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White City

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***White City - by Shane MacGowan
from the albums "Peace & Love"
White City - as perfomed by The Pogues
Melody 1:
e|-G3---Em------D-----C------B--A-|
B|---3--5--0-3--0-1-0------|
G|-------------------2-0---|
D|-----------------------2-|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Melody 1 (3x)
G
Here a Gtower shinning bright
Once stood CgleaminDg in the night
Where Cnow theGre's just the rubble
In the Dhole
Here the CpaddGies and the frogs
Came to Cgamble on the Ddogs
Came to Ggamble on the Cdogs not long Dago
Oh the torn up ticket stubs
>From a hundred thousand mugs
Now washed away with dead dreams in the rain
And the car-parks going up
And they're pulling down the pubs
And its just another bloody rainy day
Melody 1 (3x)
-Verse Chords over Instrumental part-
Oh sweet city of my dreams
Of speed and skill and schemes
Like Atlantis you just disappeared from view
And the hare upon the wire
Has been burnt upon your pyre
Like the black dog that once raced
Out from trap two
Melody 1 (3x)
-Verse Chords over Instrumental part-
Melody 1 (6x)
End song by holding a G
***Version 2*** by Kristoffer Ekman
Intro |  G    C    G/  C/  B/ A|  G    C    G/  C/  B/ A|  G    C    G/  C/  B/ A|     G|    G||
HGere a tower shining bright
Once stooCd gleamDing in the night
WChere Gnow thereD's just the rubble in the hole
Here CthGe paddies and the frogs
Came Cto gamble on Dthe dogs
Came Gto gamble on the Cdogs not lonDg ago
Oh the torn up ticket stubs
From a hundred thousand mugs
Now washed away with dead dreams in the rain
And the car-parks going up
And they're pulling down the pubs
And it's just another bloody rainy day
Inst |  G    C    G/  C/  B/A|  G    C    G/  C/  B/A|  G    C    G/  C/  B/A||
     |	       G|       C  D|       C  G|	     D|       C  G|       C  D|       D|       G  C|D||
Oh sweet city of my dreams
Of speed and skill and schemes
Like Atlantis you just disappeared from view
And the hare upon the wire
Has been burnt upon your pyre
Like the black dog that once raced out from trap two
Outro	|  G    C    G/  C/  B/A|  G    C    G/  C/  B/A|  G    C    G/  C/  B/A||
	|        G|       C  D|       C  G|        D|       C  G|       C  D|        D|      G  C||
	||: G   C   G/ C/ B/   A|  G    C    G/  C/  B/A|  G    C    G/  C/  B/A:||

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White City

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***White City - by Shane MacGowan

from the albums "Peace & Love"

White City - as perfomed by The Pogues

Melody 1:

G Em D C B A

e|-3-----------------------|

B|---3--5--0-3--0-1-0------|

G|-------------------2-0---|

D|-----------------------2-|

A|-------------------------|

E|-------------------------|

Melody 1 (3x)

Here a tower shinning bright

C D

Once stood gleaming in the night

C G

Where now there's just the rubble

In the hole

C G

Here the paddies and the frogs

C D

Came to gamble on the dogs

G C D

Came to gamble on the dogs not long ago

Oh the torn up ticket stubs

>From a hundred thousand mugs

Now washed away with dead dreams in the rain

And the car-parks going up

And they're pulling down the pubs

And its just another bloody rainy day

Melody 1 (3x)

-Verse Chords over Instrumental part-

Oh sweet city of my dreams

Of speed and skill and schemes

Like Atlantis you just disappeared from view

And the hare upon the wire

Has been burnt upon your pyre

Like the black dog that once raced

Out from trap two

Melody 1 (3x)

-Verse Chords over Instrumental part-

Melody 1 (6x)

End song by holding a G

***Version 2*** by Kristoffer Ekman

G C G C B A G C G C B A G C G C B A G G

Intro | / / / | / / / | / / / | | ||

Here a tower shining bright

C D

Once stood gleaming in the night

C G D

Where now there's just the rubble in the hole

C G

Here the paddies and the frogs

C D

Came to gamble on the dogs

G C D

Came to gamble on the dogs not long ago

Oh the torn up ticket stubs

From a hundred thousand mugs

Now washed away with dead dreams in the rain

And the car-parks going up

And they're pulling down the pubs

And it's just another bloody rainy day

G C G C B A G C G C B A G C G C B A

Inst | / / /| / / /| / / /||

G C D C G D C G C D D G C D

| | | | | | | | |||

Oh sweet city of my dreams

Of speed and skill and schemes

Like Atlantis you just disappeared from view

And the hare upon the wire

Has been burnt upon your pyre

Like the black dog that once raced out from trap two

G C G C B A G C G C B A G C G C B A

Outro | / / /| / / /| / / /||

G C D C G D C G C D D G C

| | | | | | | | ||

G C G C B A G C G C B A G C G C B A

||: / / / | / / /| / / /:||

About White City Chords by The Pogues

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