East London Summer The Smith Street Band
Tuning: Standard
[C]
(Verse 1)
[C]Dictated to by empty streets,
Chain stores and [Am]big machines
The snow falls hard on [G]soft debris
And I know this town don't [F]envy me
And the locals all seem [C]nice enough
But they cross streets I [Am]dare not walk
I'll drive the extra [G]couple of blocks
And stop when I am [F]told to stop
(Chorus)
And [C]everyone in this sh*tty bar
Is just [F]trying to sink their teeth into everybody else
[C]Give me East London summer, give me North Melbourne summer[F]
(Verse 2)
[C]Nothing makes you feel more alive
Than being [Am]surrounded by things that have recently died
And on this [G]goddamn bitter cold late November night
The [F]kids put on their coats to go see the Christmas lights
[C]Urban undeveloped wastelands of Michigan
Sleet[Am] falls on my jacket teeth are chattering again
And the [G]locals all drink and love, fight when they have drunk too much
The [F]kids look like they grew up knowing how to take a punch
[Am]And the month old front [G]pages from local news[F]papers dance
On the [Am]lonely winds around the [G]empty lobbies[F] of once grand buildings
(Chorus)
And [C]everyone in this sh*tty bar
Is just [F]trying to sink their teeth into everybody else
Give me [C]East London summer, give me North Melbourne summer[F]
[C]Let's be anything, let's be lovers, we'll take care of one another
Live like [F]people I looked up to in the time when I was happier
Give me [C]East London summer, give me North Melbourne summer[F]
(Bridge)
And now I'm[G] smoking weed in [F]New York City
In the lan[G]d of happy-ever-afters and [F]dreams come true
I pass [G]out p**s drunk on the [F]floor of a motel [G]room
Wake up shivering and [F]thinking about you[Em]
And I'm tired[F]
I'm so [Em]tired[F] [G]
(Chorus)
And [C]everyone in this sh*tty bar
Is still [F]trying to sink their teeth into everybody else
Give me [C]East London summer, give me North Melbourne summer[F]
Let's be [C]anything, let's be lovers, we'll take shots at one another
Live like peop[F]le I looked up to in the time when I was happier
Give me [C]East London summer, give me North Melbourne summer[F]
[F]
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