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Guitar: Leaving London (Including lyrics and chords)

2,898 views · Published 24 October 2008 · 4:03 · Indexed 13 October 2026

Channel: threelegsoman · 2008 · Music

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Yet another love song written on tour by Tom Paxton.

Leaving London 
Tom Paxton
Capo at 5th fret, so, I am really playing and singing in the key of F

C
With a dark and rolling sea between my true love and me, 
                                                       G       C
I keep walkin' through this cold hard town.
C 
While I wait for better days, I could use a place to stay,
                                                    G            C  
Or a floor where I can lay my blanket down. 

F                                     C              F                                       C  G
If I could beg, steal or borrow a ticket on some ship or plane,
F                                        C                 F              G                C    
I'd be leaving London tomorrow to fly to my own love again.

Up at dawn to change my shirt and to wash away the dirt
Then it's over to American Express.
Not one letter did I find, no she never sent one line
Though I know she had my forwarding address.

Last night the Troubadour was so full they barred the door
And I sang a song she knows quite well,
But it wouldn't take too long to make up another song 
For a lonesome and a last farewell.

With a dark and rolling sea between my true love and me,
I keep walkin' through this cold hard town.
While I wait for better days, I could use a place to stay,
Or a floor where I can lay my blanket down.

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