Biography:
punk and mod group formed in Woking, UK, in 1976 consisting of Paul Weller (vocals, guitar), Bruce Foxton (bass, vocals) and Rick Buckler (drums). The band split in 1982. The band released six albums and had 18 consecutive Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom between 1977 and 1982, including four #1 singles (Going Underground, Start!, Town Called Malice and Beat Surrender). Their singles "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the Five O'Clock Hero" are the best selling import singles in UK history.
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Other songs:
- That's Entertainment
- Town Called Malice
- To Be Someone
- A Bomb In Wardour Street
- Absolute Beginners
- All Around The World
- All Mod Cons
- Art School
- Away From The Numbers
- Beat Surrender
- Billy Hunt
- Boy About Town
- Burning Sky
- But Im Different Now
- Carnaby Street
- Carnation
- David Watts
- Disguises
- Dont Tell Them Youre Sane
- Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
- Dream Time
- Endless Love
- English Rose
- Eton Rifles
- Funeral Pyre
- Ghosts
- Give Me Just A Little More Time
- Going Underground
- Happy Together
- Heatwave
- Here Comes The Weekend
- I Got By In Time
- I Need You For Someone
- In The City
- In The Crowd
- In The Midnight Hour
- In The Street Today
- Its Too Bad
- Just Who Is The 5 Oclock Hero
- Just Who Is The Five O Clock Hero
- Kilos Kabataan
- Life From A Window
- Liza Radley
- London Girl
- London Traffic
- Man In The Corner Shop
- Modern World
- Mr Clean
- News Of The World
- Non Stop Dancing
- Pity Poor Alfie
- Planners Dream Goes Wrong
- Precious
- Private Hell
- Reach Out Ill Be There
- Saturdays Kids
- Slow Down
- Smithers Jones
- So Sad About Us
- Sounds From The Street
- Standards
- Start
- Strange Town
- Sweet Soul Music
- Tales From The Riverbank
- Thats Entertainment
- The Bitterest Pill
- The Butterfly Collector
- The Combine
- The Gift
- The Modern World
- The Night
- The Place I Love
- The Planners Dream Goes Wrong
- Thick As Thieves
- This Is The Modern World
- To Be
- Tonight At Noon
- War
- Wasteland
- When Youre Young
- Worlds Apart
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
15th September 2000, 1.43pm
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Shaun Hand, Birmingham
LONDON GIRL
(Paul Weller)
From the LP 'This Is The Modern World'
Chords used:
C: x3555x Am: x02210
F: 133211 G: 320033
Bb: x1333x C6: x35555
G: 3554xx D: x5777x
Am5:577xxx
C
C
la,la,la,la
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl,
F C Bb G5 A5
London girl.
Am G Am G
Do you know what you're looking for? Streets of gold, fame and fortune,
Am G Bb C
You didn't fancy working in a factory, but your Mum and Dad didn't agree,
Bb C
But your Mum and Dad didn't agree.
C
la,la,la,la,la,la
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl.
F C Bb G Am5
London girl.
Am G Am G
You slept on Waterloo station at first, now you've moved to a posher squat,
Am G Bb C
You wonder where you're next meal will come from, still it's better than living at home,
Bb C
Still it's better than living at home.
C
la,la,la,la,la,la
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl,
F C Bb C Bb C Bb C Bb C (slide from Bb to C)
London girl,
C C6 C (x4) C D (slide from C to D)
Bb G Am5
Am G Am G
You're looking tired cos it's been three weeks, since you changed your clothes or washed your
feet,
Am G Bb C
But you're learning fast all the time, how to cadge cigarettes and pills,
Bb C
How to cadge cigarettes and pills.
C
la,la,la,la,la,la
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl,
F C
You're a london girl
C C6 C
C C C6 C
I don't condemn what you done,
C C C6 C
I know what it is to be young,
C C C6 C
You're only searching for today,
C C C6 C
To seek the answers about yesterday
Bb C
And I hope you find.
Bb F C F
[email protected]
Shaun Hand, Birmingham
LONDON GIRL
(Paul Weller)
From the LP 'This Is The Modern World'
Chords used:
C: x3555x Am: x02210
F: 133211 G: 320033
Bb: x1333x C6: x35555
G: 3554xx D: x5777x
Am5:577xxx
C
C
la,la,la,la
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl,
F C Bb G5 A5
London girl.
Am G Am G
Do you know what you're looking for? Streets of gold, fame and fortune,
Am G Bb C
You didn't fancy working in a factory, but your Mum and Dad didn't agree,
Bb C
But your Mum and Dad didn't agree.
C
la,la,la,la,la,la
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl.
F C Bb G Am5
London girl.
Am G Am G
You slept on Waterloo station at first, now you've moved to a posher squat,
Am G Bb C
You wonder where you're next meal will come from, still it's better than living at home,
Bb C
Still it's better than living at home.
C
la,la,la,la,la,la
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl,
F C Bb C Bb C Bb C Bb C (slide from Bb to C)
London girl,
C C6 C (x4) C D (slide from C to D)
Bb G Am5
Am G Am G
You're looking tired cos it's been three weeks, since you changed your clothes or washed your
feet,
Am G Bb C
But you're learning fast all the time, how to cadge cigarettes and pills,
Bb C
How to cadge cigarettes and pills.
C
la,la,la,la,la,la
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl,
F Bb C
London girl,
F C
You're a london girl
C C6 C
C C C6 C
I don't condemn what you done,
C C C6 C
I know what it is to be young,
C C C6 C
You're only searching for today,
C C C6 C
To seek the answers about yesterday
Bb C
And I hope you find.
Bb F C F
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