Waterloo Sunset

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intro - 8-bar run-down into introductory phrase - COUNT!
|A7   |     |     |
|D    |A    |G    | (1-2)
 
verse 1
          |D                   |A                 |G            |
Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, rolling into the night,
         (o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ooh    o-o-ooh la-la-la   o-o-ooh o-o-ooh)
          |D                  |A                 |G               |
People so busy, makes me feel dizzy, taxi lights shine so bright, 
         (o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ooh   o-o-ooh la-la-la   o-o-ooh o-o-ooh)
      |Em       |Em9        |Em7    |A
But I don't         need no friends,
      (o-o-ooh  o-o-ooh     o-o-ooh)
             |D               |A             |G        |    G-F#m
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise,     (sha-la...
 
chorus
    |Em             |E                        |A      |     G-F#m
... la) Every day I look at the world from my window,      (sha-la...
    |Em                           |E
... la) But chilly, chilly is the evening time,
|A                |                 |A7             |G (1-2)
Waterloo sunset's fine.
                 (Waterloo sunset's fine)
                 (a-a-a-a-a-a-ah a-a-a-a-ah aah-aah aaah)
 
verse 2
            |D              |A             |G            |
Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station, every Friday night,
            |D                  |A                |G             |
But I am so lazy, don't want to wander, I stay at home at night,
      |Em    |Em9     |Em7    |A
But I don't     feel afraid,
             |D               |A             |G        |    G-F#m
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise,     (sha-la...
 
chorus
    |Em             |E                        |A      |     G-F#m
... la) Every day I look at the world from my window,      (sha-la...
    |Em                           |E
... la) But chilly, chilly is the evening time,
|A                |                 |A7             |G (1-2)
Waterloo sunset's fine.
                 (Waterloo sunset's fine)
                 (a-a-a-a-a-a-ah a-a-a-a-ah aah-aah aaah)
 
verse 3
            |D                   |A                    |G           |
Millions of people swarming like flies 'round Waterloo underground,
              |D                   |A                    |G             |
But Terry and Julie cross over the river where they feel safe and sound,
         |Em    |Em9       |Em7      |A
And they don't     need no friends,
                |D               |A                 |G       | (1-2)
As long as they gaze on Waterloo sunset they are in paradise,
 
outro - la's as first lines of verse
         |D              |A              |G        |A///   |A///
La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la-la-la.
|A                |                 |                 |D/
Waterloo sunset's fine.             Waterloo sunset's fine.
                 (Waterloo sunset's fine)
                 (a-a-a-a-a-a-ah a-a-a-a-ah aah-aah aaah)