London Tab by Ben Howard

London tab by Ben Howard

Guitar Tab

Tuning: CGCGGd
CAPO 3rd

I have to thank amazinglyclever for his help on this tab, he put a lot of work into
completing the tab that i sent him, and this version is his final edit.. Make little
adjustments to it for your own playing.. Amazing song, fun to play!

Foreword..

Tabbed from several different recorded live versions.
Because Ben plays his songs slightly differently each time, this tab will not be perfect
for all versions, in fact it is more an approximation of several performances but it
should be accurate enough to learn correctly. Please bear this in mind when learning.

For the chorus where 3 notes or more are above each other, this denotes a strum.

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   oh..  oh  how  I  wish  I  could drag you down   here


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   pull..        these feet     far from the ground, oh..


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 cause this, this        city aint no friend of mine,   oh..


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 aint no friend


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      all   I    can    do                                     when the


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 tracks stop at the final destination


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    is just push on   through


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 the weariness and silences of such a crowded


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   situation         here  all    I      can       do


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            when every brick, every bar, every elegance I see


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          I see her face  is just push on, just push on through


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                     these embers of memories         that float from the fire


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                   from the fire of this place


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                                           so don't give up on me now


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                                      oh these     legs that'll walk me


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    home                           cause its only concrete and cars


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    its only sirens and missing stars, its only whiskey and disregard


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                 and the smallest                      hours here


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               when I feel alone



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                                                         all   I


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    can  do                                        when these lights   they


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 haunt me like orchids in a graveyard here  is        just push on   just



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 push on through                                 these faces of dust and stone


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  are                the dirt and bones of loss


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                                       lost here


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                                      oh lost here


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                                            so don't give up on me now


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                                      oh these     legs that'll walk me

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    home                           cause its only concrete and cars


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    its only sirens and missing stars, its only whiskey and disregard


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                 and the smallest                      hours here


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               when I feel alone


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                                and I hope         Paris              is


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    as          beautiful              as ive been told


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           and everything              you        do    is       galvanised



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           in gold


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