C/E     032010
                  Fmaj9   102010

   [Intro]
G    Bm    C   G/D    D
G    Bm7   C   G


   [Verse 1]
D          G                 Bm7
Is it Cologne with its great cathedral?
C                              G/D   D
Milan with its glamour and its pace?
G                             Bm7
London with its river and its bridges?
C                              G/D    D
Lisbon with its beauty and its grace?

G             Bm/F#
Funny looking buses
      C/E              G/D
Climb it's pot-bellied hills
D     G        Bm/F#
And a solitary jogger
Fmaj9             G/D   D
Times the time he kills


   [Pre Chorus]
G                 Bm/F#
Do you know where I'm gonna go?
C/E                       G/D
None of you have guessed, so none of you can know
G                      Bm7
If you've been, that's not where I mean
         Fmaj9                              G
It's got class and it's got excellence like you've never seen


   [Chorus]
             Bm/F#
Your town is dragging me down
C/E                     G/D   D
Dragging me down, down, down
G            Bm/F#
Your town is dragging me down
Fadd9                   G
Dragging me down, down, down


   [Instrumental]
G     Bm     C     G/D   D


   [Verse 2]
      G                               Bm
Is it Dublin with its culture and its wit?
C                      G/D    D
Madrid with its market square?
G                       Bm
Paris with its bustling cafes?
C                     G/D    D
Hull with its musical flair?


   [Pre Chorus]
G                 Bm
Do you know where I'm gonna go?
C                         D
None of you have guessed, so none of you can know
G                      Bm
If you've been, that's not where I mean
         C                                  G
It's got class and it's got excellence like you've never seen


  [Chorus]
G            Bm
Your town is dragging me down
   C                       G/D   D
Is dragging me down, down, down
G            Bm
Your town is dragging me down
   C                       Fmaj9   G
Is dragging me down, down, down


   [Bridge]
C                                   G                    D
As I watch them drop the grain into your fish tank brain
C                                   D
How can you like this place when it never even rains?


   [Instrumental]
G      Bm     C/E

G/D    D
Never even rains

G     Bm      C/E     G/D  D


   [Chorus]
G            Bm
Your town is dragging me down
   C                       G/D   D
Is dragging me down, down, down
G            Bm
Your town is dragging me down
   C                       G    Bm   C
Is dragging me down, down, down


   [Outro]
   G/D                          Bm  C
Is dragging me down, down, down
   G/D                          Bm  C
Is dragging me down, down, down
   G/D
Is dragging me down, down, down