I Live In Trafalgar Square
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[Verso 1]
C C
Today I've been busy removing
G7 G7
And I'm all of a fidgety-fidge
G7 G7
My last digs were on the Embankment
G7 C
The third seat from Waterloo Bridge
C C
But the cooking and, oh! The attendance
F C7
Didn't happen to suit me so well
D D7
So I ordered my man to pack up, and
D7 G7
Look out for another hotel
Ab G
He did, and the new place is 'extra', I vow
Ab G7
Just wait till I tell you where I'm staying now
[Refrão]
C C7
I live in Trafalgar Square
F Fm C
With four lions to guard me
Em Em
Fountains and statues all over the place
Em D7 G7
And the 'Metropole' staring me right in the face
C C
I'll own it's a trifle draughty
C7 F
But I look at it this way you see
D D7 C A7
If it's good enough for Nelson
D7 G7 C
It's quite good enough for me
[Verso 2]
C C
The beds ain't so soft as they might be
G7 G7
Still the temperature's never too high
G7 G7
And it's nice to see swells who are passing
G7 C
Look on you with envious eye
C C7
And when you wake in the morning
C C7 F
Just fancy how nice it must be
F D
To have a good walk for your breakfast
D7 G
And the same for your dinner and tea
Ab G
There's many a swell up in Park Lane tonight
Ab G7
Who'd be glad if he only had my appetite
[Refrão]
C C
I live in Trafalgar Square
F Fm C
With four lions to guard me
Em Em
Fountains and statues all over the place
Em D7 G7
And the 'Metropole' staring me right in the face
C C
I'll own it's a trifle draughty
C7 F
But I look at it this way you see
D G A7
If it's good enough for Nelson
D G7 C
It's quite good enough for me
[Verso 3]
C C
When I think of those unlucky bounders
G7 G7
The Morgans and Clarence de Clares
G7 G7
Who are forced to put up at the 'Cecil
G7 C
My tenderest sympathy's theirs
C C7
And to show I'm not selfish or greedy
F D7
I just tell each aristocrat
D7 G
That I don't mind exchanging apartments
G7 G
Now, I can't say fairer than that
Ab G
But the softheaded sillies won't hear what I say
Ab
They still go on suffering, while I'm all O.K.
[Refrão]
C C
I live in Trafalgar Square
F Fm C
With four lions to guard me
Em Em
Fountains and statues all over the place
Em D7 G7
And the 'Metropole' staring me right in the face
C C
I'll own it's a trifle draughty
C7 F
But I look at it this way you see
D G A7
If it's good enough for Nelson
D G7 C
It's quite good enough for me
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