Streets Of London chords by Ralph Mctell (Ver. 3)

Verse 1:

C         G    Am         Em
Have you seen the old man, in the closed-down market
F       C        D7    G7
kicking up the paper, with his worn-out shoes?
C        G       Am        Em
In his eyes you see no pride, and held loosely by his side
F      C        G7     C
yesterday’s paper, telling yesterday’s news


Chorus:

F       Em       C     Am
So how can you tell me, you’re lo - ne - ly
D7       D7            G   G7
 don’t say for you that the sun don’t shine?
C        G        Am          Em
Let me take you by the hand, and lead you through the streets of London
F           C       G7          C
(there I’ll) show you something, to make you change your mind

Verse 2:

C         G       Am          Em
Have you seen the old gal, who walks the streets of London
F      C      D7     G7
dirt in her hair, and her clothes in rags?
C         G       Am         Em
She’s no time for talking, she just keeps right on walking
F      C      G7   C
Carrying her home, in two carrier bags


Chorus:
F       Em       C     Am
So how can you tell me, you’re lo - ne - ly
D7       D7           G   G7
 don’t say for you that the sun don’t shine?
C        G        Am          Em
Let me take you by the hand, and lead you through the streets of London
F           C       G7          C
(there I’ll) show you something, to make you change your mind


Verse 3:

C         G     Am       Em
In the all-night cafe, at a quarter past eleven
F     C      D7      G7
same old man sitting there on his own
C        G       Am     Em
Looking at the world, over the rim of his tea-cup
F         C       G7      C
Each tea lasts an hour, then he wanders home alone


Chorus:

F       Em       C     Am
So how can you tell me, you’re lo - ne - ly
D7       D7           G   G7
 don’t say for you that the sun don’t shine?
C        G        Am          Em
Let me take you by the hand, and lead you through the streets of London
F           C       G7          C
(there I’ll) show you something, to make you change your mind


Verse 4:

C         G    Am          Em
Have you seen the old man, outside the seaman’s mission?
F   C           D7       G7
memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears
C        G       Am       Em
in our winter city, the rain cries a little pity
F           C      G7        C
For one more forgotten hero, and a world that doesn’t care