{t:Streets Of London}
{st:Ralph McTell (1969)}
{sot}
  Fingerpicking Pattern
-|-M--------------M-------|
4|----------I-------------|
4|-------T-----------T----|
-|-T-----------T----------|
   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &
{eot}

{c:Intro}
[/] [D]  [/] [A]  [/] [Bm7] [/] [F#m] [/] 
[/] [G]  [/] [D]  [/] [A]   [/] [D]   [/]


[/] [D] Have you seen the [/] [A] old man in the [/] [Bm7] closed-down [/] [F#m] market [/]
[/] [G] Kicking up the [/] [D] paper with his [/] [E7] worn-out [/] [A] shoes? [/]
[/] [D] In his eyes you [/] [A] see no pride, [/] [Bm7] and held loosely [/] [F#m] at his side [/]
[/] [G] . Yesterday's [/] [D] paper telling [/] [A] yesterday's [/] [D] news


{soc}
So [/] [G] how can you [/] [F#m] tell me you're [/] [D] lo- [A] ne- [/] [Bm7] ly... [/]
[/] [E7] . and say for [/] you that the sun don't [/] [A] shine? [/] [A] [/] 
[/] [D] Let me take you [/] [A] by the hand and [/] [Bm7] lead you through the [/] [F#m] streets of London [/]
[/] [G] . I'll show you [/] [D] something to [/] [A] make you change your [/] [D] mind [/]
[/] [D] [/] [A] [/] [Bm7] [/] [A] [/]
{eoc}


[/] [D] Have you seen the [/] [A] old girl who [/] [Bm7] walks the streets of [/] [F#m] London [/]
[/] [G] Dirt in her [/] [D] hair and her [/] [E7] clothes in [/] [A] rags? [/]
[/] [D] She's no time for [/] [A] talking, she [/] [Bm7] just keeps right on [/] [F#m] walking [/]
[/] [G] Carrying her [/] [D] home in [/] [A] two carrier [/] [D] bags


{soc}
So [/] [G] how can you [/] [F#m] tell me you're [/] [D] lo- [A] ne- [/] [Bm7] ly...  [/]
[/] [E7] . and say for [/] you that the sun don't [/] [A] shine? [/] [A] [/]  
[/] [D] Let me take you [/] [A] by the hand and [/] [Bm7] lead you through the [/] [F#m] streets of London [/]
[/] [G] . I'll show you [/] [D] something to [/] [A] make you change your [/] [D] mind [/]
[/] [D]  [/] [A]  [/] [Bm7]  [/] [F#m] [/]
[/] [G]  [/] [D]  [/] [A]  [/] [D] [/]
{eoc}


[/] [D] In the all-night [/] [A] cafe at a [/] [Bm7] quarter past e- [/] [F#m] leven [/]
[/] [G] Same old [/] [D] man sitting [/] [E7] there on his [/] [A] own [/]
[/] [D] Looking at the [/] [A] world over the [/] [Bm7] rim of his [/] [F#m] tea-cup [/]
[/] [G] Each tea lasts an [/] [D] hour, and he [/] [A] wanders home a- [/] [D] lone


{soc}
So [/] [G] how can you [/] [F#m] tell me you're [/] [D] lo- [A] ne- [/] [Bm7] ly... [/]
[/] [E7] . and say for [/] you that the sun don't [/] [A] shine? [/] [A] [/]
[/] [D] Let me take you [/] [A] by the hand and [/] [Bm7] lead you through the [/] [F#m] streets of London [/]
[/] [G] . I'll show you [/] [D] something to [/] [A] make you change your [/] [D] mind [/] 
[/] [D] [/] [A] [/] [Bm7] [/] [A] [/]  
{eoc}


[/] [D] Have you seen the [/] [A] old man out- [/] [Bm7] side the seaman's [/] [F#m] mission? [/]
[/] [G] Memory fading [/] [D] with the medal [/] [E7] ribbons that he [/] [A] wears [/]
[/] [D] In our winter [/] [A] city the rain [/] [Bm7] cries a little [/] [F#m] pity
For [/] [G] one more forgotten [/] [D] hero and a [/] [A] world that doesn't [/] [D] care


{soc}
So [/] [G] how can you [/] [F#m] tell me you're [/] [D] lo- [A] ne- [/] [Bm7] ly... [/]
[/] [E7] . and say for [/] you that the sun don't [/] [A] shine? [/] [A] [/]  
[/] [D] Let me take you [/] [A] by the hand and [/] [Bm7] lead you through the [/] [F#m] streets of London [/]
[/] [G] . I'll show you [/] [D] something to [/] [A] make you change your [/] [D] mind [/] [D↓]   
{eoc}


#Original in key of E. This is in D (capo 2).
#video=NtpTx7dLeYk#vend
#Here's a version of him doing the song this key.
#video=urtnT72dVnw#vend
#Last Updated 10/18/2021 JJ
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