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Elvis Costello - Londons Brilliant Parade

“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 C# 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/A#
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 A# Bdim
for old times sake , ______don’t let me awake______

____verse : 3

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/A#
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/A#
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 C# C * ( repeat * – * 2 more times )

“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 C# 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/A#
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 A# Bdim
for old times sake , ______don’t let me awake______

____verse : 3

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/A#
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/A#
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 C# C * ( repeat * – * 2 more times )

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