NOTE: Personally I like to play this on capo 2nd fret in E
because you can use really nice chord shapes. Here they are
for anyone who is interested (just hit transpose +2)
[E] 022100
[C#m] x46600
[G#m] x66400
[A] x02200
[B] x24400
Intro
N.C.
We can go driving in, on my scooter
N.C.
Uh, you know, just riding in London
[D] [Bm] [F#m]
Verse 1
[D] [Bm] [F#m]
I love my hometown as much as Motown, I love SoCal
[D] [Bm] [F#m]
And you know I love Springsteen, faded blue jeans, Tennessee whiskey
[D] [Bm]
But something happened, I heard him laughing
[F#m]
I saw the dimples first and then I heard the accent
[D] [Bm]
They say home is where the heart is
[F#m]
But that's not where mine lives
Chorus
[D]
You know I love a London boy
[Bm] [G] [A]
I enjoy walking Camden Market in the afternoon
[D] [Bm]
He likes my American smile, like a child when our eyes meet
[G] [A]
Darling, I fancy you
[D] [Bm]
Took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates
[G] [A]
So I guess all the rumors are true
[D] [Bm]
You know I love a London boy
[G] [A]
Boy, I fancy you (Ooh)
Verse 2
[D] [Bm] [F#m]
And now I love high tea, stories from Uni, and the West End
[D] [Bm] [F#m]
You can find me in the pub, we are watching rugby with his school friends
[D] [Bm]
Show me a gray sky, a rainy cab ride
[F#m]
Babes, don't threaten me with a good time
[D] [Bm]
They say home is where the heart is
N.C.
But God, I love the English
Chorus
[D] [Bm]
You know I love a London boy, I enjoy nights in Brixton
[G] [A]
Shoreditch in the afternoon
[D] [Bm]
He likes my American smile, like a child when our eyes meet
[G] [A]
Darling, I fancy you
[D] [Bm]
Took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates
[G] [A]
So I guess all the rumors are true
[D] [Bm]
You know I love a London boy
[G] [A]
Boy, I fancy you (Ooh)
Bridge
[D]
So please show me Hackney
[Bm] [G]
Doesn't have to be Louis V up on Bond Street
[A] [D] [Bm]
Just wanna be with you
[G] [A]
Wanna be with you
[D]
Stick with me, I'm your queen
[Bm] [G]
Like a Tennessee Stella McCartney, on the heath
[A] [D] [Bm]
Just wanna be with you (Wanna be with you)
[G] [A]
Wanna be with you (Oh)
Chorus
[D] [Bm]
You know I love a London boy, I enjoy walking SoHo
[G] [A]
Drinking in the afternoon (Yeah)
[D] [Bm]
He likes my American smile, like a child when our eyes meet
[G] [A]
Darling, I fancy you
[D] [Bm]
Took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates
[G] [A]
So I guess all the rumors are true
[D] [Bm]
You know I love a London boy
[G] [A]
Boy, I fancy you (I fancy you, ooh)
Outro
[D]
So please show me Hackney
[Bm] [G]
Doesn't have to be Louis V up on Bond Street
[A] [D]
Just wanna be with you
[Bm] [G] [A]
I, I, I fancy you (Oh whoa, oh, I)
[D]
Stick with me, I'm your queen
[Bm] [G]
Like a Tennessee Stella McCartney, on the heath
[A] [D]
Just wanna be with you (Ooh)
[Bm]
Wanna be with you
[G] [A]
I fancy you (Yeah), I fancy you
[D]
Oh whoa, ah
