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Leaving London

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Tom Paxton
Leaving London
Capo 9
With a Gdark and rolling Emsea
Between Gmy true love and Emme
I keep Gwalking through this Emcold Dhard Gtown
While I Gwait for better Emdays
I could Guse a place to Emstay
Or a Gfloor where I could Emlay my Dblanket Gdown
Chorus:
CIf I could beg, steal or Gborrow
A Cticket on some ship or Gpla-Dane
CI'd be leaving London Gtomorrow
To Cfly to my Down love Gagain
Up at Gdawn to change my Emshirt
And to Gwash away the Emdirt
Then it's Gover to AEmmeriDcan EGxpress
Not one Gletter did I Emfind
No, she Gdidn't send one Emline
Though I Gknow she has my EmforwarDding adGdress
Chorus:
CIf I could beg, steal or Gborrow
A Cticket on some ship or Gpla-Dane
CI'd be leaving London Gtomorrow
To Cfly to my Down love Gagain
Last Gnight The EmTroubadour
Was so Gfull, they barred the Emdoor
And I Gsang a song she Emknows Dquite Gwell
But it Gwouldn't take too Emlong
To make Gup another Emsong
For a Glonesome and a Emlast DfareGwell
Chorus:
CIf I could beg, steal or Gborrow
A Cticket on some ship or Gpla-Dane
CI'd be leaving London Gtomorrow
To Cfly to my Down love Gagain
CI'd be leaving London Gtomorrow
CTo fly to my Down love Gagain
Or you could use these chords for Capo 4:
G=C
Em=Am
D=G
C=F

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Leaving London

by Tom Paxton

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 9 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Tom Paxton

Leaving London

Capo 9

G Em

With a dark and rolling sea

G Em

Between my true love and me

G Em D G

I keep walking through this cold hard town

G Em

While I wait for better days

G Em

I could use a place to stay

G Em D G

Or a floor where I could lay my blanket down

Chorus:

C G

If I could beg, steal or borrow

C G D

A ticket on some ship or pla-ane

C G

I'd be leaving London tomorrow

C D G

To fly to my own love again

G Em

Up at dawn to change my shirt

G Em

And to wash away the dirt

G Em D G

Then it's over to American Express

G Em

Not one letter did I find

G Em

No, she didn't send one line

G Em D G

Though I know she has my forwarding address

Chorus:

C G

If I could beg, steal or borrow

C G D

A ticket on some ship or pla-ane

C G

I'd be leaving London tomorrow

C D G

To fly to my own love again

G Em

Last night The Troubadour

G Em

Was so full, they barred the door

G Em D G

And I sang a song she knows quite well

G Em

But it wouldn't take too long

G Em

To make up another song

G Em D G

For a lonesome and a last farewell

Chorus:

C G

If I could beg, steal or borrow

C G D

A ticket on some ship or pla-ane

C G

I'd be leaving London tomorrow

C D G

To fly to my own love again

C G

I'd be leaving London tomorrow

C D G

To fly to my own love again

Or you could use these chords for Capo 4:

G=C

Em=Am

D=G

C=F

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