Chord/Tab song: London Lady

The Stranglers - London Lady
Tabbed By: Reecy
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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


LONDON LADY

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Transcription by: Richard Stanforth ([email protected])
Date of Transcription: 1st April 2002

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intro: C D G F
bass and drums enter C D G

(intro riff)

[C] [D] [G]

E-------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------5--5h7p5-5h7p5-5h7p5-5h7p5-|
A-------3-5-3-------5-7-5------5-7----------------------------|
E---3-5---------5-7--------5-7--------------------------------|

[C] [D] [G] [F]

E-------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------5--5h7p5-5h7p5-3h5p3-3h5p3-|
A-------3-5-3-------5-7-5------5-7----------------------------|
E---3-5---------5-7--------5-7--------------------------------|

[C] [D] [G] [F]

E-------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------1----1---------|
G----------------------------------------------3p2--2---------|
D----------------------------------5--5h7p5----3----3---------|
A-------3-5-3-------5-7-5------5-7----------------------------|
E---3-5---------5-7--------5-7--------------------------------|

[C]Little lady[D] with Dingwalls bullshit
[G]Ah, you're so stupid,[F] Foetid brainwaves
[C]Little lady,[D] what really happens
[G]When you see mirrors,[F] you get the shivers

G (N.C.) G F G (N.C.) G (N.C.)
Ahhhh... (keyboards) (bass) (drums)

[C]Making love to[D] the Mersey tunnel
[G]With a sausage, have you [F]ever been to Liverpool?
[C]Please don't talk much,[D] it burns my ears
[G]Tonight you've talked for a [F]thousand years

[G]Plastics real when you're real sick
[F]Plastics real when you're real sick
[E5]Plastics real when you're real sick
[Eb]Plastics real when you're real sick

(play the above twice)

[G] [Bb] [F]
[G]Tell me what you've got to look so [Bb]pleased a[F]bout

[G] [Bb] [F]
[G]Tell me what you've got to look so [Bb]pleased a[F]bout

[G] [F] [E5] [F] [G] [F] [E5] [F]Oh!

[C]London lady,[D] why did you lay me?
[G]Your head is crowded with the [F]names you've hounded
[C]The lines around your[D] eyes they show me
[G]You realise the [F]party's over London Lady, [G]party's over London Lad[Bb]y[F]
[G]Tell me what you've got to look so [Bb]pleased ab[F]out[G][Bb][F]
[G]Tell me what you've got to look so [Bb]pleased ab[F]out

G Bb F (x7)

note: Hugh plays a kind of 'anti solo' here, where he just attacks
his guitar and plays randomly, unfortunately, it's really low in the
mix so more time is needed to decipher it :)

end on F.