The Old Street Singer chords by Kate Wolf

Chords with lyrics

Kate Wolf - The Old Street Singer


CAPO: 4th Fret



INTRO: G+G C majorC G+G C majorC


You old street singer, some call you a bum
G+G                   C majorC
Sitting on a park bench soaking up the sun
                G+G
Singing to the children and the people passing by
                         C majorC   FF
With a bottle in a paper bag and a banjo at your side

                C majorC
Anyone would know you if they'd take the time to look
FF        C majorC                   G+G
Underneath those ragged clothes they'd read you like a book
    C majorC            FF
They'd see it in your eyes, the corners of your smile
    C majorC        G+G               C majorC   G+G  C majorC
There's more to this old street bum than too many dusty miles


The motel room must get so very small
 G+G                  C majorC
A augmentedA bed and a chair and memories on the wall
              G+G
In a city full of strangers far away from times
                        C majorC   FF
You've made that banjo ring in across a picket line


           C majorC         FF
You go downstairs and out on the street
     C majorC            G+G   C majorC
Sit there waiting for everyone you meet
           G+G
Some they ignore you, some they ask you why
                         C majorC
Some they dance to the tune you're playing to the sky


INTERLUDE: C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC


              G+G
Passing through a city, one day you'll see him there
                        C majorC
Stop and listen to his tunes, let him know you hear
                        G+G
Put a dollar in the box that sits there at his feet
                       C majorC
Tip your hat to the man who's singing in the street


    FF               C majorC
'Cause if you stop and listen, you'll hear it every time
FF     C majorC               G+G
Melodies around you, the rhythms and the rhymes
    C majorC              FF
In the stares of passing strangers, questions of the young
  C majorC      G+G                C majorC
The barking of a stray dog and the memories of a street bum
         G+G                C majorC