London's Burning

	  		


Intro: C G Am F (2x) 

C					     Am	    G	         C   ( G C ) 
London's burning, London's burning, fetch the engines there's none left, 
London's burning, there's no learning here, it's just mindless pointless theft 

G				          F	   C   			     
And call them home, secretary, call those children home,  
Am	       G	           F 	       C 
the police budget cut a little too close to the bone, 
Am     		G		F	         C		 
And we will not tolerate behaviour of this violent sort,  
G					            C 
it's just not enough to cut one summer holiday short 

G			  F		         C 
I'm none the wiser to what went through people's heads,  
	Am 		         G		     F		  C 
as they donned their hoods and visors and tore london town to shreds, 
	Am	         G		F		C 
and I'm called a sympathiser cos I have the cheek to ask, 
	      F				     G  
what makes girls and boys decide to burn their city in a mask? 
	       Am		   G		     F	     C	(C G Am G) (2x) 
what makes girls and boys decide to burn their city in a mask? 


London's burning, london's burning, call the coppers there's none left, 
London's burning, we're not for turning here, it's just thuggery and theft 

And call them home...... 

I'm none the wiser.... 
and I'm called a sympathiser when I have the cheek to ask... 

	       G					    C 
And I guess britain was broken long before britain was broke, 
		G			       C 
And I'm told there is no context to a city lane in smoke, 
	    Am	          G		       F		C 
there is no politics to a youth devoid of empathy and hope, 
	G		     C 
am I only the one getting the joke? 

I'm none the wiser.... 
'citys'...