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London is the Place for Me – Lord Kitchener
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Lord Kitchener
London is the Place for Me (1948)
(Aldwyn Roberts)
From: "London Is The Place For Me:
Trinidadian Calypso In London, 1950 - 1956"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGt21q1AjuI
It's not always possible to hear exactly what is going on here -
anyway, here's my reading of this beauty. Enjoy!
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capo: 1st fret
play: A
key: Bb
For original chords transpose +1 to Bb
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C#dim x-5-4-6-5-x
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[Big Ben INTRO / OUTRO]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|2---------------|--------2-------|
G|----2---4-------|----4-------2---|
D|------------2---|2---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
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[Big Ben INTRO]
[VERSE]
A F#m Bm E | A A/G# A/F# A/E |
London is the place for me
A F#m Bm E | A A/F# A/E |
London this lovely city
C#dim F#7
You can go to France or America,
D6 E
India, Asia or Australia
A F#m Bm E | A A/F# A/E |
But you must come back to London city
[INTERLUDE]
| C#dim F#7 | Bm E |
| A F#m Bm E | A A/F# A/E |
[VERSE]
A F#m Bm E | A A/G# A/F# A/E |
Well believe me I am speaking broadmindedly
A F#m Bm E | A A/F# A/E |
I am glad to know my Mother Country
C#dim F#7
I have been travelling to countries years ago
D6 E
But this is the place I wanted to know
A F#m Bm E | A A/F# A/E |
London that’s the place for me
[INTERLUDE]
| C#dim F#7 | Bm E |
| A F#m Bm E | A A/F# A/E |
[VERSE]
A F#m Bm E | A A/G# A/F# A/E |
To live in London you’re really comfortable
A F#m Bm E | A A/F# A/E |
Because the English people are very much sociable
C#dim F#7
They take you here and they take you there
D6 E
And they make you feel like a millionaire
A F#m Bm E | A A/F# A/E |
London that’s the place for me
[INTERLUDE]
| C#dim F#7 | Bm E |
| A F#m Bm E | A A/F# A/E |
[VERSE]
A F#m Bm E | A A/G# A/F# A/E |
At night when you have nothing to do
A F#m Bm E | A A/F# A/E |
You can take a walk down Shaftesbury Avenue
C#dim F#7
There you will laugh and talk and enjoy the breeze
D6 E
And admire the beautiful scenery
A F#m Bm E | A A/F# A/E |
Of London that’s the place for me
[INTERLUDE]
| C#dim F#7 | Bm E |
| A F#m Bm E | A A/F# A/E |
[VERSE]
A F#m Bm E | A A/G# A/F# A/E |
Yes, I cannot complain of the time I have spent
A F#m Bm E | A A/F# A/E |
I mean my life in London is really magnificent
C#dim F#7
I have every comfort and every sport
D6 E
And my residence is at Hampton Court
A F#m Bm E | A A/F# A/E |
So London that’s the place for me
[CODA]
| C#dim F#7 | Bm E |
| A F#m Bm E | A A
[Big Ben OUTRO]
