Sovereign Light Cafe

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sovereign light cafe – keane
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i’m pretty sure these chords are correct , they sound right when you play along
anyway , even if they’re not the exact chords keane uses .

tuning : standard
capo on 1st fret

chords :
E A D G B E
A – – 2 2 2 –
D5 – – – 2 3 –
F#m 2 4 4 2 2 2
Esus4 – 2 2 2 – –
E – 2 2 1 – –
D – – – 2 3 2

verse 1 :
A
i’m going back to the time when we owned this town
D5
down powder mill lane , in the battlegrounds
A F#m Esus4 E
we were friends and lovers and clueless clowns

verse 2 :
A
i didn’t know i’d be finding out now i was torn from you
D5
when we thought about things we were gonna do
A F#m Esus4 E
we were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too

chorus :
D A
go down to the rides on east parade ,
F#m E
by the lights of the palace arcade
D A Esus4 E
watch night coming down on the sovereign light cafe

verse 3 :
A
i’m begging you for some sign , but you’ve still got nothing to say
D5
or i’m turning back home and i’m walking away
A F#m Esus4 E
i’m a better man now than i was that day

chorus
D A
go down to the rides on east parade ,
F#m E
by the lights of the palace arcade
D A Esus4 E
watch night coming down on the sovereign light cafe
D A
go down to the bandstand on the pier
F# E
watch the drunks and the lovers appear
D A Esus4 E
take time , just the stars at the sovereign light cafe

bridge :
D Esus4 A E
i wheel my bike off the train ,

up the north trade road ,
D Esus4 A E
look for you on marley lane
F#m
in every building , every streetlight
D Esus4 E
oh why did we ever go so far from home?

verse 4 :
a~
you keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
d5~
you can get a big house and a faster car
a~ f#m~ Esus4 E
you can run away boy , but you won’t go far

chorus :
D A
let’s go down to the rides on east parade ,
F#m E
by the lights of the palace arcade
D A Esus4 E
watch night going down on the sovereign light cafe
D A
stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
F#m E
watch the drunks and the lovers appear
D A Esus4 E
take time , just the stars at the sovereign light cafe

D A F#m
la la la la la la la layeah ,
E D A Esus4 E
i’m going where the people know my name
D A F#m
la la la la la la la layeah ,
E D A Esus4 E
i’m going where the people know my name

outro :
d~ a~ e~