the hell I was
[Verse 3]
Bm Am Bm Am I was in love with a girl Bm Am Bm Am I saw one afternoon Em Dm Em Dm Wearing duffle coat and pearls Em Am Bm Am In the middle of June Bm Dm Em Dm Nikki Sudden would call F In his velvet and tat Am Bm Am And sleep in my spare room Bm Am Bm Am/C Bm/D And wear my spare hat F As carnival approached
The pot got stronger
Em Reggae sound systems fired up Am Bm Am Bm Am On every crumbling street corner
[Verse 4]
Am Bm Am I remember a hot Bm Am Bm Am Sticky summer night Dm Em Dm I was in a sweet spot Em Am Bm Am I was hungry to write Bm Dm Em Dm The sound systems roared Em F They made the houses shake Am Bm Am My imagination soared Bm Am Bm Am And like a storm that breaks F Savage Earth Heart
Tumbled through my brain
Em A bolt or a download Am Bm Am Bm Am From another wilder, higher plane
Lead Break
[Verse 5]
N/C Am Bm Am Landlord sold my place Bm Am Bm Am Needed the cash I suppose Bm Dm Em Dm And I left in haste Em Am Bm Am The day between shows Bm Dm Em Dm I packed everything up Em F In one night, it's the truth Am Bm Am Didn't even sleep Bm Am Bm Am Bm That's the power of youth F On the bus next morning
And away we drove
Dm Never said a proper Am Bm Am Bm So long and thank you baby Am Bm Am Bm Am Bm To my beloved Ladbroke Grove
[Verse 6]
N.C. Am Bm Am I tried moving back Bm Am Bm Am When an age had passed Bm Dm Em Dm The stage was still intact Em Am Bm Am Only with a different cast Bm Dm Em Dm In a different play F A whole new pantomime Am Bm Am And I was just in the way Bm Am Bm Am And I was way out of time F Some things I guess you
Ain't meant to repeat
Dm I retired to lick my wounds Am Bm Am Bm Am Bm And scheme again, On some other street
Am Bm to end