Chords for "Lavender Lane"

From:  Paul Dregseth
Date:  13 February 2014


Lavender Lane
Written by: Raymond Douglas Davies
Published by: Davray Music Ltd.
Intro:  E  B  A  E (2X)

E                   B   
Daisy and Teddy had two Cockney boys
    A                            E     
And two Cockney sisters and they all shared their toys 
                         B 
With old Rosie Rooke and Peggy O'Day 
     A                          E
They all lived together down in Lavender Lane 


E                  B             
Lavender Lane, oh my Lavender Lane  
    A                        E 
The people were poor and the people were plain 
                               B 
They didn't have much but they shared what they gained  
   A                     E 
Contented to drift along Lavender Lane 


B  F#           A                           A7 
Oh Lord, such a pity that the world's gotta change 


E                      B 
All of the houses were old and decayed  
    A                              E
The people were proud who lived in Lavender Lane  
E        B            A  A7
Oh Lord, Lavender Lane
E        B            A  A7 
Oh Lord, Lavender Lane 


B                 F#                       B         F#    E
Sometimes I wanna get back home and do the things we did before
B                  F#                  A                     A7
And break down the old school tie, and all the la-di-do-dahs 

    E                             B
The knobs and the toffs sent down two la-di-dahs 
   A                          E
To mix with the people and to drink in their bars 
                                      B
They looked down their noses and they puffed their cigars
            A                                E 
Instead of 'off' they say 'orf', instead of 'yeah' they say 'ya' 

    B  F#            
And oh Lord  
    A                           A7      
And Ted and Daisy said, 'what a shame' 

        E                             B
They'll knock all the houses down for financial gain
    A                        E
And send all the people to a new town estate
              B               A      A7
Oh Lord, they gutted Lavender Lane
E             B               A      A7 
Whoa-oh, they gutted Lavender Lane
 
B                 F#                       B         F#    E 
Sometimes I wanna get back home and do the things we did before 
B                  F#                  A                     A7
And break down the old school tie, and all the la-di-do-dahs 

       E                        B
In the great London Council a decision was made 
       A                             E
By the bright civil servants and the people in grey
                                       B
They sent all their navvies with their buckets and spades 
   A                            E
To knock all the houses down in Lavender Lane 

    B        F#           A                      A7 
But worst of all, they've taken all the people away 

E                     B
Now only memories are all that remain 
   A                         E
Of all of the people down in Lavender Lane  

              B               A      A7
Oh Lord, they gutted Lavender Lane 
E             B               A      A7
Whoa-oh, they gutted Lavender Lane
E             B               A      A7
Whoa-oh, they gutted Lavender Lane
E             B               A      A7   (Fade)
Whoa-oh, they gutted Lavender Lane