Chords for Al Stewart - Soho (Needless To Say)

_ _ [C] _ _ I'd like to do an old song for you.
This [Ab] one's about five years old.
_ It's about a place I used to live in London.
It's called Soho, [F] Needless to Say. _
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Rainstorm, [Ab] rainstorm, fuses in the [C] maelstrom.
Huddled by the [Gb] puddles in the shadows where the [Am] dreams run.
Hot dogs, [Ab] wet clogs, clanging up [C] the sidewalk.
Disappearing [Gb] in a heat shock.
[F] Rainbow cues, standing out on [Dm] the newsstand, waiting for the late shock.
[Abm] _ [Am] More [Ab] Soho mines and free [G] fuzz.
Trying to kill a little bit of the sun.
[Gb] They're making eyes through the smoke, [C] all [G] Soho, needless to say. _
[G] I'm [F] alone on your streets [F] on a Friday [Em] evening.
And I've [C] been [G] here all of the [Am] day. _
[G] Going [F] nowhere with [A] nowhere to go. _
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_ [Am] But most mortars take in [G] the waters that are looking around for [Gb] the twilight doors.
[Am] Non-stop strip [Ab] club, pornographic [G] bookshop.
I come into the back and [Gb] take a turn and have a good [F] look.
Old wine and old socks, old socks.
I'm a man of dreams [Dm] with dust in her sights.
[Am] Newspaper [Ab] headline, Middle East deadline.
[C] Jazz musicians [Gb] are down on the front [C] line.
[G] Soho, needless [A] to say.
[G] _ _ [F] I'm alone on [G] your streets [F] on a Friday [Em] evening.
And [C] I've [G] been here all [Am] of the day.
[G] _ [F] Going nowhere [G] with nowhere [A] to go.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Soho feeds the needs of [D] heights that feeds the mind that bleeds.
[Am] Does enchanted [G] _ _ [F] downstream of the ocean.
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I'm [Dm] alone on [D] your _ [Am] _ _
[Ab] _ [C] streets on [Gb] a Friday evening.
And [C] I've been [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] here [Am] all of the day.
[G] _ [F] Going nowhere [G] with nowhere [A] to go.
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[G] Soho, [A] needless to [G] say.
[F] I'm alone [G] on your streets [F] _ on a Friday [C] evening.
And I've been here [G] all of the [A] day.
_ [F] Going nowhere with [A] nowhere to go.
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[E] _ _ [Am] Soho, needless [C] _ _
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to say.
[Dm] I'm alone on your streets _ _ [Db] _ _ [F] _
[B] on a Friday evening.
I'm alone on your streets on a Friday evening.
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_ I'm alone on _ your streets _
_ _ [Am] _ on _ _ a Friday evening.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] I'm alone on your streets on a Friday evening.
I'm alone on your streets _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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on a Friday evening.
I'm alone on your streets on a Friday evening.
I'm alone on your streets on a Friday evening.
I'm alone on your streets on a Friday evening.
I'm alone on your streets on a Friday evening.
I'm alone on your streets on a Friday evening.
I'm alone on your streets on a Friday evening.
I'm alone on your streets on a Friday evening.
I'm alone on your streets on a Friday evening.
I'm alone on your streets on a Friday evening.
I'm alone on your streets on a Friday evening.