Ben Howard – London tab

Tuning: CGCGGd
CAPO 3rd

I have to thank amazinglyclever for his help on this tab, he put a lot of work into 
completing the tab that i sent him, and this version is his final edit.. Make little 
adjustments to it for your own playing.. Amazing song, fun to play!

Foreword..

Tabbed from several different recorded live versions.
Because Ben plays his songs slightly differently each time, this tab will not be perfect
for all versions, in fact it is more an approximation of several performances but it
should be accurate enough to learn correctly. Please bear this in mind when learning.

For the chorus where 3 notes or more are above each other, this denotes a strum.



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oh.. oh how I wish I could drag you down here
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pull.. these feet far from the ground, oh..
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cause this, this city aint no friend of mine, oh..
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aint no friend
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all I can do when the
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tracks stop at the final destination
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is just push on through
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the weariness and silences of such a crowded
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situation here all I can do
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when every brick, every bar, every elegance I see
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I see her face is just push on, just push on through
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these embers of memories that float from the fire
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from the fire of this place
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so don't give up on me now
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oh these legs that'll walk me
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home cause its only concrete and cars
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its only sirens and missing stars, its only whiskey and disregard
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and the smallest hours here
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when I feel alone
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all I
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can do when these lights they
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haunt me like orchids in a graveyard here is just push on just
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push on through these faces of dust and stone
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are the dirt and bones of loss
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lost here
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oh lost here
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so don't give up on me now
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oh these legs that'll walk me
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home cause its only concrete and cars
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its only sirens and missing stars, its only whiskey and disregard
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and the smallest hours here
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when I feel alone
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and I hope Paris is
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as beautiful as ive been told
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and everything you do is galvanised
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in gold
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