Streets Of London Chords by Mary Hopkin

_ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] Have you [Bb] seen the old man in [Cm] the closed [Gm]-down market?
[Ab] Kicking [Eb] up the papers with [Ab] his worn [Bb]-out shoes?
[Eb] In his [Bb] eyes you see no [Cm] pride, and held [Gm] loosely by his [Ab] side
_ [Eb] Yesterday's paper [Bb] telling [Eb] yesterday's news
_ [Ab] So how can [Gm] you tell me [Eb] you're [C] lonely? _
_ [F] And say for you that the [Bb] sun don't shine?
_ [Eb] Let me [Bb] take you by the hand and [Cm] lead you through the [Gm] streets of London
[Ab] I'll [Eb] show you something [Bb] to make you change [F] your mind _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] Have you [Bb] seen the old [Cm] girl who walks the streets [Gm] of London?
[Ab] Dirt in [Eb] her hair and her [G] clothes [Bb] in red
_ [Eb] She's no [Bb] time for talking, [Cm] she just keeps right [Gm] on walking
[Ab] Carrying her [Eb] home [Bb] into [Eb] Carrioban _ _
So [Ab] how can [Gm] you tell me you're [Bb]
lonely?
[C] _ _ [F] And say for you that the sun [Bb] don't shine?
[Gm] _ [Eb] Let me [Bb] take you by the hand and [Cm] lead you through [Gm] the streets of [Ab] London
[Eb] I'll show you something [Bb] to make you change [F] your mind _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] In the [Bb] all-night cafe at [Cm] a quarter past [Gm] eleven
[Ab] The same [Eb] old man [C] sitting there [Bb] on his own
[Eb]
Looking at [Bb] the world over [Cm] the whim [Gm] of his teacup
[Ab] Each tea [Eb] lasts an hour [Bb] and he wanders home [Eb] alone
_ _ [Ab] So how [Gm] can you tell me you're [Bb] lonely?
_ [F] And say for you that the sun [Bb] don't shine?
_ _ [Eb] Let me [Bb] take you by the [Cm] hand and lead you through the [Gm] streets of London
[Ab] I'll [Eb] show you something [Bb] to make you change [F] your mind
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] Have you [Bb] seen the old man [Cm] outside the [Gm] seamen's mission?
[Ab] Memory fading [Eb] with the [Fm] metal ribbon [Bb] that he wears
[Eb] In our winter city [Cm] the rain cries a little [Gm] pity
[Ab] For one more forgotten hero [Bb] and a world that [Eb] doesn't care
So [Ab] how [Gm] can you tell me [Eb] you're lonely?
[Eb] _ [F] And say for [F] you that the sun don't [Bb] shine?
_ _ [Eb] Let me take [Bb] you by the [Cm] hand and lead you through the [Gm] streets of London
[Ab] I'll [Eb] show you something [Bb] to make you change your [Bb] mind
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _