Streets Of London chords by Liam Clancy

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C G Am Em
F C G C


Verse 1:
C                 G
Have you seen the old man
       Am          Em
In the closed-down market?
F              C
Kicking up the papers
         D7   G   G7
With his worn out shoes
C               G
In his eyes you see no pride
Am             Em
Hand held loosely by side
        F           C              G           C
They're yesterday's papers telling yesterday's news

Verse 2:
C                 G
Have you seen the old girl
    Am                   Em
Who walks the streets of London?
F           C            D7         G7
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags
C                 G
She's no time for talking
        Am              Em
She just keeps right on walking
F            C      G7   G        C
Carrying her home in two carrier bags


Chorus:
         F           C              G    Am
And then how can you tell me you're lone-ly?
   D                              G7
Or say for you that the sun won't shine
C               G               Am                   Em
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
F             C            G                    C
I'll show you something to make you change your mind


Instrumental:
C G Am Em
F C G C


Verse 3:
 C               G
In the all night cafe
     Am           Em
At a quarter past eleven
F                       D7           G7
Same old man is sitting there on his own
C              G
Looking at the world
         Am         Em
Over the rim of his tea-cup
C                F
Each tea last an hour
G7      G7      G       C
Then he wanders home alone


Verse 4:
C                     G
And have you seen the old man
   Am                Em
Outside the seaman's mission
 F          C
 His memory fading like
    G               C
The ribbons that he wears
C              G
In this winter city
         Am             Em
The rain cries a little pity
F                      D7
For one more forgotten hero
     G7                 C
In a world that doesn't care


Chorus:
         F           C               G    C
And then how can you tell me, you're lone-ly
   D                              G7
Or say that for you the sun won't shine
C               G               Am                   Em
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the Streets Of London
F               C             G                    C
I will show you something, to make you change your mind


Chorus:
C G

F           C              G    C
How can you tell me you're lone-ly
   D                              G7
Or say that for you the sun won't shine
C               G               Am                   Em
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the Streets Of London
F               C             G                    C
I will show you something, to make you change your mind


Outro:
C G Am Em
F C G C