London Youre A Lady
The PoguesVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Intro Backing Guitar: ,,,] ,,,] ,,,] ,,,]
Ah London you're a lady
Laid out before my eyes
Your golden heart is pulsing
Between your scarred up thighs
Your eyes are full of sadness
Red busses skirt your hem
Your head-dress is a ring of lights
But I would not follow them
Your architects were madmen
Your builders sane but drunk
Among your faded jewels
Shine acid house and punk
You are a scarlet lady
Your streets run red with blood
Oh my darling they have used you
And covered you with mud
It was deep down in your womb my love
I drank my quart of sin
While chinamen played cards and draughts
And knocked back mickey finns
Your piss is like a river
Its scent is beer and gin
Your hell is in the summer
And you blossom in the spring
September is your purgatory
Christmas is your heaven
And when the stinking streets of summer
Are washed away by rain
At the dark end of a lonely street
That's where you lose your pain
'Tis then your eyes light up my love
And sparkle once again
Melody (2x) alone
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Readable chord sheet for London Youre A Lady by The Pogues
Intro Backing Guitar: [[C],[C],[C],[C]] [[F],[F],[G],[G]] [[C],[F],[C],[G]] [[C],[F],[C],[G]] Ah [C]London you're a lady Laid out before my [F]ey[G]es Your [C]golden heart is pulsing Be[Am]tween your scarred up [F]thighs Your [C]eyes are full of sadness Red busses skirt your [F]he[G]m Your [C]head-dress is a ring of lights But I [Am]would not follow [F]them Your [F]architects were madmen Your [C]builders sane but [F]dru[G]nk A[C]mong your faded jewels Shine [Am]acid house and [F]punk You [C]are a scarlet lady Your streets run red with [F]blo[G]od Oh my [C]darling they have used you And [Am]covered you with [F]mud It was [C]deep down in your womb my love I drank my quart of [F]si[G]n While [C]chinamen played cards and draughts And [Am]knocked back mickey [F]finns Your [F]piss is like a river Its [C]scent is beer and [F]gi[G]n Your [C]hell is in the summer And you [Am]blossom in the [F]spring Sep[Am]tember is your p[F]urgatory [C]Christmas is your [Am]hea[Ab]ven[Am] And when the [F]stinking streets of [C]summer Are washed away by [F]ra[G]in At the [C]dark end of a lonely street That's [Am]where you lose your [F]pain 'Tis [C]then your [F]eyes light [C]up my [F]love And [C]sparkle once again Melody (2x) alone [C] [F] [G] [C] [F] [G] [C] [F] [G] [C]