Tone: [B]
Verse 1:
I'm going b[B]back to a time when we owned this town
Down P[E]Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
[Dbm]We were fri[B]friends and lovers and [Abm]cluel[B]ess cl[Gb]owns
Verse 2:
I didn't know I was fi[B]finding out how I'd be torn from you
When we t[E]talked about things we were gonna do
[Dbm]We were w[B]ide eyed dreamers and[Abm] wis[B]er [Gb]too
Chorus:
Go down to the [E]rides on East P[B]Parade,
By the l[Abm]lights of the Palace Ar[Gb]Arcade
And watch night coming d[E]own on the Sovereign L[Abm]ight C[Gb]afé
Verse 3:
I'm begging you for some s[B]sign, but you've still got nothing to say
Don't tu[E]turn your back on me, don't walk away
[Dbm]I'm a be[B]better man now than I [Abm]was t[B]that [Gb]day
Chorus:
Let's go down to the r[E]rides on East Pa[B]Parade,
By the l[Abm]lights of the Palace Ar[Gb]Arcade
And watch night coming d[E]own on the Sovereign L[B]ight Ca[Gb]fé
Let's go down to the b[E]bandstand on the [B]pier
Watch the d[Abm]drunks and the lovers ap[Gb]appear
To take turns as the st[E]ars of the Sovereign L[B]ight Ca[Gb]fé
Bridge:
I w[E]wheel my b[B]bike off the [Gb]train,
Up the N[Gb]North Trade Road,
A[E]nd look for y[B]ou on Marley L[Gb]ane
In every building, every s[Abm]streetsign
Oh why did we ever [E]go so far from h[Gb]home?[Abm]ome? [B] [Gb]
Verse 4:
Well, you've got nothing to h[B]hide, you can't change who you really are
You can g[E]get a big house and a faster car
[Dbm]You can r[B]run away boy, but you [Abm]won't [B]go [Gb]far
Chorus:
Let's go down to the r[E]rides on East Pa[B]Parade,
By the l[Abm]lights of the Palace Ar[Gb]Arcade
And watch night coming d[E]own on the Sovereign L[B]ight Ca[Gb]fé
Let's go down to the b[E]bandstand on the p[B]pier
Watch the d[Abm]drunks and the lovers ap[Gb]appear
To take turns as the s[E]tars at the Sovereign L[B]ight Ca[Gb]fé
Sha la la [E]la la la de d[B]day Y[Abm]Yeah,
I'm g[Gb]oing where the people kn[E]ow my na[B]me [Gb]
Outro:
[E] [B] [Abm] [Gb] [E] [B] [Abm] [Gb] [B]