Old main drag

    

[Intro]
C F G C
F G C G
F G C G
C F G C
 
[Verse 1]
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When I first came to London I was only sixteen
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With a fiver in my pocket and my ole dancing bag
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I went down to the dilly to check out the scene
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And I soon ended up upon the old main drag
 
[Verse 2]
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There the he-males and the she-males paraded in style
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And the old man with the money would flash you a smile
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In the dark of an alley you'd work for a fiver
      C             F                     G        C
For a swift one off the wrist down on the old main drag
 
[Verse 3]
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In the cold winter nights the old town it was chill
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But there were boys in the cafes who'd give you cheap pills
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If you didn't have the money you'd cajole or you'd beg
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There was always lots of Tuinal on the old main drag
 
[Verse 4]
       C             F             G         C
One evening as I was lying down by Leicester Square
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I was picked up by the coppers and kicked in the balls
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Between the metal doors at Vine Street I was beaten and mauled
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And they ruined my good looks for the old main drag
 
[Verse 5]
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In the tube station the old ones who were on the way out
       F           G        C          G
Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout
        F             G              C         G
And the coppers would come along and push them about
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And I wished I could escape from the old main drag
 
[Verse 6]
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And now I'm lying here I've had too much booze
          F           G           C         G
I've been spat on and shat on and raped and abused
      F           G            C            G
I know that I am dying and I wish I could beg
         C        F            G           
For some money to take me from the old main drag

(ends on lingering G)