Chords for "London Song"

From: Jim Smart
Date: Sun, Dec 8, 1996 1:02 PM


London

Written by Ray Davies

Sussed by Jim Smart, expressly for Sir Ian of Grant. (from VH1
storytellers, which seems to be a condensed version)

Intro: Ray plays a Dm chord, Pete M. does a descending line from A down to
D, like this: A G F E D over and over)

Dm
There's a room in a house
in a street in a manor in a borough
that is part of the city
that is generally referred to as London
       C                     G
It's a cruel place, can be a hard place
Dm
and it is said if you are born within the sound of Bow Bells
you have the necessary qualifications to be christened a Londoner
       C
It's a mysterious place ,
       G
can be sometimes a hard place,
Dm
When you think back to all the great Londoners,
William Blake, Charles Dickens, Dick Whittington,
    C                        G                    Dm
Pearly Kings, Barrow Boys, Arthur Daley, Max Wall, the Kray Twins
Dm                                                       Gm (riff)
Through the dark alleyways and passages of London, London
Bb                                    F             Gm
And If you're ever up on Highgate Hill on a clear day,
Bb                                    F             Gm
you can see right down to Leicester Square
Gm             Cm                  Gm        Cm
Crystal Palace, Clapham Common right up to Streatham Hill
Bb                        F                  Gm
North and South I feel I'm a Londoner still
Bb        Bb/A    Bb/G             Bb/F
There's a part of me that says get out
C      C/Bb    C/A     C/G        F (hold)
Then one day I hear somebody shout:
"sounds to me like you come from Londontown"

Dm (like intro)
And If you're ever up on Highgate Hill on a clear day,
                   C    G         Dm
I'll be there, yes, I will be there
Dm
Through the dark alleyways and passages of London, London