Tuning: Standard
Capo on 1st fret
Verse 1:
A5
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
D5
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
A5 F#5 E5 E5
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns
Verse 2:
A5
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
D5
When we thought about things we were gonna do
A5 F#5 E5 E5
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too
Chorus:
D5 A5
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
F#5 E5
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
D5 A5 E5 E5
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Caf?
Verse 3:
A5
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
D5
Or I'm turning back home and I'm walking away
A5 F#5 E5 E5
I'm a better man now than I was that day
Chorus
D5 A5
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
F#5 E5
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
D5 A5 E5 E5
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Caf?
D5 A5
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
F#5 E5
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
D5 A5 E5 E5
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Caf?
Bridge:
D5 E5 A5 E5
I wheel my bike off the train,
Up the North Trade Road,
D5 E5 A5 E5
Look for you on Marley Lane
F#5
In every building, every streetlight
D5 E5 E5
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?
Verse 4:
A~
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
D5~
You can get a big house and a faster car
A~ F#m~ E5 E5
You can run away boy, but you won't go far
Chorus:
D5 A5
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
F#5 E5
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
D5 A5 E5 E5
Watch night going down on the Sovereign Light Caf?
D5 A5
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
F#5 E5
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
D5 A5 E5 E5
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Caf?
D5 A5 F#5
La la la la la la la laYeah,
E5 D5 A5 E5 E5
I'm going where the people know my name
D5 A5 F#5
La la la la la la la laYeah,
E5 D5 A5 E5 E5
I'm going where the people know my name
Outro:
D5 ~ A5 ~ E5 ~