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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
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Last Updated: March 5, 2026