London Calling Chords & Tabs
Here's Bruce's cover of London Calling in PA. His cover at London's Hard Rock
Calling festival will be uploaded once I get the solo figured out.
Capo on the third fret, everything relative to the capo.
Verses is Em, Fmaj, G
Em Fmaj
London calling to the faraway towns
G
Now that war is declared-and battle come down
Em Fmaj
London calling to the underworld
G
Come out of the cupboard, all you boys and girls
Em Fmaj
London calling, now don't look at us
G
All that phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
Em Fmaj
London calling, see we ain't got no swing
G
'Cept for the ring of that truncheon thing
CHORUS
Em G
The ice age is coming, the sun is zooming in
Em G
Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin
Em G
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
D
London is drowning-and I live by the river
Em Fmaj x2
Em Fmaj
London calling to the imitation zone
G
Forget it, brother, an' go it alone
Em Fmaj
London calling upon the zombies of death
G
Quit holding out-and draw another breath
Em Fmaj
London calling-and I don't wanna shout
G
But when we were talking-I saw you nodding out
Em Fmaj
London calling, see we ain't got no highs
G
Except for that one with the yellowy eyes
CHORUS
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bruce_springsteen/london_calling_tab.html ]
Solo: Em, Fmaj, G (It's really just rapid picking, but I wrote it differently)
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Chorus
Em Fmaj
London calling, I was there, too
Em Fmaj
An' you know what baby? Well, some of it was true!
Em Fmaj
London calling at the top of the dial
Em Fmaj
After all this, won't you give me a smile?
Em Fmaj x4
London Calling
Em
I never felt so much a' like(repeat like and fade out)