London chords by The Elizabethan Session

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) A
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tale  (B minor) of  London,
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building sev (F sharp major) en  house (F sharp minor) s high
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 (F sharp major) The  (F sharp minor)  (D major) perfume of the ladies,
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all the  (E minor) ways a man can die
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An (B minor) d   the woman came,
she's ten feet tall,
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she dresses  (F sharp major) all in white, they  (F sharp minor) say
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She  (D major) shines all over England,
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though I've  (E minor) never seen
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the light  (B minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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And  (B minor) they're our killers
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They're all  (F sharp major) drunk out of their minds
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The  (D major) forest is the killing floor
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The field (E minor) s and abattoirs
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disguise and I'm  (B minor) shaking
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Like  (B major) a  (F sharp major) leaf on an old oak tree
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Cause  (F sharp minor)  (D major) traveling can make a man
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But leav (E minor) ing home will end  (A major) me
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I  (E major) fear what may happen
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if I  (B minor) go  out on road
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I  (E major) dare not walk into the  (B minor) dark  (D major)  (E major) 
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 (C sharp minor)  (D major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E major)  (F sharp minor) 
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Ter (B major) ror reigns, yes, my  (F sharp major) brother went to sea
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He said they  (D major) come up from the underworld
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To  (E minor) piss all over Galilee
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I will not  (B minor) wander to the coast
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I'll leave the  (F sharp major) beaches well alone
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There is  (D major) terror in the footsteps
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In the  (E minor) woods at night, outside my  (A major) home
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I  (E major) fear what may happen
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if I  (B minor) go  out on the road
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I  (E major) dare not walk into the  (B minor) dark  (D major)  (E major) 
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 (C sharp minor)  (D major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E major) 
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Although  (F sharp minor) I've not a face,
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but that which  (G major) I  try to
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match with tired  (D major) hands  (E major) 
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 (F sharp minor) I     want nothing better
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than to  (G major) carve a path right
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through this burning  (D major) land
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Down to  (A major) London, Lon (C sharp minor) don   waits for  (B minor) me   (D major)  (B minor) 
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 (E major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E major)  (F sharp minor) 
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 (G major)  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (B minor) 
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I dream  (B major) of London
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every time  (F sharp major) I go to sleep
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A  (F sharp minor)  (D major) stork among the courtiers,
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a  (E minor) wolf among the sheep
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She keeps me  (B minor) wealthy and I'm wise
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I am unafraid  (F sharp major) to walk the night
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Till the  (D major) world come by the darkness
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Closing  (E minor) in  to grip me  (D major) tight
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 (A major) I  fear  (E major) what may happen
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if I  (B minor) go  out on the road
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 (E major) I  dare not walk into the  (B minor) dark
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 (D major)  (E major)  (C sharp minor)  (D major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (B minor) 
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