• Song:

    Londons Brilliant Parade

  • Artist:

    Elvis Costello

"London's Brilliant Parade" (Capo: 5th. fret)

____Intro: Strings: B & E

(Notes on both strings to be played simultaneously)

E string:*G  F  F
 B string: D  C#  C* (Repeat *-* 2 more times)

____Verse: 1

E (022100@1)         C#m9 (x4244x@1)Outside my window
                 A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)not long before sleep arrives
      G (320003@1)                 E (022100@1)they come with their sirens___
                  A (x02220@1)and they sweep away all the boys
      C#7 (x4342x@1)                      F#m (244222@1)busy draining the joy from their___lives
      B (x2444x@1)                            E (022100@1)they never said their prayers out loud

____Verse: 2

E (022100@1)            C#m9 (x4244x@1)And while I'm dreaming
                   A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)there's a passing motor car
      G (320003@1)                  E (022100@1)that broadcasts a popular song
              A (x02220@1)and a girl appears to be saying
        C#7 (x4342x@1)                     F#m"Do (244222@1)you think that I'm going to go___far"?

____Chorus: 1

C (x32010@1)Just look at me
     Em/B (012000@1)               Em-5/Bb
 I'm having the time of my_______life
    A7 (x02020@1)or something quite like it
 Dm (xx0231@1)                       G (320003@1)when I'm walking out and about
             F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)in London's brilliant parade

____Bridge:

Em7                         A (x02220@1)She's one of those girls that you just can't place
          Em7                     A (x02220@1)you feel guilty desiring such an innocent face
        D (xx0232@1)                  F#m7 (131141@2)            Bm (x24432@1)but of course they knew that____when they cast__her
  D (xx0232@1)              F#m7 (131141@2)     Bm (x24432@1)along with the red____Routema__ster
         Em7                    A (x02220@1)and the film takes place in an MGB
      Em7                         A (x02220@1)in a perfect re-creation of "The Speakeasy"
      D (xx0232@1)           F#m7 (131141@2)        Bm (x24432@1)everybody looks hap____py and twi__sted
            D (xx0232@1)        F#m7 (131141@2)     Bm (x24432@1)though she probably ne____ver exi__sted
               Abdim (1201xx@1)Dm/A              Bb (x1333x@1)  Bdim (1201xx@1)for old times sake,______don't let me awake______

____Verse: 3

E (022100@1)         C#m9 (x4244x@1)I wouldn't want you
                A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)to walk across Hungerford Bridge
   G (320003@1)               E (022100@1)               
 especially at twili___ght
                     A (x02220@1)looking through the bolts and the girders
 C#7 (x4342x@1)            F#m (244222@1)into the water be___low
        B (x2444x@1)                      E (022100@1)you'll never find your answer there

____Verse: 4

E (022100@1)                C#m9 (x4244x@1)They sounded the "all-clear"
            A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)in the occidental bazaar
      G (320003@1)                 E (022100@1)they used to call Oxford Street
                  A (x02220@1)now the bankrupt souls in the city
     C#7 (x4342x@1)             F#m (244222@1)are finally tasting de___feat

____Chorus: 2

C (x32010@1)Don't look at me
     Em/B (012000@1)               Em-5/Bb
 I'm having the time of my_______life
    A7 (x02020@1)or something quite like it
 Dm (xx0231@1)                       G (320003@1)when I'm walking out and about
             F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)in London's brilliant parade
 Dm (xx0231@1)                       G (320003@1)when I'm walking out and about
             F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)in London's brilliant parade

____Verse: 5

E (022100@1)                    C#m9 (x4244x@1)From the gates of St. Mary's,
                       A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)there were horses in Olym__pia
       G (320003@1)                         E (022100@1)and a trolley bus in Fulham Broadway
                   A (x02220@1)the lions and the tigers
             C#7 (x4342x@1)                  F#m (244222@1)in Regents Park couldn't pay their way
     B (x2444x@1)                       E (022100@1)and now they're not the only ones

____Verse: 6

E (022100@1)                 C#m9 (x4244x@1)At the Hammersmith Palais
                   A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)in Kensington and___Camden town
           G (320003@1)                 E (022100@1)there's a part that I used to play
               A (x02220@1) 
 the lovely Diorama is really
 C#7 (x4342x@1)                 F#m (244222@1)part of the drama, I'd___say

____Chorus: 1

C (x32010@1)Just look at me
     Em/B (012000@1)               Em-5/Bb
 I'm having the time of my_______life
    A7 (x02020@1)or something quite like it
 Dm (xx0231@1)                       G (320003@1)when I'm walking out and about
             F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)in London's brilliant parade (Repeat chorus)

____Coda:

E string:*G  F  F
 B string: D  C#  C* (Repeat *-* 2 more times)
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