Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: A E D E A E D E Chorus: G F Em E D You’re looking and listening and hoping that things are changing for the better G F Em E D You’re trying to see if what you’re teaching is the truth sir G F Em E D You’re looking and listening and hoping that things will change for better G F Em E D Don’t want to preach or teach the blues to you now brother
Verse 1: G F Em E D I just left Victoria Gardens G F Em E D And walked through cardboard city land G F Em E D A burnt out star was asking G F Em E D How would I like to shake his hand C E Am G I walked on in no hurry D And wondered where did we go wrong? G F Em E D Looking listening and hoping that things are changing for the better G F Em E D Don’t want to preach or teach the blues to you now brother Bridge: C Em Am G I walked on in no hurry D And wondered where did we go wrong? Chorus: A E D E Looking listening hoping that things are changing for the better A E D E And trying to see if what you’re teaching is the truth sir Verse 2: G F Em E D It’s a bloody fine situation G F Em E D That we find ourselves in G F Em E D He said something I couldn’t mention here G F Em E D And we laughed with him again Bridge: C Em Am G I walked on in no hurry D And wondered where did we go wrong? Chorus: A E D E Looking listening hoping that things are changing for the better A E D E And trying to see if what you’re teaching is the truth sir B B A G# A# She said it’s for the good of us all Chorus: A E D E Looking listening hoping that things are changing for the better A E D E And trying to see if what you’re teaching is the truth sir B B A G#7 G# A# I’m not so sure Verse: G F Em E D And now it is early evening G F Em E D I look across grey Leicester Square G F Em E D A large and silent crowd were walking G F Em E D Said they had every right to be there G F Em E D Said they had every right to be there x 5 to fade