Streets Of London chords by Ralph McTell
Intro 1
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C#m
G#m
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E
Verse 1
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B
Have you seen the old man
C#m
G#m
In a closed- down market?
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E
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B
Kicking up the paper with his worn out shoes
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B
In his eyes, you see no pride
C#m
G#m
And held loosely at his side
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E
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E
Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news
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Chorus 1
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G#m
So, how can you tell me
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B
C#m
you're lone- ly
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B
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
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B
Let me take you by the hand
C#m
G#m
And lead you through the streets of London
A
E
Show you something
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E
to make you change your mind
Interlude 1
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B
C#m
B
Verse 2
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B
Have you seen the old girl
C#m
G#m
Who walks the streets of London?
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E
A
B
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags
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B
She's no time for talking
C#m
G#m
She just keeps right on walking
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E
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E
Carrying her home in two carrier bags
Chorus 2
A
G#m
So, how can you tell me
E
B
C#m
you're lone- ly
F#
B
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
E
B
Let me take you by the hand
C#m
G#m
And lead you through the streets of London
A
E
Show you something
B
E
to make you change your mind
Interlude 2
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B
C#m
G#m
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E
B
E
Verse 3
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C#m
G#m
In the all night café at a quarter past eleven
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E
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Same old man sitting there on his own
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B
Looking at the world
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G#m
Over the rim of his teacup
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E
Each tea lasts an hour
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And he wanders home alone
Chorus 3
A
G#m
So, how can you tell me
E
B
C#m
you're lone- ly
F#
B
Don't say for you that the sun don't shine
E
B
Let me take you by the hand
C#m
G#m
And lead you through the streets of London
A
E
Show you something
B
E
to make you change your mind
Interlude 3
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B
C#m
B
Verse 4
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B
Have you seen the old man
C#m
G#m
Outside the seaman's mission?
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Memory fading with
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The medal ribbons that he wears
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B
In our winter city
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G#m
The rain cries a little pity
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For one more forgotten hero
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And a world that doesn't care
Chorus 4
A
G#m
So, how can you tell me
E
B
C#m
you're lone- y
F#
B
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
E
B
Let me take you by the hand
C#m
G#m
And lead you through the streets of London
A
E
Show you something
B
E
E
to make you change your mind
Streets Of London
Ralph McTell
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