South London Forever
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5 Guitar Amps for Beginners That Are Actually Great
Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: AmCapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
Ha-ah Ha-ah ha
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Ha-ah Ha-ah ha
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[Verse 1]
When I go home alone I drive past the place where I was born and the places that I used to drink
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Young and drunk and stumbling in the street outside the Joiners Arms like foals unsteady on their feet
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With the art students and the boys in bands high on E and holding hands with someone that I just met
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[Refrain]
I thought, "It doesn't get...
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[Chorus]
... better than this" There can be nothing
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Better than this
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Better than this
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[Verse 2]
And we climbed onto the roof of the museum and someone made
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Love in the grass
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And I forgot my name, and the way back to my
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Mother's house
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With your black pool eyes and your bitten lips, the world is at your fingertips
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[Refrain]
It doesn't get
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Better than this, What else could be
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Better than this?
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[Chorus]
Oh, do you know what I have seen? I have seen the
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Fields aflame
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And everything I ever did, was just
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Another way to scream your name
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[Post-Chorus]
Over and over and over and over
Again!
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Over and over and over and over
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Again!
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Ha-ah Ha-ah Ha Haa-ah Ha-ah Ha-ah Ha
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[Verse 3]
And we're just children wanting children of our own, I want a space to watch things grow, but
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Did I dream too big? Do I have to let it go? And what if one day there is no such thing as..
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Snow? Oh God, what do I..
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Know?
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[Interlude]
And I don't know anything, Except that green is so green
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And there's a special kind of sadness that seems to come with spring
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[Chorus]
Oh, do you know what I have seen? I have seen the fields aflame
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And everything I ever did, Was just another way to scream your name
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[Post-Chorus]
Over and over and over and over
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Again!
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Over and over and over and over
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Again!
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Ha-ahh
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Ba da da ba ba
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Ba da da ba ba
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Ba da da ba ba
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[Chorus]
Oh, do you know what I have seen? I have seen the fields aflame
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But everything I ever did, Was just another way to scream your name
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How to play South London Forever
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.