The Stranglers

London Lady(Chords)

The Stranglers

Key: C

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	        intro: C D G F 
*bass and drums enter* C D G 

  (intro riff) 

           C           D          G 
E-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G-------------------------------------------------------------| 
D----------------------------------5--5h7p5-5h7p5-5h7p5-5h7p5-| 
A-------3-5-3-------5-7-5------5-7----------------------------| 
E---3-5---------5-7--------5-7--------------------------------| 

            C           D         G               F 
E-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G-------------------------------------------------------------| 
D----------------------------------5--5h7p5-5h7p5-3h5p3-3h5p3-| 
A-------3-5-3-------5-7-5------5-7----------------------------| 
E---3-5---------5-7--------5-7--------------------------------| 

           C           D          G         F 
E-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B----------------------------------------------1----1---------| 
G----------------------------------------------3p2--2---------| 
D----------------------------------5--5h7p5----3----3---------| 
A-------3-5-3-------5-7-5------5-7----------------------------| 
E---3-5---------5-7--------5-7--------------------------------|
C D Little lady with Dingwalls bullshit G F Ah, you're so stupid, Foetid brainwaves C D Little lady, what really happens G F When you see mirrors, you get the shivers G (N.C.) G F G (N.C.) G (N.C.) Ahhhh... (keyboards) (bass) (drums) C D Making love to the Mersey tunnel G F With a sausage, have you ever been to Liverpool? C D Please don't talk much, it burns my ears G F Tonight you've talked for a thousand years G Plastics real when you're real sick F Plastics real when you're real sick E5 Plastics real when you're real sick Eb Plastics real when you're real sick (play the above twice) G Bb F G Bb F Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about G Bb F G Bb F Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about G F E5 F G F E5 F Oh! C D London lady, why did you lay me? G F Your head is crowded with the names you've hounded C D The lines around your eyes they show me G F G Bb F You realise the party's over London Lady, party's over London Lady G Bb F G Bb F Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about G Bb F Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about G Bb F (x7) note: Hugh plays a kind of 'anti solo' here, where he just attacks his guitar and plays randomly, unfortunately, it's really low in the mix so more time is needed to decipher it :) end on F. G#m D E C#m B Your skies were blue, goodbye Toulouse E I walked your streets in fear G#m D E C#m B (riff) I washed your streets with tears, Toulouse F#m G#m A B E Goodbye Toulouse E Your cafes tell the tales G#m D E C#m B Of saddened millionaires, Toulouse E A million dreams I've had G#m D E C#m B (riff) A million lies I've told, Toulouse F#m G#m A B Goodbye Toulouse D E D E - D D#5 E
guitar solo (over verse chords): 
     
         E                                  G#m 
E--------------0-----------0-----7-5-4-2-0-2-----| 
B--12s---0-2-4---4-2-0-2-4---4-0-------------4---| 
G------------------------------------------------| 
D------------------------------------------------| 
A------------------------------------------------| 
E------------------------------------------------| 

  D   E       C#m                B       
E--------------------------------------0-----------0------| 
B-5^^^^^-5h7p5-4h5p4-4h5p4-2h4p2-0-2-4---4-2-0-2-4---4-0--| 
G---------------------------------------------------------| 
D---------------------------------------------------------| 
A---------------------------------------------------------| 
E---------------------------------------------------------| 

  E                                   G#m 
E-s4-2-0-------4-2-0-------7-5-4-2-0-2----| 
B--------4-2-0-------4-2-0-------------4--| 
G-----------------------------------------| 
D-----------------------------------------| 
A-----------------------------------------| 
E-----------------------------------------| 

  D   E        C#m              B 
E--------------------------------------0-----------0------| 
B-5^^^^^-5h7p5-4h5p4-4h5p4-2h4p2-0-2-4---4-2-0-2-4---4-0*-| 
G---------------------------------------------------------| 
D---------------------------------------------------------| <-*let ring 
A---------------------------------------------------------| 
E---------------------------------------------------------|
F#m G#m A B E - G#m D E C#m B (x2, riff second time) F#m G#m A B D E D E - D D#5 E E E Paula leaned down to me G#m D E C#m B From her high balcony, Toulouse E I will return someday G#m D E C#m B (riff) So you can hear me say farewell F#m G#m A B (riff) Goodbye Toulouse (x3) D E D E - D D#5 E

Written by Jet Black/Jean-Jacques Burnel/Hugh Cornwell/Dave Greenfield

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