The Stranglers - London Lady

      
 
 The Stranglers - London Lady
 Tabbed By: Reecy
 Email: Bushhead81@Hotmail.com
 
 Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
 
 
 LONDON LADY

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 Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com)
 Date of Transcription: 1st April 2002
 
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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 bullshit
 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.