East London Summer chords by The Smith Street Band

Chords with lyrics

Artist: The Smith Street Band
Title: East London Summer
Album: Throw Me in the River
Year: 2014

Tuning: Standard

C majorC

(Verse 1)
C majorC
Dictated to by empty streets,
         A minorAm
Chain stores and big machines
            G+G
The snow falls hard on soft debris
              FF
And I know this town don't envy me
            C majorC
And the locals all seem nice enough
             A minorAm
But they cross streets I dare not walk
           G+G
I'll drive the extra couple of blocks
          FF
And stop when I am told to stop

(Chorus)
  C majorC
And everyone in this shitty bar
    FF
Is just trying to sink their teeth into everybody else
C majorC                             FF
Give me East London summer, give me North Melbourne summer


(Verse 2)
C majorC
Nothing makes you feel more alive
      A minorAm
Than being surrounded by things that have recently died
      G+G
And on this goddamn bitter cold late November night
  FF
The kids put on their coats to go see the Christmas lights
C majorC
Urban undeveloped wastelands of Michigan
   A minorAm
Sleet falls on my jacket teeth are chattering again
    G+G
And the locals all drink and love, fight when they have drunk too much
  FF
The kids look like they grew up knowing how to take a punch
A minorAm           G+G          FF
And the month old front pages from local newspapers dance
    A minorAm           G+G      FF
On the lonely winds around the empty lobbies of once grand buildings

(Chorus)
  C majorC
And everyone in this shitty bar
    FF
Is just trying to sink their teeth into everybody else
    C majorC                         FF
Give me East London summer, give me North Melbourne summer
C majorC
Let's be anything, let's be lovers, we'll take care of one another
     FF
Live like people I looked up to in the time when I was happier
    C majorC                         FF
Give me East London summer, give me North Melbourne summer


(Bridge)
      G+G        FF
And now I'm smoking weed in New York City
     G+G             FF
In the land of happy-ever-afters and dreams come true
    G+G           FF        G+G
I pass out piss drunk on the floor of a motel room
           FF         E minorEm
Wake up shivering and thinking about you
        FF
And I'm tired
    E minorEm     FF  G+G
I'm so tired


(Chorus)
  C majorC
And everyone in this shitty bar
     FF
Is still trying to sink their teeth into everybody else
    C majorC                          FF
Give me East London summer, give me North Melbourne summer
     C majorC
Let's be anything, let's be lovers, we'll take shots at one another
       FF
Live like people I looked up to in the time when I was happier
    C majorC                         FF
Give me East London summer, give me North Melbourne summer