The Stranglers - London Lady

      
 
 LONDON LADY

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 intro: C D G F
 *bass and drums enter* C D G
 
 (intro riff)
 
 C D G 
    

 E-------------------------------------------------------------|
 B-------------------------------------------------------------|
 G-------------------------------------------------------------|
 D----------------------------------5--5h7p5-5h7p5-5h7p5-5h7p5-|
 A-------3-5-3-------5-7-5------5-7----------------------------|
 E---3-5---------5-7--------5-7--------------------------------|
 

 
 C D G F 
     

 E-------------------------------------------------------------|
 B-------------------------------------------------------------|
 G-------------------------------------------------------------|
 D----------------------------------5--5h7p5-5h7p5-3h5p3-3h5p3-|
 A-------3-5-3-------5-7-5------5-7----------------------------|
 E---3-5---------5-7--------5-7--------------------------------|
 

 
 C D G F 
     

 E-------------------------------------------------------------|
 B----------------------------------------------1----1---------|
 G----------------------------------------------3p2--2---------|
 D----------------------------------5--5h7p5----3----3---------|
 A-------3-5-3-------5-7-5------5-7----------------------------|
 E---3-5---------5-7--------5-7--------------------------------|
 

 
 C          D                       
 Little lady with Dingwalls bullsh*t
 G                    F                 
 Ah, you're so stupid, Foetid brainwaves
 C           D                   
 Little lady, what really happens
 G                    F                   
 When you see mirrors, you get the shivers
 
 G (N.C.) G F G (N.C.) G (N.C.)
 Ahhhh... (keyboards) (bass) (drums)
 
 C             D                 
 Making love to the Mersey tunnel
 G                        F                      
 With a sausage, have you ever been to Liverpool?
 C                      D                
 Please don't talk much, it burns my ears
 G                           F             
 Tonight you've talked for a thousand years
 
 G                                  
 Plastics real when you're real sick
 F                                  
 Plastics real when you're real sick
 E5                                 
 Plastics real when you're real sick
 Eb                                 
 Plastics real when you're real sick
 (play the above twice)
 
 G Bb F 
    
 G                                  Bb       F   
 Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about
 
 G Bb F 
    
 G                                  Bb       F   
 Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about
 
 G F E5 F G F E5 F  
        Oh!
 
 C           D                   
 London lady, why did you lay me?
 G                             F                   
 Your head is crowded with the names you've hounded
 C                    D                 
 The lines around your eyes they show me
 G               F                         G                      Bb F 
 You realise the party's over London Lady, party's over London Lady
 G                                  Bb        F  G Bb F 
 Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about
 G                                  Bb        F  
 Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about
 
 G Bb F (x7)
 
 note: Hugh plays a kind of 'anti solo' here, where he just attacks his guitar and plays randomly,
 unfortunately, it's really low in the mix so more time is needed to decipher it :)
 
 end on F.
 
 
 
 
                          G#m   D      E C#m B 
 Your skies were blue, goodbye Toulouse
   E                          
 I walked your streets in fear
 G#m D E C#m B (riff)
 I washed your streets with tears, Toulouse
 F#m G#m A   B   E 
 Goodbye Toulouse
 
      E                   
 Your cafes tell the tales
                   G#m      D      E C#m B 
 Of saddened millionaires, Toulouse
   E                      
 A million dreams I've had
 G#m D E C#m B (riff)
 A million lies I've told, Toulouse
 F#m G#m  A  B   
 Goodbye Toulouse
 
 D E D E - D D#5 E 
         
 
 guitar solo (over verse chords):
 
 E G#m 
   

 E--------------0-----------0-----7-5-4-2-0-2-----|
 B--12s---0-2-4---4-2-0-2-4---4-0-------------4---|
 G------------------------------------------------|
 D------------------------------------------------|
 A------------------------------------------------|
 E------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 D E C#m B 
     

 E--------------------------------------0-----------0------|
 B-5^^^^^-5h7p5-4h5p4-4h5p4-2h4p2-0-2-4---4-2-0-2-4---4-0--|
 G---------------------------------------------------------|
 D---------------------------------------------------------|
 A---------------------------------------------------------|
 E---------------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 E G#m 
   

 E-s4-2-0-------4-2-0-------7-5-4-2-0-2----|
 B--------4-2-0-------4-2-0-------------4--|
 G-----------------------------------------|
 D-----------------------------------------|
 A-----------------------------------------|
 E-----------------------------------------|
 

 
 D E C#m B 
     

 E--------------------------------------0-----------0------|
 B-5^^^^^-5h7p5-4h5p4-4h5p4-2h4p2-0-2-4---4-2-0-2-4---4-0*-|
 G---------------------------------------------------------|
 D---------------------------------------------------------| <-*let ring
 A---------------------------------------------------------|
 E---------------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 F#m G#m A B                             
 E - G#m D E C#m B (x2, riff second time)
 F#m G#m A B 
     
 D E D E - D D#5 E 
         
 E 
  
    E                   
 Paula leaned down to me
 G#m D E C#m B 
     
   E                  
 I will return someday
 G#m D E C#m B (riff)
 So you can hear me say farewell
 
 F#m G#m A B (riff)
 Goodbye Toulouse (x3)
 
 D E D E - D D#5 E 
         
 end on E.