Down to London Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][D][Am][D][Am][D]
[Am][D][Am][D][Am][D][Am][D]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Stop,
[D]wha[Am]t's that sou[D]nd
[Am]It's the death [D]rattle of this [Am]rusty old [D]town
[Am]Stop[D], list[Am]en again[D]
[Am]It's the sound of [D]laughter all [Am]along
[D]the Thames
[Em][E][D][Em]

[Verse 2]
[Am]
[D]Hey, [Am]what's my [D]line
[Am]Do I have to s[D]tay here 'til
the [Am]end of t[D]ime[Am]
[D]I'm, good [Am]looking and [D]bright
[Am]I want to se[D]e life after ten a[Am]t night[D]
[E]

[Verse 3]
[D]So [Em]if th[D]ey a[C]sk you w[G]here I a[F]m
[C]I'm in the back of a t[G]ransit van[C]
In a squat on the [G]earls court [F]road
[C]Gone down to London
turning [G]coal into [C]gold
[G]Down to London[C], dow[G]n to London
[Am]Gone down to [Em]London to [F]be [C]the [Am]king[D]

[Interlude 1]
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[Em][F][C][D][Am][D][Am][D][Am][D][Am][D]
[E][Am]
[D]Hey,

[Verse 4]
[Am]what's your [D]name
[Am]The boys back home[D] all seem
to [Am]look the [D]same[Am]
[D]You, [Am]should stick with [D]me
[Am]And one of u[D]s will make it,
[Am]just you [D]see
[E][D][E]

[Verse 5]
[Am]Stop[D], what[Am]'s that soun[D]d
[Am]Seems like the [D]sixties are [Am]still
swinging [D]around[Am]
[D]Hey, can you [Am]hear me back [D]there
[Am]Or is there an[D]ybody le[Am]ft to ca[D]re
[E]

[Verse 6]
[D]So [E]if you[D] ask[C] me whe[G]re they are[F]
[C]They're hanging tough
in [G]a Soho [C]bar
Playing guitars in the [G]underground[F]
[C]Gone down to London trying
[G]to chase that [C]sound[G][C]
[G]Down to London[F],
[Am]down to Lond[Em]on[F][C][Am][D][Am][D]
[Am]Gone down to [Em]London to [F]be [C]the [D]king

[Interlude 2]
[Am][D][Am][D][Am][D][Am][D][Em]
[D]
[Em]So I[D]

[Verse 7]
[C]ask you should
I [G]cry or [F]laugh[C]
Drinking tea in [G]a kings cross caff
[C]A leather jacket aga[G]inst the col[F]d
[C]Gone down to London
turning [G]coal into [C]gold
[G]Down to [C]London, dow[G]n to London
[Am]Gone down to [Em]London [F]to [C]be [Am]the [D]king[Am][D][Am][Em][F][C]

[Outro 1]
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