Tom Paxton

Leaving London Chords

Tom Paxton
Leaving London

Capo 9

       G                Em
With a dark and rolling sea
        G                Em
Between my true love and me
       G                    Em   D    G
I keep walking through this cold hard town

        G               Em
While I wait for better days
        G              Em
I could use a place to stay
     G                   Em     D       G
Or a floor where I could lay my blanket down

Chorus:
C                        G
If I could beg, steal or borrow
  C                      G   D
A ticket on some ship or pla-ane
C                     G
I'd be leaving London tomorrow
   C         D        G
To fly to my own love again

      G                 Em
Up at dawn to change my shirt
       G             Em
And to wash away the dirt
          G        Em  D    G
Then it's over to American Express

        G           Em
Not one letter did I find
        G               Em
No, she didn't send one line
         G               Em    D      G
Though I know she has my forwarding address


Chorus:
C                        G
If I could beg, steal or borrow
  C                      G   D
A ticket on some ship or pla-ane
C                     G
I'd be leaving London tomorrow
   C         D        G
To fly to my own love again


     G         Em
Last night The Troubadour
       G                     Em
Was so full, they barred the door
      G               Em    D     G
And I sang a song she knows quite well

       G                 Em
But it wouldn't take too long
        G          Em
To make up another song
      G              Em   D   G
For a lonesome and a last farewell


Chorus:
C                        G
If I could beg, steal or borrow
  C                      G   D
A ticket on some ship or pla-ane
C                     G
I'd be leaving London tomorrow
   C         D        G
To fly to my own love again
C                     G
I'd be leaving London tomorrow
C            D        G      
To fly to my own love again



Or you could use these chords for Capo 4:
G=C
Em=Am
D=G
C=F