This Is London

Intro G G(F#) G G(F#) G G(F#) This is London, the place where you're a god or a disgrace G G(F#) G G(F#) The whole wide world at your feet to see the look upon your face C G C G And you watch the BBC and you think, "Well, what if that was me?" C G C C Such a promising life to waste. G G(F#) G G(F#) You told me, "Just be brave. Remember all the gifts you gave. G G(F#) And how you felt like you were saved, G G(F#) Like you were singing from beyond the grave." C G C G And you said you'd wait for me until the day I could sing on key C G C "There's just something about your face." C G D C Then you'd call, I could feel your body fall down next to me, G D C G C G And I wanted us to be fast asleep, closer than anything to me, C G C C Like we were home again... G G(F#) G G(F#) There was just no way to know what was real and what was show G G(F#) G G(F#) A future unfolding before my eyes, and a past that I could not let go C G And how the feeling is so deep C G when you're running down the London streets C G C C Like there's nowhere left to go. G G(F#) G G(F#) Among the faceless dizzy whores, the unimaginable bores, G G(F#) G G(F#) Evenings stumbling from the pub, mornings shivering on the floor C G C G Then the careless way you say, "Yeah, we were just glad we got to play." C G C When you're empty to the core. C G D C Then you'd call, I could feel your body fall down next to me, G D C G C G And I wanted us to be fast asleep, closer than anything to me, C G C C Like we were home again. G I'm so tired of the rain. G G(F#) G G(F#) This is London, the place where you get lost without a trace G G(F#) G G(F#) Among the beautiful remains of this shattered human race C G C G All the words that go unsaid, all the sacrifices of the dead, C G C G "We'll fall quietly into the past or we'll just burn the streets instead" C G C G In the clamoring of the crowd, you think, "I'll just stay quiet, instead." C G D C All the fallen dizzy angels crawling through the street, G D C The pleas of people weary on their feet, G C G And you're half a world away from me, C G C As the clouds drown the light. G I wonder where you are tonight.