***London You're A Lady - by Shane MacGowan from the albums "Peace & Love" London You're A Lady - as perfomed by The Pogues Melody: e|=3==1=3=3=1=3==============5==3=5=5=3=5=============== B|==============1==3=1=1=3=1==============3==5=3=3=5=3== |====================================================== |====================================================== |====================================================== |====================================================== e|=3=5=7=8==8=8=7=8=10=5==3=1=0=0=1=0=================== B|====================================1=0=1============= |====================================================== |====================================================== |====================================================== |====================================================== Intro Backing Guitar: [,,,] [,,,] [,,,] [,,,] Ah London you're a lady Laid out before my eyes Your golden heart is pulsing Between your scarred up thighs Your eyes are full of sadness Red busses skirt your hem Your head-dress is a ring of lights But I would not follow them Your architects were madmen Your builders sane but drunk Among your faded jewels Shine acid house and punk You are a scarlet lady Your streets run red with blood Oh my darling they have used you And covered you with mud It was deep down in your womb my love I drank my quart of sin While chinamen played cards and draughts And knocked back mickey finns Your piss is like a river Its scent is beer and gin Your hell is in the summer And you blossom in the spring September is your purgatory // Christmas is your heaven And when the stinking streets of summer Are washed away by rain At the dark end of a lonely street That's where you lose your pain 'Tis then your eyes light up my love And sparkle once again Melody (2x) alone (3x)