Chords for songs

Streets Of London

Streets Of London

Streets Of London chords

by Ralph McTell

Year: 1969

Genre: Folk

Guitar
Tuning E A D G B E
Capo Fret 4
Transpose
EADGBE
Capo

C
G
Am
Em
F
D

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Chord Highlight

Intro 1

C

G

Am

Em

F

C

G

C

Verse 1

C

Have you

seen the old

G

man

Am

In a closed-

Em

down market?

F

Kicking up

the pa

C

per

with his

F

worn

out

G

shoes

C

In his eyes,

you

G

see no pride

Am

And held

loosely

Em

at his

side

F

Yesterday's

C

paper

telling

G

yesterday's

C

news

Chorus 1

So,

F

how

can you tell

Em

me

you're

C

lone-

G

ly

Am

D

And

say for you

that the

sun don't

G

shine?

C

Let me take

you by

G

the hand

And

Am

lead you through

the streets

Em

of London

F

Show you some

C

thing

to

G

make you change

C

your mind

Interlude 1

C

G

Am

G

Verse 2

C

Have you seen

the old

G

girl

Who walks

Am

the streets

of Lon

Em

don?

F

Dirt in

C

her hair

F

and her clothes

G

in rags

C

She's no time

for talk

G

ing

She just

Am

keeps

right on walk

Em

ing

F

Carrying

C

her home

in two

G

carrier

C

bags

Chorus 2

So,

F

how

can you tell

Em

me

you're

C

lone-

G

ly

Am

D

And

say for you

that the

sun don't

G

shine?

C

Let me take

you by

G

the hand

And

Am

lead you through

the

Em

streets of London

F

Show you some

C

thing

to

G

make you change

C

your mind

Interlude 2

C

G

Am

Em

F

C

G

C

Verse 3

C

In the all

G

night café

at a quar

Am

ter past

elev

Em

en

F

Same old

C

man

sitting

F

there

G

on his own

C

Looking at

the world

G

Over

Am

the rim

of his tea

Em

cup

F

Each tea

lasts an

C

hour

And he wan

G

ders

C

home alone

Chorus 3

So,

F

how can

you tell

Em

me

you're

C

lone-

G

ly

Am

D

Don't

say for you

that the

sun don't

G

shine

C

Let me take

you by

G

the hand

And

Am

lead you through

the

Em

streets of

London

F

Show you some

C

thing

to

G

make you change

C

your mind

Interlude 3

C

G

Am

G

Verse 4

C

Have you seen

the old

G

man

Out

Am

side the

seaman's

Em

mission?

F

Memory fading

with

C

The

medal rib

F

bons

G

that he wears

C

In our winter

G

city

The rain

Am

cries a

little pit

Em

y

For one

F

more forgotten

he

C

ro

And a world

G

that doesn't

C

care

Chorus 4

So,

F

how can

you tell

Em

me

you're

C

lone-

G

y

Am

D

And

say for

you that the

sun don't

G

shine?

C

Let me take

you by

G

the hand

And

Am

lead you through

the

Em

streets of

London

F

Show you some

C

thing

to

G

make you change

C

your mind

C

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