London Town  (1978) (video)


 
    C - F - E - A    (+ Mm)    +  F - C - G - D 
 
+  C - F - E - A     +  Dm - Em
 
       D
1. Walking down the sidewalk one purple afternoon,
                  Em
    I was accosted by a barker
                                                       D        C    G           D
    playing a simple tune upon his flute. Toot toot toot toot.
      A
    Silver rain was falling down
        F           C       G            D
    upon the dirty ground of London town.
 
+  F - C - G - D
 
       G                                       Am
2. People pass me by on my imaginary street,
     G                                 Em
    ordinary people it's impossible to meet,
      Am                                           D
    holding conversations that are always incomplete.
                            G
    Well, I don't know.
 
    Em             Fm            D           G
+  Oh, where are there places to go ?
     Em            Fm               D           G
    Someone, somewhere has to know.
    C  G        D
    I don't know.
 
+  D - C
 
       G                                       Am
3. Out of work again, the actor entertains his wife
      G                                             Em
    with the same old stories of his ordinary life.
      Am                                       D
    Maybe he exaggerates the trouble and the strife.
                            G
    Well, I don't know.
 
     Em            Fm            D           G
+  Oh, where are there places to go ?
     Em            Fm               D          G
    Someone, somewhere has to know.
 
+  C - F - E - A     +  F - C - G - D  
 
+  C - F - E - A      +  Dm - Em
 
        D
4. Crawling down the pavement on a Sunday afternoon,
                 Em
    I was arrested by a rozzer
                                                           D       C    G           D
    wearing a pink balloon about his foot. Toot toot toot toot.
     A
    Silver rain was falling down
         F          C       G            D
    Upon the dirty ground of London town.
 
+  F - C - G - D     +  G - Am - G - Em - C - D - G
 
+  G ~ ~ ~   +  G - E - D - G
 
      Em           Fm                D         G
+  Someone, somewhere has to know.
      G
    Silver rain was falling down
        D#                  A#          C         G
    upon the dirty ground of London town.
 
 

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Paul McCartney & Wings)