Key: D major
Verse 1
D
A
Bm
A
D
G
D
Have you
A
D
seen the old man
A
Bm
A
D
in the closed -down market?
G
D
Kicking up the papers
A
D
A
In his eyes you see no pride,
Bm
A
hands held loosely at his side
G
D
Yesterday's papers telling
A
D
yesterday's news
A
G
D
A
Bm
So how can you tell me you're lonely
D
G
A
An d say for you the sun won't shine
A
Bm
and lead you through the
D
A
D
that'll make you change your mind
A
D
A
Have you seen the old girl
Bm
A
who walks the streets of London?
G
D
G
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in red
A
D
A
She's no time for talking,
Bm
A
she just keeps right on walking
G
D
A
D
Bm
Carrying her home into paper bags
D
G
D
A
So how can you tell me you're lonely
G
A
An d say for you the sun won't shine
D
A
Let me take you by the hand
D
A
D
that'll make you change your mind
A
D
In the all -night cafe
Bb
Bm
A
at a quarter past eleven
G
D
G
A
Same old man sitting there on his own
A
Bm
A
over the rim of his teacup
G
D
Each tea lasts an hour
A
D
then he wanders home alone
G
D
A
So how can you tell me you're lonely
G
A
And say for you the sun won't shine
D
A
Let me take you by the hand
D
A
D
that'll make you change your mind
Bm
A
outside the seamen's mission?
D
G
A
with the metal ribbons that he wears
D
A
In our winter city
D
Bm
A
the rain cries a little pity
G
D
For one more forgotten hero
A
D
and a world that doesn't care
G
D
So how can you tell me
Bm
D
you're lonely
G
A
And say for you the sun won't shine
A
Bm
and lead you through the
G
D
Show you something
Outro 1
D
A
Bm
D
G
D
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ChordsD A Bm G Bb
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