5 Chords used in the song: B, E, C#m, G#m, F#
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Verse 1:
B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegroundsC#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 doC#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 awayC#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 carC#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
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About this song: Sovereign Light Cafe
The Sovereign Light Cafe Songfacts explains that this song finds Keane recalling their early days together when the then teenage trio were in the habit of strolling down the Bexhill seafront on England's south coast and drinking tea at the Sovereign Light Caf