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Ladbroke Grove Symphony easy guitar chords by
The Waterboys
The Waterboys

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Verse 1
Am
Bm

I had a basement flat
Am
D
Bm
Am
Bm
Am

off Portobello Road
G
Dm
Em

in my cowboy hat
Am

down the Grove I strode

with my buckled boots
Dm
Em
Dm
Am
F
G

and my blue striped pants
F
G
Am

I knew how to groove

I didn't know how to dance
F

I wore a teenage rockabilly

coat from Johnstons
Em

My head full of lyrics, wonder
Am

love and magic,

stuff and nonsense
Bm
Verse 2

Am
Bm
Am

the counter- culture was fading

but echoed everywhere
Dm

rastas promenading
Am

reefer smoke on the air
Dm

behind my wooden door
Em

I'd blast out my sounds
F
G
F
Em
Am

on my back on the floor

with the lights all down
F

like Dorothy adrift

in the land of Oz
Em

sometimes I'd open my eyes
Am

and wonder where the hell I was
Verse 3
Am


I was in love with a girl

I saw one afternoon
Dm
Am
Dm

wearing duffle coat and pearls
Am

in the middle of June
Dm

Nikki Sudden would call
Em
F
G

in his velvet and tat
F
Am

and sleep in my spare room

and wear my spare hat
F

As carnival approached

the pot got stronger
Em
G

reggae sound systems fired up
Am

on every crumbling street corner
Bm
Verse 4
Am


I remember a hot

sticky summer night
Dm

I was in a sweet spot
Am

I was hungry to write
Dm

the sound systems roared
F

they made the houses shake
Am
G

my 'magination soared
Am

and like a storm that breaks
Em
F

Sav age Earth Heart

tumbled through my brain
Em

a bolt or a download
G

from another wilder,
Am

higher plane
Interlude 1
Am
Bm
Am
Dm

Am
Dm
F
G
Am


Verse 5
Am

landlord sold my place

needed the cash I suppose
Dm
Em

and I left in haste
Dm
Em

the day between shows
Am
Em
Am

G

I packed everything up
Dm
Em
Dm

in one night,
G
Am

it's the truth

didn't even sleep
Em
Am

that's the power of youth
F

on the bus next morning

and away we drove
Em

nev er said a proper
Am

so long and thankyou baby
Verse 6

to my beloved Ladbroke Grove
Am


I tried moving back

when an age had passed

the stage was still intact
Dm
Am

only with a different cast
Dm

in a different play
Am

a whole new pantomime
Dm
F
Am

and I was just in the way

and I was way out of time
F

some things I guess you

ain't meant to repeat
Em

I retired to lick my wounds
Am

and scheme again
Outro 1

on some other street
Am
Em
Am
G
Dm
Em

Am
Dm
F
G
Am

Em
F
Em
Am

Bm
Am
Bm
Am

Dm
Em
Am
Em
Em
Am
Em

Em
Em
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Em

Am

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