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Primrose Hill (Capo 2)
[Verse]
LiCving on the side of Primrose Hill
DrFinking cans of Tennants just can't seem to get my fill
GoGt a beat up guitar and a dirty old sleeping bag
AnFd this mangy dog whose tail don't wag
SCun's been shining down on my hillside bed
TFhat's not the only reason my face is so red
TGhis nasty cut on my nose is not from no fight
I Fjust fell down yesterday or maybe it was last night
I Cused to sing and play down in the underground
BFut a few years back they started cracking down
NGow I'm living on the side of Primrose Hill
IF'm no tourist attraction but I give them a thrill
[interlude]
YCeah I see you riding by on your flash bicycle
YFeah they can do you for that on Primrose Hill
A Gpretty young mother goes by she's pushing her pram
HFer little baby leans out just to see what I am
FCrom the top of the hill there's a hell of a view
HFouses of Parliament and London Zoo
TGhose politicians all chatter they trumpet and roar
TFhat must be what those hyenas all are laughing for
WChen you come up to London it sure is something to see
IFt's somewhere to go but it's no place to be
AGnd there's two things keeping me from going 'round the bend
I Fgot my music and this dog for a friend
[interlude]
'CCause life gets slippery when you're living on the side
YFeah I know I should quit drinking but I haven't even tried
MGy mutt's licking my fingers and I'm wetting my lips
I Fgot a can of extra strong and a bag of chicken and chips
ICf I had a little money I'd get a few things
LFike a bottle of vodka and a pack of new guitar strings
I Gguess I could die here on the side of this hill
IF'm no tourist attraction but I'd give them a chill
ACnd I'm living on the side Of Primrose Hill
DFrinking cans of Tennants Just can't seem to get my fill
GGot a beat up guitar And dirty old sleeping bag
TFhis mangy dog Whose tail won't wag

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Primrose Hill

by Loudon Wainwright III

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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Primrose Hill (Capo 2)

[Verse]

Living on the side of Primrose Hill

Drinking cans of Tennants just can't seem to get my fill

Got a beat up guitar and a dirty old sleeping bag

And this mangy dog whose tail don't wag

Sun's been shining down on my hillside bed

That's not the only reason my face is so red

This nasty cut on my nose is not from no fight

I just fell down yesterday or maybe it was last night

I used to sing and play down in the underground

But a few years back they started cracking down

Now I'm living on the side of Primrose Hill

I'm no tourist attraction but I give them a thrill

[interlude]

Yeah I see you riding by on your flash bicycle

Yeah they can do you for that on Primrose Hill

A pretty young mother goes by she's pushing her pram

Her little baby leans out just to see what I am

From the top of the hill there's a hell of a view

Houses of Parliament and London Zoo

Those politicians all chatter they trumpet and roar

That must be what those hyenas all are laughing for

When you come up to London it sure is something to see

It's somewhere to go but it's no place to be

And there's two things keeping me from going 'round the bend

I got my music and this dog for a friend

[interlude]

'Cause life gets slippery when you're living on the side

Yeah I know I should quit drinking but I haven't even tried

My mutt's licking my fingers and I'm wetting my lips

I got a can of extra strong and a bag of chicken and chips

If I had a little money I'd get a few things

Like a bottle of vodka and a pack of new guitar strings

I guess I could die here on the side of this hill

I'm no tourist attraction but I'd give them a chill

And I'm living on the side Of Primrose Hill

Drinking cans of Tennants Just can't seem to get my fill

Got a beat up guitar And dirty old sleeping bag

This mangy dog Whose tail won't wag

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