Foy Vance - London city

^FDid I tell you '^F/About the^Bb time you failed to recognize my heart?^{F F/A Bb F}I couldn't find ^F/Aa way to^Bb betray you in my arms ^{F F/A Bb Bb}You held a ^Fbeauty but I ^Cdidn't care ^BbFor you parked your ^Fmarkings on your ^Carm there

^FDid I tell you ^F/Athat ins^Bbpite of you I sealed my fate? ^{F F/A Bb F}And that I held you ^F/Ain my ^Bbgaze to finally pace my gain ^{F F/A Bb Bb}And though it a^Flways was ^Caway from you ^BbOh I can't d^Feny you like I ^Cused to do

^DmSo cradle me^Bb now in your arms, London ^Fcity ^{C Dm}Listen it's ^Bbtime to forgive and forget^{F C Dm}It's funny ^Bbhow you defied something ^Fin me ^{C Bb}But wait a ^Fminute, I've not ^Cfinished yet

^FDo you remember ^F/Awhen you^Bb called me out of Castlereagh Place? ^{F F/A Bb F}How you swore to^F/A me a ^Bbfuture through the troubles I'd face? ^{F F/A Bb Bb}That broken p^Fromise that we ^Cfeel and tame ^BbOh but now I ^Frealize you were ^Cnot to blame

^DmSo cradle me^Bb now in your arms, London ^Fcity ^{C Dm}Surely it's ^Bbtime to forgive and forget^{F C Dm}Yeah It's f^Bbunny how you defied somet^Fhing in ^Cme ^BbBut wait a ^Fminute, I'm not f^Cinished yet

^DmLost friends, ^BbRiver Thames, ^FCaledonian Road, Westminste^Cr ^DmSt. Paul's Cathedral, and the ^Bbround parts of the Regal And that ^Fbumbling buffoon, the Prime ^CMinister And the ^DmEast End where there are ^Bbhard men Where they ^Ffight for good reason every ^Cnow and then In their n^Dmods and their smiles, they say I'm ^Bbso rarified I'm ^Fshining like a beacon in the e^Cvening light would

It ^Bball left me ^Fstrong-eyed like an ^Calley cat But ^Bbthen you ^Ffed me and I rem^Cember that So I ^Bbguess what I'm ^Fsaying is you're ^Cnot that bad

^DmSo cradle me^Bb now in your arms, London ^Fcity ^{C Dm}Surely it's ^Bbtime to forgive and forget^{F C Dm}Yeah It's f^Bbunny how you defied somet^Fhing in ^Cme ^BbBut wait a ^Fminute, I'm not f^Cinished yet