Streets Of London chords by Ralph McTell (Official Version)
Intro 1
E
B
C#m
G#m
A
E/B
B7
E
Verse 1
E
B
Have you seen the old man
C#m
G#m
In a closed- down market?
A
E/B
A
B13
Kicking up the paper with his worn out shoes
E
B
In his eyes, you see no pride
C#m
G#m
And held loosely at his side
A
E/B
B7
E
Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news
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Chorus 1
A
G#m
So, how can you tell me
E
B/D#
C#m
C#m/B
you're lone- ly
F#/Bb
B
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
E/B
B
Let me take you by the hand
C#m
G#m
And lead you through the streets of London
A
E/B
Show you something
B7
E
to make you change your mind
Interlude 1
E/B
B
C#m
B
Verse 2
E
B
Have you seen the old girl
C#m
G#m
Who walks the streets of London?
A
E/B
A6
B13
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags
E
B
She's no time for talking
C#m
G#m
She just keeps right on walking
A
E/B
B7
E
Carrying her home in two carrier bags
Chorus 2
A
G#m
So, how can you tell me
E
B/D#
C#m
C#m/B
you're lone- ly
F#/Bb
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/B
Show you something
B7
E
to make you change your mind
Interlude 2
E/B
B
C#m
G#m
A
E/B
B7
E
Verse 3
E
B
C#m
G#m
In the all night café at a quarter past eleven
A
E/B
A
B13
Same old man sitting there on his own
E
B
Looking at the world
C#m
G#m
Over the rim of his teacup
A
E/B
Each tea lasts an hour
B7
E
And he wanders home alone
Chorus 3
A
G#m
So, how can you tell me
E
B/D#
C#m
C#m/B
you're lone- ly
F#/Bb
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/B
Show you something
B7
E
to make you change your mind
Interlude 3
E/B
B
C#m
B
Verse 4
E/B
B
Have you seen the old man
C#m
G#m
Outside the seaman's mission?
A
E/B
Memory fading with
A6
B13
The medal ribbons that he wears
E
B
In our winter city
C#m
G#m
The rain cries a little pity
A
E/B
For one more forgotten hero
B7
E
And a world that doesn't care
Chorus 4
A
G#m
So, how can you tell me
E
B/D#
C#m
C#m/B
you're lone- y
F#/Bb
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/B
Show you something
B7
Esus4
E
to make you change your mind
Streets Of London
Ralph McTell
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