Streets Of London

[Intro]
C G Am Em
F  C  G  C


[Verse]
C                 G
Have you seen the old man
       Am          Em
in the closed-down market
F              C     
  Kicking up the paper
          D        G
with his worn-out shoes?
C               G
In his eyes you see no pride
Am                Em          F
hand held loosely at his side
            C             
  Yesterday's paper telling
  G           C
yesterday's news


[Chorus]
   F           Em   
  So how can you tell
           C   Am  D
me you're lonely
                     
  And say for you that
               G
the sun don't shine?
C               G
Let me take you by the hand
    Am               
  and lead you through
      Em               F
the streets of London
              C
I'll show you something
   G                    C
to make you change your mind


[Instrumental]
C G Am G


[Verse]
C                 G
Have you seen the old gal
    Am                   Em
who walks the streets of London
F           C        
  Dirt in her hair and
     F          G
her clothes in rags
C                 G
She's no time for talking
    Am                  Em
she just keeps right on walking
F            C    
  Carrying her home
    G           C
in two carrier bags


[Chorus]
   F           Em   
  So how can you tell
           C   Am   D
me you're lonely
                     
  And say for you that
               G
the sun don't shine?
C               G
Let me take you by the hand
    Am               
  and lead you through
      Em               F
the streets of London
              C
I'll show you something
   G                    C
to make you change your mind


[Solo]
C G Am Em
F  C  G  C


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


[Chorus]
   F           Em   
  So how can you tell
           C   Am  D
me you're lonely
            D        
  And say for you that
               G
the sun don't shine?
C               G
Let me take you by the hand and
Am               
  lead you through
      Em               F
the streets of London
              C
I'll show you something
   G                    C
to make you change your mind


[Interlude]
C G Am G


[Verse]
C                 G
Have you seen the old man
   Am                Em
outside the seaman's mission?
F             C    
  Memory fading with
           F
the medal ribbons
        G
that he wears
    C             G
And in our winter city
         Am             Em
the rain cries a little pity
    F                  C
For one more forgotten hero
      G                  C
and a world that doesn't care


[Chorus]
   F           Em   
  So how can you tell
           C   Am  D
me you're lonely
            D        
  And say for you that
               G
the sun don't shine?
C               G
Let me take you by the hand
    Am               
  and lead you through
     Em                F
the streets of London
              C
I'll show you something to
G                    C    C~
make you change your mind