"London's Brilliant Parade" (Capo: 5th. fret)
____Intro: Strings: B & E
(Notes on both strings to be played simultaneously)
E5 string:*G5 F5 F5
B5 string: D5 C#5 C5 * (Repeat *-* 2 more times)
____Verse: 1
E5 C#5
Outside my window
A5 E5
not long before sleep arrives
G5 E5
they come with their sirens___
A5
and they sweep away all the boys
C#5 F#5
busy draining the joy from their___lives
B5 E5
they never said their prayers out loud
____Verse: 2
E5 C#5
And while I'm dreaming
A5 E5
there's a passing motor car
G5 E5
that broadcasts a popular song
A5
and a girl appears to be saying
C#5 F#5
"Do you think that I'm going to go___far"?
____Chorus: 1
C5
Just look at me
E5 E5
I'm having the time of my_______life
A5
or something quite like it
D5 G5
when I'm walking out and about
F5 C5
in London's brilliant parade
____Bridge:
E5 A5
She's one of those girls that you just can't place
E5 A5
you feel guilty desiring such an innocent face
D5 F#5 B5
but of course they knew that____when they cast__her
D5 F#5 B5
along with the red____Routema__ster
E5 A5
and the film takes place in an MGB
E5 A5
in a perfect re-creation of "The Speakeasy"
D5 F#5 B5
everybody looks hap____py and twi__sted
D5 F#5 B5
though she probably ne____ver exi__sted
Ab5 D5 Bb5 B5
for old times sake,______don't let me awake______
____Verse: 3
E5 C#5
I wouldn't want you
A5 E5
to walk across Hungerford Bridge
G5 E5
especially at twili___ght
A5
looking through the bolts and the girders
C#5 F#5
into the water be___low
B5 E5
you'll never find your answer there
____Verse: 4
E5 C#5
They sounded the "all-clear"
A5 E5
in the occidental bazaar
G5 E5
they used to call Oxford Street
A5
now the bankrupt souls in the city
C#5 F#5
are finally tasting de___feat
____Chorus: 2
C5
Don't look at me
E5 E5
I'm having the time of my_______life
A5
or something quite like it
D5 G5
when I'm walking out and about
F5 C5
in London's brilliant parade
D5 G5
when I'm walking out and about
F5 C5
in London's brilliant parade
____Verse: 5
E5 C#5
From the gates of St. Mary's,
A5 E5
there were horses in Olym__pia
G5 E5
and a trolley bus in Fulham Broadway
A5
the lions and the tigers
C#5 F#5
in Regents Park couldn't pay their way
B5 E5
and now they're not the only ones
____Verse: 6
E5 C#5
At the Hammersmith Palais
A5 E5
in Kensington and___Camden town
G5 E5
there's a part that I used to play
A5
the lovely Diorama is really
C#5 F#5
part of the drama, I'd___say
____Chorus: 1
C5
Just look at me
E5 E5
I'm having the time of my_______life
A5
or something quite like it
D5 G5
when I'm walking out and about
F5 C5
in London's brilliant parade (Repeat chorus)
____Coda:
E5 string:*G5 F5 F5
B5 string: D5 C#5 C5 * (Repeat *-* 2 more times)
