Londons Requiem

Intro B F# E B [Verse 1] B F# As I look out upon my city, so bright and so pretty E B Under this black London sky F# E B And get lost in this maze of concrete and stone F# Tales of sex, drugs and romance and victims of bad chance E B The kids who live and die by the knife F# E B So many lives lost but so few stories are told F# From the tramps on the pavements with a ten-year engagement E B To a needle and a bottle of wine F# E No kind words spoken, but to die alone and broken B Is the fate of the poor F# ‘Cause the drugs are a hеaler, on every cornеr a dealer E B Prescribing his medicine so fine F# E B But his patients will suffer a fate that no doctor could cure Chorus G#m F# E B Oh, no, have you heard the news today? G#m F# E B They say London's burning down once again G#m F# E B And from the streets, you hear the people sing G#m F# E B From the streets, you hear the London requiem [Verse 2] B F# As the sirens of the night play out the London lullaby E B A sound that sends a chill down your spine F# E B A sound that echoes through this artificial ghetto we call London town F# ‘Cause the armies of the street, they march for victory, not defeat E B And though their mothers told them never to play with knives F# E B Another solider of sixteen, no older, will fall to the ground F# But still the sirens carry on long after his body is dead and gone E B And will ring through these streets forevermore F# E B He won't be the only boy to die lonely on the cold London stone F# Other sisters and brothers, other fathers and mothers E B Will wait for a knock upon their door F# E B Their poor young solder of sixteen, no older, did not make it home Chorus G#m F# E B Oh, no, have you heard the news today? G#m F# E B They say London's burning down once again G#m F# E B And from the streets, you hear the people sing G#m F# E B From the streets, you hear the London requiem Bridge F# G#m But that's just the everyday E Nothing seems to change B F# All that we know G#m Is the bills get paid E F# So we can stay in this shit hole Chorus G#m F# E B Oh, no, have you heard the news today? G#m F# E B They say London's burning down once again F# E B And from the streets, you hear the people sing G#m F# E B From the streets, you hear the London requiem