Londons Brilliant Parade Chords & Tabs
Londons Brilliant Parade Chords
"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 C#m9
Outside my window
A E
not long before sleep arrives
G E
they come with their sirens___
A
and they sweep away all the boys
C#7 F#m
busy draining the joy from their___lives
B E
they never said their prayers out loud
____Verse: 2
E C#m9
And while I'm dreaming
A E
there's a passing motor car
G E
that broadcasts a popular song
A
and a girl appears to be saying
C#7 F#m
"Do you think that I'm going to go___far"?
____Chorus: 1
C
Just look at me
Em/B Em-5/Bb
I'm having the time of my_______life
A7
or something quite like it
Dm G
when I'm walking out and about
F/C C
in London's brilliant parade
____Bridge:
Em7 A
She's one of those girls that you just can't place
Em7 A
you feel guilty desiring such an innocent face
D F#m7 Bm
but of course they knew that____when they cast__her
D F#m7 Bm
along with the red____Routema__ster
Em7 A
and the film takes place in an MGB
Em7 A
in a perfect re-creation of "The Speakeasy"
D F#m7 Bm
everybody looks hap____py and twi__sted
D F#m7 Bm
though she probably ne____ver exi__sted
G#dim Dm/A Bb Bdim
for old times sake,______don't let me awake______
____Verse: 3
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E C#m9
I wouldn't want you
A E
to walk across Hungerford Bridge
G E
especially at twili___ght
A
looking through the bolts and the girders
C#7 F#m
into the water be___low
B E
you'll never find your answer there
____Verse: 4
E C#m9
They sounded the "all-clear"
A E
in the occidental bazaar
G E
they used to call Oxford Street
A
now the bankrupt souls in the city
C#7 F#m
are finally tasting de___feat
____Chorus: 2
C
Don't look at me
Em/B Em-5/Bb
I'm having the time of my_______life
A7
or something quite like it
Dm G
when I'm walking out and about
F/C C
in London's brilliant parade
Dm G
when I'm walking out and about
F/C C
in London's brilliant parade
____Verse: 5
E C#m9
From the gates of St. Mary's,
A E
there were horses in Olym__pia
G E
and a trolley bus in Fulham Broadway
A
the lions and the tigers
C#7 F#m
in Regents Park couldn't pay their way
B E
and now they're not the only ones
____Verse: 6
E C#m9
At the Hammersmith Palais
A E
in Kensington and___Camden town
G E
there's a part that I used to play
A
the lovely Diorama is really
C#7 F#m
part of the drama, I'd___say
____Chorus: 1
C
Just look at me
Em/B Em-5/Bb
I'm having the time of my_______life
A7
or something quite like it
Dm G
when I'm walking out and about
F/C C
in London's brilliant parade (Repeat chorus)
____Coda:
E string:*G F F
B string: D Db C* (Repeat *-* 2 more times)
