Ladbroke Grove Symphony
Ladbroke Grove Symphony

Ladbroke Grove Symphony easy guitar chords by The Waterboys

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    • Verse 1
    I had 
    a basement 
    flat 

    off 
    Porto
    bello 
    Road 

    in 
    my 
    cowboy 
    hat 

    down 
    the Grove 
    I 
    strode 

    with 
    my 
    buckled 
    boots 

    and 
    my blue 
    striped 
    pants 

    I knew 
    how 
    to 
    groove 

    I 
    didn't 
    know 
    how 
    to dance 

    I 
    wore 
    a teenage 
    rockabilly 

    coat from 
    Johnstons 

    My 
    head 
    full 
    of 
    lyrics, 
    wonder 

    love 
    and 
    ma
    gic, 

    stuff 
    and 
    nonsense 

    Verse 2

    the coun
    ter- 
    culture 
    was 
    fad
    ing 

    but 
    echoed 
    everywhere 

    rastas prom
    enading 

    reefer 
    smoke 
    on 
    the 
    air 

    behind 
    my 
    wooden 
    door 

    I'd blast 
    out 
    my 
    sounds 

    on 
    my back 
    on 
    the floor 

    with 
    the lights 
    all 
    down 

    like 
    Dorothy 
    adrift 

    in 
    the land 
    of 
    Oz 

    some
    times 
    I'd 
    open 
    my 
    eyes 

    and 
    wonder 
    where 
    the 
    hell 
    I 
    was 

    Verse 3

    I was 
    in 
    love 
    with 
    a 
    girl 

    I saw 
    one 
    afternoon 

    wearing 
    duffle 
    coat 
    and 
    pearls 

    in 
    the middle 
    of 
    June 

    Nikki 
    Sudden 
    would 
    call 

    in 
    his 
    velvet 
    and 
    tat 

    and 
    sleep 
    in 
    my spare 
    room 

    and 
    wear 
    my 
    spare 
    hat 

    As car
    nival 
    approached 

    the 
    pot 
    got 
    stronger 

    reggae 
    sound 
    systems 
    fired 
    up

    on every 
    crumbling 
    street 
    corner 

    Verse 4

    I 
    remember 
    a hot 

    sticky 
    summer 
    night 

    I was 
    in 
    a sweet 
    spot 

    I 
    was 
    hungry 
    to write 

    the sound 
    systems 
    roared 

    they 
    made 
    the 
    houses 
    shake 

    my 
    'magination soared 

    and 
    like 
    a storm 
    that 
    breaks 

    Sav
    age 
    Earth 
    Heart 

    tumbled 
    through 
    my 
    brain 

    a 
    bolt 
    or a 
    download 

    from 
    an
    other 
    wilder, 

    higher 
    plane 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 5
    landlord 
    sold 
    my 
    place 

    needed 
    the cash 
    I 
    suppose 

    and 
    I 
    left 
    in 
    haste 

    the day 
    between 
    shows 


    I packed 
    everything 
    up 

    in 
    one 
    night, 

    it's 
    the truth 

    didn't 
    even 
    sleep 

    that's 
    the power 
    of 
    youth 

    on the 
    bus 
    next 
    morning 

    and 
    away 
    we 
    drove 

    nev
    er said 
    a 
    proper 

    so 
    long 
    and 
    thankyou 
    baby 

    Verse 6
    to 
    my 
    beloved 
    Ladbroke 
    Grove 


    I tried 
    moving 
    back 

    when 
    an 
    age 
    had 
    passed 

    the stage 
    was 
    still 
    intact 

    only 
    with 
    a 
    different 
    cast 

    in 
    a different 
    play 

    a whole 
    new 
    pan
    tomime 

    and 
    I 
    was 
    just 
    in 
    the 
    way 

    and 
    I 
    was 
    way 
    out 
    of 
    time 

    some 
    thing
    s I 
    guess 
    you 

    ain't 
    meant 
    to 
    repeat 

    I 
    re
    tired 
    to 
    lick 
    my 
    wounds 

    and scheme 
    again 

    Outro 1
    on 
    some 
    other 
    street 








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