Ladbroke Grove Symphony Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]I had a basement [Bm]flat
[Am]off Portobello[D] Road[Bm][Am][Bm][Am]
in my cowboy [G]hat[Dm][Em]
down the Grove I [Am]strode
with my buckled boots
[Dm]and [Em]my bl[Dm]ue striped pants[Am][F][G]
[F]I knew how[G] to gro[Am]ove
I didn't know how to dance
I wore [F]a teenage rockabilly
coat from Johnstons
[Em]My head full of lyrics, wonder
love and ma[Am]gic,
stuff and nonsense
[Bm]

[Verse 2]
the coun[Am]ter- culture [Bm]was fad[Am]ing
but echoed everywhere
rastas prom[Dm]enading
reefer smoke on [Am]the air
behind my wooden [Dm]door
I'd blast out my [Em]sounds
[F]on [G]my [F]back o[Em]n the floor[Am]
with the lights all down
like [F]Dorothy adrift
in the land of Oz
[Em]sometimes I'd open my eyes
and [Am]wonder where the hell I was

[Verse 3]
[Am]
I was in love with a girl
I saw one afternoon
wearing duffle coat and [Dm]pearls[Am][Dm]
in [Am]the middle of June
Nikki Sudden [Dm]would call
in his velvet [Em]and [F]tat[G]
[F]and sleep in my [Am]spare room
and wear my spare hat
[F]As carnival approached
the pot got stronger
[Em]reggae sound systems fired up[G]
[Am]on every crumbling street corner
[Bm]

[Verse 4]
[Am]
I remember a hot
sticky summer night
I was in [Dm]a sweet spot
I was hungry [Am]to write
the sound systems [Dm]roared
they made the houses [F]shake
[Am]my '[G]magination soared
[Am]and like a storm that breaks
[Em]Sav [F]age Earth Heart
tumbled through my brain
a [Em]bolt or a download
from an[G]other wilder,
[Am]higher plane

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
landlord sold my [Am]place
needed the cash I suppose
and I left in [Dm]haste[Em]
[Dm]the day betw[Em]een shows
[Am][Em][Am]
I packed [G]everything up
[Dm]in o[Em]ne ni[Dm]ght,
it's [G]the truth[Am]
didn't even sleep
that's the power [Em]of yo[Am]uth
on the [F]bus next morning
and away we drove
[Em]nev er said a proper
so long and thankyou [Am]baby

[Verse 6]
to my beloved Ladbroke Grove
[Am]
I tried moving back
when an age had passed
the stage was still intact
[Dm]only[Am] with a different cast
in a different [Dm]play
a whole new pan[Am]tomime
[Dm]and [F]I was just in the way[Am]
and I was way out of time
some [F]things I guess you
ain't meant to repeat
I re[Em]tired to lick my wounds
[Am]and scheme again

[Outro 1]
on some other street
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