Brick Lane chords by L.a. Salami

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
       C majorC
I heard that Brick Lane
                 A minorAm
Was the place to be seen if you weren't lame
                C majorC
So I took the train and I made my way
                  A minorAm
But when I got there, everyone had done the same
                 C majorC
It was such a shame because I was in pain
                     A minorAm
'Cause these skinny jeans were so tight around my waist
                          C majorC
As was generally in with the current taste in this fixed game
C majorC
'Cause if the work and play is here,
             A minorAm
then you're gonna need a place to stay
                   C majorC
And we're all willing to pay if the price is sane
                    A minorAm
But the free-to-buy landlords up and raised the stakes
A minorAm                FF
To a height we just can't make

Chorus:
FF    A minorAm         FF        C majorC
So the cash flows from the out-of-town is comin'
       A minorAm           FF          C majorC
With their hands in their parents' pockets for the day-to-day
       E7E7
But that's okay


Verse 2:
          C majorC
'Cause I went to Queens Road
                            A minorAm
That's the main road that runs through Peckham if you don't know
                         C majorC
Traditionally a place the streetwives know, but I'd been told
                         A minorAm
That this was the new cool area in town, but it felt so cold
                           C majorC
'Cause all the cheap property had been sold to the landlord guy
                       A minorAm
And you know how those guys like to put the rent so high
                        C majorC
But I suppose that I don't mind if it lowers violent crime
 C majorC
Even though there's a huge line
                A minorAm
outside the Bussey building now all the time
 A minorAm                DmDm
And I have to pay to get inside
  DmDm
I didn't, I didn't used to have to do that

Chorus:
     A minorAm           FF      C majorC
And the cash flows from all the wealthy come in
     A minorAm        FF         C majorC
Who seem not to like the scene that led them on
         E7E7
And the scene is gone


Verse 3:
          C majorC
But I heard that Berlin
                       A minorAm
Was the place where you could fight time and possibly win
                     C majorC
So I grabbed some cash and a plane and I flew right in
                  A minorAm
With only my vegan currency and my mandolin
                    C majorC
Oh, it was quite a thing that made my head spin
                            A minorAm
'Cause there's a ring-up up there so your cash don't spread so thin
                     C majorC
So I told all my arty friends and they wanted in
                          A minorAm
But none of the speak German, though, is that gonna be a thing?
A minorAm                            DmDm
I don't know if they wanna learn the language right now
DmDm
I mean, there's no ... options


Chorus:
          A minorAm       FF       C majorC
I mean, with this energy from us out-of-towners comin'
         A minorAm       FF           C majorC
And they speak English here, so what the hell could go wrong?
    A minorAm       FF        C majorC
With doctors next to painters next to porters
   A minorAm         FF        C majorC
All living equal in the land they settle on
            E7E7
I mean, it might catch on


Outro:
       C majorC
I hear that Brick Lane
                A minorAm
Is the place to be if you can afford the pain
            FF
Oh, it just ain't the same