Sights And Sounds Of London Town Chords by Richard Thompson

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_ _ Oh, Jelly and Cheese, the dark-cast lass, _ trains it down on the quarter-past.
[A] Friday night [B] leaves the kids at home, [C] and struts her stuff [D] on the Euston Road.
[E] Saying, do you want [Em] some [G] company, darling?
_ _ [E] Do you want some [G] company now?
_ _ [Em] My place, your [G] place, or no place?
I [C] could use the extra cash [D] anyhow.
_ _ _ [G] The sad [D] sound sounds [G] of London [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
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_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [C] Town.
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_ _ Oh, Jean-Paul, he come over from Toulouse.
They told him that London was the garden goose.
[A] Never got his hands on [G] enough to eat.
[C] He never did get his [D] ass up off the street.
[G] _ Wanted to be a rap DJ.
_ They took his pulse, then they turned him away.
[A] Under the radar [Em] of your [Bm] fellow man.
[C] Well, all that charisma, [D] it ain't worth a damn.
[E] Saying, lend me your [G] shoes till Monday.
_ [E] Oh, brother, can you lend [G] me a comb?
_ _ [Em] I can wash dishes [G] all night long.
[C] I just need my fare [D] back home.
[G] The sad [D] sound sounds [G] of London [D] Town.
[G] The sad [D] sound sounds [G] of London [D] Town.
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_ Well, Jackie, she tried just about everything.
She tried to dance.
She tried to [Am] sing.
Too many [G] doors slammed in your face.
[C] It leaves a nasty [D] _
aftertaste.
_ [G] Scramble around for a little bit of cash.
Ease the pain with Mr.
Flash.
[A] Sentence court [G] is the _ rendezvous for [C] those who share [G] your [D] point of view.
[E] Saying, this is the last [G] time you'll see me.
_ [E] _ Never [G] again, no way.
_ _ [Em] One more time, I'll [G] never ask you again.
[C] I've just got to get through [D]
today.
_ [G] The sad sound sounds of London _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
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_ _ _ Mickey, he sleeps every two or three days.
Runs through Seoul like a rat through [Em] a maze.
[Am] A little blackmail here, [G] a sting on the side.
[C] Enough to get started [D] on the next enterprise.
[G] _ Dress says expensive, but that's just a crutch.
Like his word or his handshake, it doesn't mean much.
[A] Hands on his [G] kickback from the middleman.
[C] And whatever he can beat [D] out of Sally Ann.
[Em] Saying, lucky I'm the one [G] you ran into.
_ [E] Oh, lucky I've [G] taken a shine.
_ _ [Em] Lucky I'm meeting a [G]
partner.
_ _ [C] Fifty-fifty right [D] down the line.
Oh, [G] that's the sad sound [D] [G] sounds of London [D] Town.
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