London Lady The Stranglers
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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]Little lady[D] with Dingwalls bullshit
[G]Ah, you're so stupid,[F] Foetid brainwaves
[C]Little lady,[D] what really happens
[G]When you see mirrors,[F] you get the shivers
G (N.C.) G F G (N.C.) G (N.C.)
Ahhhh... (keyboards) (bass) (drums)
[C]Making love to[D] the Mersey tunnel
[G]With a sausage, have you [F]ever been to Liverpool?
[C]Please don't talk much,[D] it burns my ears
[G]Tonight you've talked for a [F]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]Tell me what you've got to look so [Bb]pleased a[F]bout
[G] [Bb] [F]
[G]Tell me what you've got to look so [Bb]pleased a[F]bout
[G] [F] [E5] [F] [G] [F] [E5] [F]Oh!
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stranglers/london_lady_tab.html )
[C]London lady,[D] why did you lay me?
[G]Your head is crowded with the [F]names you've hounded
[C]The lines around your[D] eyes they show me
[G]You realise the [F]party's over London Lady, [G]party's over London Lad[Bb]y[F]
[G]Tell me what you've got to look so [Bb]pleased ab[F]out[G] [Bb] [F]
[G]Tell me what you've got to look so [Bb]pleased ab[F]out
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.
Your skies were blue, goo[G#m]dbye T[D]oulouse[E] [C#m] [B]
I [E]walked your streets in fear
G#m D E C#m B (riff)
I washed your streets with tears, Toulouse
[F#m]Good[G#m]bye [A]Toul[B]ouse[E]
Your [E]cafes tell the tales
Of saddened millio[G#m]naires, T[D]oulouse[E] [C#m] [B]
A [E]million dreams I've had
G#m D E C#m B (riff)
A million lies I've told, Toulouse
[F#m]Good[G#m]bye T[A]oul[B]ouse
[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---------------------------------------------------------|
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