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{title:Streets Of London}
{st:Ralph McTell}
H[G]ave you seen the [D]old man in the c[Em]losed down m[G]arket,
K[C]icking out the p[G]apers with his w[Am]orn out sh[D]oes?
[G]In his eyes you s[D]ee no pride. H[Em]anging loosely [Bm]by his side,
Y[C]esterday`s p[G]aper telling y[D]esterday`s n[G]ews.
{c:Chorus:}
[Am7] So h[C]ow can you t[G]ell me you`re l[D]onel[G]y,
And you s[Am]ay for you that the sun don`t sh[D]ine?
L[G]et me take you [D]by the hand and l[Em]ead you through the st[Bm]reets of London,
I[C]`ll show you s[G]omething that`ll m[D]ake you change your m[G]ind.[Am7]
Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of London?
Dirt in her hair and her clothes are all in rags.
She`s no time for talking, she just keeps right on walking,
Carrying her home in two old shopping bags.
{c:Chorus.}
In the all night cafe at a quarter to eleven,
Same old man sitting there all alone.
Looking at the world over the rim of his tea cup,
Each tea lasts a hour, then he wanders home alone.
{c:Chorus.}
Have you seen the old man outside the seamen`s mission?
Memory fading with the metal ribbons he wears.
In this lonesome city the rain cries a little pity,
For one more forgotten hero in a world that doesn`t care.
{c:Chorus.}
Submitted to the ftp.nevada.edu:/pub/guitar archives
by Steve Putz
7 September 1992