Streets Of London Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][G][Am][Em]
[F][C][G][C]

[Verse 1]
[C]Have you seen the [G]old man
In a [Am]closed- down [Em]market?
[F]Kicking up the [C]pa per with his [F]worn out [G]shoes
[C]In his eyes, you [G]see no pride
[Am]And held loosely a[Em]t his side
[F]Yesterday's pap[C]er telling yes[G]terday's new[C]s

[Chorus 1]
So, [F]how can you [Em]tell me
you're [C]lone- [G]ly[Am]
[D]And say for you that the sun don't shi[G]ne?
[C]Let me take you [G]by the hand
And [Am]lead you through the [Em]streets of London
[F]Show you som[C]ething
to [G]make you change your [C]mind

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][Am][G]

[Verse 2]
[C]Have you seen the [G]old girl
Who [Am]walks the streets of [Em]Lon don?
[F]Dirt in her [C]hair and her [F]clothes in [G]rags
[C]She's no time for [G]talking
She [Am]just keeps right on [Em]walking
[F]Carrying her [C]home in [G]two carrier [C]bags

[Chorus 2]
So, [F]how can you [Em]tell me
you're [C]lone- [G]ly[Am]
[D]And say for you that the sun don't shi[G]ne?
[C]Let me take you [G]by the hand
And [Am]lead you through the [Em]streets of London
[F]Show you som[C]ething
to [G]make you change your [C]mind

[Interlude 2]
[C][G][Am][Em]
[F][C][G][C]

[Verse 3]
[C]In the all night [G]café at a [Am]quarter past [Em]eleven
[F]Same old [C]man sitting [F]there on his [G]own
[C]Looking at the [G]world
Over the [Am]rim of his [Em]tea cup
[F]Each tea lasts an [C]hour
And he [G]wanders home a[C]lone

[Chorus 3]
So, [F]how can you [Em]tell me
you're [C]lone- [G]ly[Am]
[D]Don't say for you that the sun don't shi[G]ne
[C]Let me take you [G]by the hand
And [Am]lead you through the [Em]streets of London
[F]Show you som[C]ething
to [G]make you change your [C]mind

[Interlude 3]
[C][G][Am][G]

[Verse 4]
[C]Have you seen the [G]old man
Out[Am]side the seaman's [Em]mission?
[F]Memory fading [C]with
The medal [F]ribbons that he [G]wears
[C]In our winter [G]city
The rain [Am]cries a little pit[Em]y
For [F]one more forgotten [C]he ro
And a [G]world that doesn't [C]care

[Chorus 4]
So, [F]how can you [Em]tell me
you're [C]lone- [G]y[Am]
[D]And say for you that the sun don't shi[G]ne?
[C]Let me take you [G]by the hand
And [Am]lead you through the [Em]streets of London
[F]Show you som[C]ething
to [G]make you change your [C]mind[C]