Pet Shop Boys - London Chords & Tabs

 

London Chords & Tabs

Pet Shop Boys Chords & Tabs

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London Chords

   
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		London (Genuine Piano Mix) - Pet Shop Boys
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Pet Shop Boys
London (2002)
(Tennant/Lowe/Zippel)

From: "London" (Maxi) and "Disco 3"

Not - as the title may suggest - a remix, but a beautiful 
alternate recording of the song, different chords and everything.

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CHORDS

          e-B-G-D-A-e
C7/9sus4  3-3-3-3-3-x
Fmaj7     0-1-2-3-3-1(t)
Gsus4     3-1-0-0-x-3
G/B       x-0-0-0-2-x
F/G       1-1-2-3-x-3

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INTRO
| C | % | Cmaj7 | % | C | % | Cmaj7 | % |

C
  We came from the far North 
Cmaj7            C7/9sus4
  Summered in Crimea 
Fmaj7
  Deserted the armed forces 
G#            Bb
  Had to disappear 
C
  Made it to the free West 
Cmaj7            C7/9sus4
  On a chartered flight 
Fmaj7         Dm7
  So we could see what 
F/G             G
  We trained to fight

           C
We were in London
Em             Fmaj7             F/G
  "Let's do it - let's break the law"
G          Em Am
We were in London
Dm              F/G   G
Tell it like it is
           Fmaj7
We were in London
Em              Dm   
Tell it like it is
F/G  G          C
     We were in London
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/pet_shop_boys/london_crd_ver_2.html ]
C
  Looking for hard work 
Cmaj7            C7/9sus4
  Or credit card fraud 
F
  What do you expect from us?
G#              Bb
  We come from abroad 
C
  To get ourselves a new job 
Cmaj7           C7/9sus4
  On a building-site 
Fmaj7              Dm7
  They work you so hard 
F/G                 G
  But we trained to fight

           C
We were in London
Em             Fmaj7             F/G
  "Let's do it - let's break the law"
G          Em Am
We were in London
Dm              F/G   G
Tell it like it is
           C
We were in London
Em             Fmaj7             F/G
  "Let's do it - let's break the law"
G          Em Am
We were in London
Dm              F/G   G
Tell it like it is

SOLO
| C | % | Cmaj7 | % | C | % | Cmaj7 | % |

Am        G/B                 Dm7
  My father fought in Afghanistan
[Dm7]         Gsus4                 Am
  His widow's pension ain't worth a damn
[Am]        G/B                    Dm7
  My mother works and goes home to cry
[Dm7]       F/G           G
  I want to live before I die

           C
We were in London
Em             Fmaj7             F/G
  "Let's do it - let's break the law"
G          Em Am
We were in London
Dm              F/G   G
Tell it like it is
           C
We were in London
Em             Fmaj7             F/G
  "Let's do it - let's break the law"
G          Em Am
We were in London
Dm              F/G   G
Tell it like it is

CODA

| Am7 | Em | F | F/G G | 
Fmaj7 (freely)
  Tell it like it is, tell it like it is
           Fmaj7 (freely)                        C
We were in London, tell it like, tell it like it is