Verse 1:
B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
E
Down Powder Mill Lane in the battlegrounds
C#m B G#m B F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns
Verse 2:
B
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m B G#m B F#
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too
Chorus:
E B
Go down to the rides on East Parade
G#m F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
E G#m F#
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café
Verse 3:
B
I'm begging you for some sign but you've still got nothing to say
E
Don't turn your back on me don't walk away
C#m B G#m B F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day
Chorus:
E B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade
G#m F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
E G#m F#
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café
E B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
G#m F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
E G#m F#
Take time just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café
Bridge:
E B F#
I wheel my bike off the train
F#
Up the North Trade Road
E B F#
Look for you on Marley Lane
G#m
In every building every streetlight
E F# G#m B F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home
Verse 4:
B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m B G#m B F#
You can run away boy but you won't go far
Chorus:
E B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade
G#m F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
E G#m F#
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café
E B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
G#m F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
E G#m F#
Take time just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café
E B G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah
F# E B F#
I'm going where the people know my name
Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B