D       E         A      G      A 
My my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender
    D       E              A    G     D 
Oh yeah, and I have met my destiny in quite a
 A       Hm 
similar way
The history book on the shelf

( Em7 )           ( C / E )
People everywhere
                     ( Em7 )              ( C / E ) ( Em7 )
A sense of expectation hangin' in the air
                 ( C / E )
Givin' out a spark
                           ( Em7 )               ( C / E ) ( Em7 )
Across the room your eyes are glowin' in the dark

VERSE
 B7sus4                                      B7 
Don't know how to take it, don't know where to go
 B7sus4              B7 
My resistance running low
                 E               A              B           E 
And every day the hold is getting tighter and it troubles me so

VERSE
 D 
He had what you might call a trivial occupation
 Bm 
he cleaned the platforms of the local railway station
 Em 
with no romance in his life - sometimes he wished he had a wife

 A        D         A      D 
Come to my loveland, wander along
 A       D               G    D       A 
Beautiful gardens full of flow ers and songs
           D         A           D 
Come to the sunshine, beaches and sand
 A       D                    G    D     A 
Listen to bluebirds, won't you come to my land

VERSE:
        Eb                               Db  Eb 
The city is a jungle you better take care
                                     Db  Ab  Eb 
Never walk alone after midnight. If you don't
                                   Ab 
Believe it you better beware of me.

 C 
I don't wanna talk
                        G 
About the things we've gone through
                     Dm 
Though it's hurting me
               G 
Now it's history