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[Verse 1]
F
We didn't have nowhere to live,
Dm
We didn't have nowhere to go
'til someone said
C
"I know this place off Burditt Road."
F
It was on the fifteenth floor,
Dm
It had a board across the door.
It took an hour
C
To pry it off and get inside.
Bb
It smelt as if someone had died.
The living-room was full of flies,
F
The kitchen sink was blocked,
C
the bathroom sink not there at all.
[Chorus]
Cm Bb
Ooh, it's a mess alright,
Gb F
Yes it's Mile End.
[Verse 2]
F
And now we're living in the sky!
Dm
I'd never thought I'd live so high,
Just like Heaven
C
(if it didn't look like Hell.)
F
The lift is always full of piss,
Dm
The fifth floor landing smells of fish
C
(Not just on Friday, every single other day.)
Bb
Below the kids come out tonight,
They kick a ball and have a fight
F
And maybe shoot somebody if they lose at pool.
[Chorus]
Cm Bb
Ooh, it's a mess alright,
Gb F
Yes it's Mile End. (mumbled mutterings....)
Oo-ooh
[Verse 3]
F
Nobody wants to be your friend
Dm
'cause you're not from round here,
C
ooh as if that was something to be proud about.
F
The pearly king of the Isle of Dogs
Dm
feels up children in the bogs.
Down by the playing fields,
C
someone sets a car on fire
Bb
I guess you have to go right down
F
before you understand just how,
C
how low, how low a human being can go.
[Chorus]
Cm Bb
Ooh, it's a mess alright,
Gb F
Yes it's Mile End.
(don't do that! Leave it out!)
Bababa...
Lalala...
