East London Summer

C (Verso 1) C Dictated to by empty streets, Am Chain stores and big machines G The snow falls hard on soft debris F And I know this town don't envy me C And the locals all seem nice enough Am But they cross streets I dare not walk G I'll drive the extra couple of blocks F And stop when I am told to stop [Refrão] C And everyone in this shitty bar F Is just trying to sink their teeth into everybody else C F Give me East London summer, give me North Melbourne summer (Verso 2) C Nothing makes you feel more alive Am Than being surrounded by things that have recently died G And on this goddamn bitter cold late November night F The kids put on their coats to go see the Christmas lights C Urban undeveloped wastelands of Michigan Am Sleet falls on my jacket teeth are chattering again G And the locals all drink and love, fight when they have drunk too much F The kids look like they grew up knowing how to take a punch Am G F And the month old front pages from local newspapers dance Am G F On the lonely winds around the empty lobbies of once grand buildings [Refrão] C And everyone in this shitty bar F Is just trying to sink their teeth into everybody else C F Give me East London summer, give me North Melbourne summer C Let's be anything, let's be lovers, we'll take care of one another F Live like people I looked up to in the time when I was happier C F Give me East London summer, give me North Melbourne summer (Bridge) G F And now I'm smoking weed in New York City G F In the land of happy-ever-afters and dreams come true G F G I pass out piss drunk on the floor of a motel room F Em Wake up shivering and thinking about you F And I'm tired Em F G I'm so tired [Refrão] C And everyone in this shitty bar F Is still trying to sink their teeth into everybody else C F Give me East London summer, give me North Melbourne summer C Let's be anything, let's be lovers, we'll take shots at one another F Live like people I looked up to in the time when I was happier C F Give me East London summer, give me North Melbourne summer F