Elvis Costello - Londons brilliant parade
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Capo: 5
Tuning:
"London's Brilliant Parade" (Capo: 5th. fret)
____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 Outside my C#m9window
not long before Asleep arErives
they Gcome with their sireEns___
and they sweep awAay all the boys
busy C#7draining the joy from theirF#m___lives
they Bnever said their prayers out loEud
____Verse: 2
E And while I'm C#m9dreaming
there's a passing Amotor Ecar
that Gbroadcasts a popular Esong
and a girl apApears to be saying
"Do you C#7think that I'm going to goF#m___far"?
____Chorus: 1
CJust look at me
Em/B Em-5/Bb
I'm having the time of my_______life
or A7something quite like it
Dmwhen I'm walking out and abGout
in London's F/Cbrilliant Cparade
____Bridge:
She's Em7one of those girls that you Ajust can't place
you feel Em7guilty desiring such an Ainnocent face
but of Dcourse they knew thatF#m7____when they castBm__her
aDlong with the redF#m7____RoutemaBm__ster
and the Em7film takes place in an AMGB
in a Em7perfect re-creation of "The ASpeakeasy"
everyDbody looks hapF#m7____py and twiBm__sted
though she Dprobably neF#m7____ver exiBm__sted
for old times G#dimsake,__Dm/A____don't let me aBbwake__Bdim____
____Verse: 3
E I wouldn't C#m9want you
to walk across AHungerford EBridge
esGpecially at twili_E__ght
looking through the Abolts and the girders
C#7into the water beF#m___low
you'll Bnever find your answer thEere
____Verse: 4
E They sounded the "C#m9all-clear"
in the occiAdental bazEaar
they Gused to call Oxford EStreet
now the bankrupt Asouls in the city
are C#7finally tasting deF#m___feat
____Chorus: 2
CDon't look at me
Em/B Em-5/Bb
I'm having the time of my_______life
or A7something quite like it
Dmwhen I'm walking out and abGout
in London's F/Cbrilliant Cparade
Dmwhen I'm walking out and abGout
in London's F/Cbrilliant Cparade
____Verse: 5
E From the gates of St. C#m9Mary's,
there were horses in OAlym__piEa
and a Gtrolley bus in Fulham BroadwEay
the lions and the Atigers
in Regents PC#7ark couldn't pay their F#mway
and Bnow they're not the only oEnes
____Verse: 6
E At the Hammersmith C#m9Palais
in Kensington and_A__Camden Etown
there's a Gpart that I used to Eplay
the lovely DioArama is really
C#7part of the drama, I'dF#m___say
____Chorus: 1
CJust look at me
Em/B Em-5/Bb
I'm having the time of my_______life
or A7something quite like it
Dmwhen I'm walking out and abGout
in London's F/Cbrilliant Cparade (Repeat chorus)
____Coda:
E string:*G F F
B string: D Db C* (Repeat *-* 2 more times)