Old Compton Street Blues chords by Al Stewart

• Capo on 5th
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: C

Intro:

G D G

Verse 1:
        G                   D             Em             B7
Oh your pictures they don't really do you justice little girl
           Em             C              Em                 B7
For you're careful not to let the camera touch your private world
            G              D7               Em                B7
And there's just a hint of sadness in your smile through the dark
       Em                  C              Em            B7
As you slip your dress off slowly for the sailor or the clerk

Chorus 1:
       Em                 Em(maj7)          Em7            A7
And it could have been so different, and at times you feel bad
        Em              Em(maj7)           Em7          A7
For you really did have something that the others never had
        G      D         G         D    C               G    D
And the circle turns and turns and turns so mad, little girl

G D

Verse 2:
       G                   D                Em                B7
Ah you must have been just fifteen when you made your mind up first
           Em             C              Em                B7
That you'd make it in the movies and you couldn't lose the thirst
       G               D7              Em               B7
And it took you to the attic where the Agent King holds Court
        Em             C             Em          B7
And his courtesans are fully paid up losers of a sort

Chorus 2:
Em                  Em(maj7)               Em7               A7
He looks at you and tells you that you just might get the part
        Em                   Em(maj7)           Em7              A7
But you don't get things for nothing and he doesn't want your heart
        G      D         G         D    C               G    D
And the circle turns and turns and turns so mad, little girl

G D

Verse 3:
         G              D                 Em               B7
Mmm, you made it to the silver screen and yet you're not a star
    Em          C              Em          B7
And advertising corsets didn't get you too far
    G             D7             Em                 B7
But money has its favourites and yours went back to them
       Em           C         Em                   B7
So you modeled in a studio in Greek Street for the rent

Chorus 3:
Em              Em(maj7)    Em7         A7
There you met Antonio, your lover from afar
    Em             Em(maj7)            Em7           A7
Who put you on the streets to make the money for his car
        G      D         G         D    C                G    D
And the circle turns and turns and turns so fast, little girl

G D

Verse 4:
         G                   D             Em          B7
Ah, your pictures they don't really do you justice any more
            Em               C              Em         B7
For they're crumpled now and faded and were taken long ago
         G             D7               Em             B7
And that faintly coy expression has now left without a trace
           Em           C             Em            B7
Ah there's little of it buried in the ruins of your face

Chorus 4:
   Em                 Em(maj7)          Em7            A7
It could have been so different, and at times you feel bad
        Em              Em(maj7)           Em7          A7
For you really did have something that the others never had
        G      D         G         D     C              G    D
And the circle turns and turns and turns so mad, little girl

G D

        G      D         G         D     C              G    D
For the circle turns and turns and turns so sad, little girl.

G D

       G      D         G         D   C                G
Oh the circle turns and turns and it's too bad, little girl.

F Dsus2/F# Gsus4