London Girl keyboard

London Girl

• C

15th September 2000, 1.43pm
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Shaun Hand, Birmingham

LONDON GIRL
(Paul Weller)

From the LP 'This Is The Modern World'

Chords used:

C:  x3555x    Am:  x02210
F:  133211    G:   320033
Bb: x1333x    C6:  x35555
G:  3554xx    D:   x5777x
Am5:577xxx

C

C
  la,la,la,la
F            Bb C
London girl,
F            Bb C
London girl,
F            Bb C
London girl,
F      C     Bb G5 A5
London girl.

Am                      G            Am               G
Do you know what you're looking for? Streets of gold, fame and fortune,
Am                       G             Bb                   C
You didn't fancy working in a factory, but your Mum and Dad didn't agree,
Bb                   C
But your Mum and Dad didn't agree.

C
  la,la,la,la,la,la
F            Bb C
London girl,
F            Bb C
London girl,
F            Bb C
London girl.
F      C     Bb G Am5
London girl.

Am                    G                 Am                    G
You slept on Waterloo station at first, now you've moved to a posher squat,
Am                           G                    Bb                     C
You wonder where you're next meal will come from, still it's better than living at home,
Bb                     C
Still it's better than living at home.

C
  la,la,la,la,la,la
F            Bb C
London girl,
F            Bb C
London girl,
F            Bb C
London girl,
F      C     Bb C Bb C Bb C Bb C (slide from Bb to C)
London girl,

C C6 C (x4) C D (slide from C to D)

Bb G Am5

Am                            G                 Am                                G
You're looking tired cos it's been three weeks, since you changed your clothes or washed your

feet,
Am                       G             Bb               C
But you're learning fast all the time, how to cadge cigarettes and pills,
Bb               C
How to cadge cigarettes and pills.

C
  la,la,la,la,la,la
F            Bb C
London girl,
F            Bb C
London girl,
F            Bb C
London girl,
         F      C
You're a london girl

C C6 C

C                                   C C6 C
I don't condemn what you done,
C                                   C C6 C
I know what it is to be young,
C                                   C C6 C
You're only searching for today,
C                                   C C6 C
To seek the answers about yesterday
      Bb       C
And I hope you find.

Bb F C F

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