London's Brilliant Parade Elvis Costello
"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#m9]window
not long before [A]sleep ar[E]rives
they [G]come with their sire[E]ns___
and they sweep aw[A]ay all the boys
busy [C#7]draining the joy from their[F#m]___lives
they [B]never said their prayers out lo[E]ud
____Verse: 2
[E] And while I'm [C#m9]dreaming
there's a passing [A]motor [E]car
that [G]broadcasts a popular [E]song
and a girl ap[A]pears to be saying
"Do you [C#7]think that I'm going to go[F#m]___far"?
____Chorus: 1
[C]Just look at me
I'm [Em/B]having the time of my[Em-5/Bb]_______life
or [A7]something quite like it
[Dm]when I'm walking out and ab[G]out
in London's [F/C]brilliant [C]parade
____Bridge:
She's [Em7]one of those girls that you [A]just can't place
you feel [Em7]guilty desiring such an [A]innocent face
but of [D]course they knew that[F#m7]____when they cast[Bm]__her
a[D]long with the red[F#m7]____Routema[Bm]__ster
and the [Em7]film takes place in an [A]MGB
in a [Em7]perfect re-creation of "The [A]Speakeasy"
every[D]body looks hap[F#m7]____py and twi[Bm]__sted
though she [D]probably ne[F#m7]____ver exi[Bm]__sted
for old times [G#dim]sake,__[Dm/A]____don't let me a[Bb]wake__[Bdim]____
____Verse: 3
[E] I wouldn't [C#m9]want you
to walk across [A]Hungerford [E]Bridge
es[G]pecially at twili_[E]__ght
looking through the [A]bolts and the girders
[C#7]into the water be[F#m]___low
you'll [B]never find your answer th[E]ere
____Verse: 4
[E] They sounded the "[C#m9]all-clear"
in the occi[A]dental baz[E]aar
they [G]used to call Oxford [E]Street
now the bankrupt [A]souls in the city
are [C#7]finally tasting de[F#m]___feat
____Chorus: 2
[C]Don't look at me
I'm [Em/B]having the time of my[Em-5/Bb]_______life
or [A7]something quite like it
[Dm]when I'm walking out and ab[G]out
in London's [F/C]brilliant [C]parade
[Dm]when I'm walking out and ab[G]out
in London's [F/C]brilliant [C]parade
____Verse: 5
[E] From the gates of St. [C#m9]Mary's,
there were horses in O[A]lym__pi[E]a
and a [G]trolley bus in Fulham Broadw[E]ay
the lions and the [A]tigers
in Regents P[C#7]ark couldn't pay their [F#m]way
and [B]now they're not the only o[E]nes
____Verse: 6
[E] At the Hammersmith [C#m9]Palais
in Kensington and_[A]__Camden [E]town
there's a [G]part that I used to [E]play
the lovely Dio[A]rama is really
[C#7]part of the drama, I'd[F#m]___say
____Chorus: 1
[C]Just look at me
I'm [Em/B]having the time of my[Em-5/Bb]_______life
or [A7]something quite like it
[Dm]when I'm walking out and ab[G]out
in London's [F/C]brilliant [C]parade (Repeat chorus)
____Coda:
E string:*G F F
B string: D Db C* (Repeat *-* 2 more times)
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