Streets of London Chords by Ralph McTell

[Start]

[Verse]
E B Dbm Abm E B E
■ ■ ■   ■   ■ ■ ■
              B          
Have you seen the old man
       Dbm         Abm   
In the closed down market
A              E     
Kicking up the papers
         A        B7   
With his worn out shoes
E               B           
In his eyes you see no pride
Dbm               Abm        
Hand held loosely at his side
A E                
■ Yesterday's paper
B       B7          E   
Telling yesterday's news
A              Abm            Dbm    Gb7
So how can you tell me you're lonely ■  
                                   B    
And say for you that the sun don't shine
E               B          
Let me take you by the hand
Dbm                      Abm        A     
And lead you through the streets of London
         E            B                    E    B
Show you something to make you change your mind ■
Dbm B E                 B       
■   ■ Have you seen the old girl
    Dbm                  Abm   
Who walks the streets of London
A           E   
Dirt in her hair
        A          B7  
And her clothes in rags
E                 B      
She's no time for talking
    Dbm                 Abm    
She just keeps right on walking


[Chorus]
A            E   
Carrying her home
   B           E   
In two carrier bags
A              Abm            Dbm7   Gb7
So how can you tell me you're lonely ■  
                                   B    
And say for you that the sun don't shine
E               B          
Let me take you by the hand
Dbm                      Abm        A     
And lead you through the streets of London
         E            B                        
Show you something to make you change your mind
E B Dbm Abm E B B7 E
■ ■ ■   ■   ■ ■ ■  ■


[Verse]
                 B   
In the all night cafe
     Dbm          Abm   
At a quarter past eleven
A        E  
Same old man
A                    B  
Sitting there on his own
E              B    
Looking at the world
         Dbm        Abm    
Over the rim of his tea cup
A              E      
Each tea lasts an hour
       B       B7   E    
And he wanders home alone


[Chorus]
A              Abm            Dbm7   Gb
So how can you tell me you're lonely ■ 
              Gb7          Gb        B    
Don't say for you that the sun don't shine
E               B          
Let me take you by the hand
Dbm                      Abm        A     
And lead you through the streets of London
         E         B                       E    B
Show you something to make you change your mind ■


[Verse]
Dbm B E                 B      
■   ■ Have you seen the old man
Dbm                  Abm    
Outside the seaman's mission
A             E   
Memory fading with
          A               B    
The medal ribbons that he wears
E             B   
In our winter city
         Dbm            Abm 
The rain cries a little pity
    A                  E   
For one more forgotten hero
      B          B7      E   
And a world that doesn't care


[Chorus]
A              Abm            Dbm7   Gb7
So how can you tell me you're lonely ■  
                                   B    
And say for you that the sun don't shine
E               B          
Let me take you by the hand
Dbm                      Abm        A     
And lead you through the streets of London
              E            B                    Gbm7 E
I'll show you something to make you change your mind ■


[End]