Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
B
C#m
G#m
A
E
B
E
Verse 1
E
B
Have you seen the old man
C#m
G#m
In a closed- down market?
A
E
Kicking up the paper
A
B
With his worn out shoes
E
B
In his eyes, you see no pride
C#m
G#m
And held loosely at
B
E
Telling yesterday's news
Verse 2
A
G#m
So, how can you tell me
E
C#m
F#
you're lonely?
E
B
Let me take you by the hand
G#m
A
of London
E
B
Show you something to make you
Interlude 1
change your mind
E
B
C#m
B
Verse 3
E
B
Have you seen the old girl
C#m
G#m
Who walks the streets of London?
A
E
Dirt in her hair
A
B
And her clothes in rags
E
B
She's no time for talking
C#m
G#m
She just keeps right on walk ing
A
E
Carrying her home
E
Verse 4
A
G#m
So, how can you tell me
E
C#m
F#
you're lonely?
E
B
Let me take you by the hand
A
E
B
I'll show you something to make you
Interlude 2
change your mind
E
B
C#m
G#m
A
E
B
E
Verse 5
E
B
In the all night café
C#m
G#m
At a quarter past eleven
A
E
Same old man
A
B
Sitting there on his own
E
B
Looking at the world
C#m
G#m
Over the rim of his tea cup
A
E
Each tea lasts an hour
E
Verse 6
A
G#m
So, how can you tell me you're
E
G#m
C#m
F#
lonely?
Don't say for you that
E
B
Let me take you by the hand
G#m
A
the streets of London
E
B
Show you something to make you
Interlude 3
change your mind
E
B
C#m
B
Verse 7
E
B
Have you seen the old man
C#m
G#m
Outside the seaman's mission?
A
E
Memory fading with
A
B
The medal ribbons that he wears
E
B
In our winter city
C#m
G#m
The rain cries a little pity
A
E
For one more forgotten hero
E
Verse 8
A
G#m
So, how can you tell me
E
C#m
F#
you're lonely?
E
B
Let me take you by the hand
G#m
A
the streets of London
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B C#m G#m A...
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