WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Waterboys - Ladbroke Grove Symphony Chords | Ver. 1
[Verse 1]
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I had a basement flat
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Off Portobello Road
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In my cowboy hat
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Down the Grove I strode
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With my buckled boots
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And my blue striped pants
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I knew how to groove
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I didn't know how to dance
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I wore a teenage rockabilly
Coat from Johnston's
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My head full of lyrics, wonder
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Love and magic, stuff and nonsense
[Verse 2]
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The counter-culture was fading
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But echoed everywhere
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Rastas promenading
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Reefer smoke on the air
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Behind my wooden door
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I'd blast out my sounds
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On my back on the floor
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With the lights all down
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Like Dorothy adrift
In the land of Oz
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Sometimes I'd open my eyes
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And wonder where the hell I was
[Verse 3]
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I was in love with a girl
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I saw one afternoon
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Wearing duffle coat and pearls
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In the middle of June
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Nikki Sudden would call
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In his velvet and tat
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And sleep in my spare room
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And wear my spare hat
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As carnival approached
The pot got stronger
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Reggae sound systems fired up
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On every crumbling street corner
[Verse 4]
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I remember a hot
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Sticky summer night
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I was in a sweet spot
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I was hungry to write
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The sound systems roared
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They made the houses shake
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My imagination soared
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And like a storm that breaks
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Savage Earth Heart
Tumbled through my brain
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A bolt or a download
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From another wilder, higher plane
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[Verse 5]
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Landlord sold my place
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Needed the cash I suppose
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And I left in haste
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The day between shows
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I packed everything up
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In one night, it's the truth
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Didn't even sleep
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That's the power of youth
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On the bus next morning
And away we drove
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Never said a proper
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So long and thank you baby
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To my beloved Ladbroke Grove
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I tried moving back
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When an age had passed
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The stage was still intact
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Only with a different cast
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In a different play
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A whole new pantomime
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And I was just in the way
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And I was way out of time
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Some things I guess you
Ain't meant to repeat
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I retired to lick my wounds
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And scheme again, On some other street
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