Streets Of London chords by Máiréad Carlin

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I
D 
A 
was seeing the old man
Bm 
D 
in the closed -down market
G 
D 
Kicking up the paper
Em 
D 
with his worn -out shoes
A 
D 
A 
In his eyes you see no pride
D 
And  held loosely at his side
G 
D 
Yesterday's paper
A 
D 
Telling yesterday's lies
G 
D 
So how can you tell me
A 
Bm 
You're lonely
E 
A 
And say for you that the sun don't shine
D 
A 
Let me take you by the hand
Bm 
and lead you through the
A 
D 
streets of London
G 
I'll show you something
D 
A 
D 
to make you change your mind
A 
And have you seen the old girl
Bm 
A 
who walks the streets of London?
D 
G 
D 
Dirt in her hair and her
Em 
A 
clothes in rags
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A 
She's no time for talking,
Bm 
D 
she just keeps right on walking
G 
D 
A 
D 
Carrying her home into carrier bags
G 
D 
A 
Bm 
So how can you tell you're lonely?
E 
Let me say it for you,
A 
let the sun don't shine
D 
A 
Let me take you by the hand
Bm 
And lead you through the
A 
D 
streets of London
G 
I'll show you something
D 
A 
D 
A 
G 
A 
to make you change your mind
D 
In the all -night cafe
A 
Bm 
D 
at a quarter past eleven
G 
Same old man is sit
D 
Em 
A 
ting there on his own
D 
Looking at the world
A 
Bm 
A 
over the rim of his teacup
G 
D 
The peach tea lasts an hour,
A 
D 
then he wanders home alone
G 
D 
So how can you tell me
A 
Bm 
you're lonely
E 
A 
And say for you that the sun don't shine
D 
A 
Let me take you by the hand
Bm 
and lead you through the
A 
streets of London
G 
I'll show you something
D 
A 
D 
to make you change your mind
A 
D 
And have you seen the old mall outside?
G 
Bm 
The seamen's machine,
D 
G 
the memory fading with
D 
Bm 
G 
A 
The meadow ribbons that he wears
Bm 
A 
In our winter city
G 
D 
A ring that cries a little pity
Em 
Bm 
For one more forgotten hero
A 
Bm 
And a world that doesn't care
A 
G 
D 
So how can you tell me
A 
Bm 
You're lonely
A 
E 
And say for you that the
A 
Bm 
A 
sun don't shine
D 
A 
Let me take you by the hand
Bm 
And lead you through the
A 
D 
streets of London
G 
D 
I'll show you something
A 
G 
Em 
To make a change of mind
D 
A 
D 
To make a change of mind