Pretenders To The Throne Chords by The Beautiful South

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[G] _ _ [D] Is [G] it Cologne with its great [Bm] cathedral?
_ _ [C] Milan with its glamour [G] and its _ [D] [G] pace?
London with its river [Bm] and its bridges?
[C] Or Lisbon with its beauty [G] and its grace?
_ _ Funny [Bm] looking bosses, _ [G] [C] climates,
_ Hot [D] belly hills,
[G] And a solitary [Bm] _ jogger,
_ [C] Times the time [D] he kills.
_ [G] Do you know [D] where I'm gonna go?
[C] None of you have guessed, [D] so none of you can know.
[G] If you've been, [Bm] it's not what I mean,
[F] It's got class and it's got excellence [G] like you've never seen.
_ Your town [Bm] is dragging me [G] down,
[C] Is dragging me down, [G] down, down.
[D] _ _ [G] Your town is dragging me down,
[F] Is dragging me down, [G] down, _ down. _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ Dublin with its [Bm] culture and its way?
_ _ [C] Madrid with its [G] market square?
_ _ Paris with its [Bm] bustling cafes?
_ [C] Or Hull with its [G] musical flair?
_ _ Do you know [Bm] where I'm gonna go?
[C] None of you have guessed, [D] so none of you can know.
[G] _ If you've been, it's [Bm] not what I mean,
[C] It's got class and it's got excellence [G] like you've never seen.
_ Your town [Bm] is dragging me down,
[C] Is dragging me down, down, [G]
down.
_ Your town [Bm] is dragging me down,
[Am] Is dragging me down, [G] down, _ down.
[C] _ As I watch them drop the grain [G] into your pitch-tank [D] rain,
_ _ [C] _ How can you like this place when [D] it never even _ _
_ [G] rests?
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_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Never even rests! _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ Your town is dragging me down,
[C] Is dragging me down, down, [G] down.
[D] _ _
[G] Your town [Bm] is dragging me down,
[C] Is dragging me down, [D] down, down. _
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[C] _ _ _ _ [D] Is dragging me [G] down, down, down.
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