Streets of London

Tony Rice

Key of C · Chords: I II IV V iii vi

Verse 5

NOTE: The walkdown to D7 can either be played
notes (C-B-A-G-Gb). Tony Rice leans more towards
the notes in the actual record.

Intro

C G Am Em F C G C

Verse 1

C                 G               Am          Em
Have you seen the old man, in the closed-down market
F              C                F        G
Kicking up the papers, with his worn-out shoes?
C               G                 Am            Em
In his eyes you see no pride, and there loosely at his side
F           C              G           C
Yesterday's paper, telling yesterday's news

Chorus 1

   F           C
So how can you tell me, that you're mourning
D7                                     G
And you say for you that the sun don't shine?
C               G
Let me take you by the hand
    Am                   Em
And lead you through the streets of London
F             C             G                    C
I'll show you something, to make you change your mind

Verse 2

C                 G            Am                   Em
Have you seen the old gal, who walks the streets of London
F           C             F          G
Dirt in her hair, and her clothes in rags?
C                 G            Am                  Em
She's no time for talking, she just keeps right on walking
F            C            G       C
Carrying her home, in two carrier bags

Chorus 2

   F           C
So how can you tell me, that you're mourning
D7                                     G
And you say for you that the sun don't shine?
C               G
Let me take you by the hand
    Am                   Em
And lead you through the streets of London
F             C             G                    C
I'll show you something, to make you change your mind

Interlude

C G Am Em F C G C

Verse 3

    C                G          Am           Em
And in the all-night cafe, at a quarter past eleven
F        C           F             G
Same old man sitting there, on his own
C              G               Am         Em
Looking at the world, over the rim of his tea-cup
    F                 C            G            C
And each tea lasts an hour, and he wanders home alone

Chorus 3

   F           C
So how can you tell me, that you're mourning
D7                                     G
And you say for you that the sun don't shine?
C               G
Let me take you by the hand
    Am                   Em
And lead you through the streets of London
F             C             G                    C
I'll show you something, to make you change your mind

Verse 4

    C                 G       Am                   Em
And have you seen the old man outside the seamens' mission
F             C        F                    G
Memory fading with the medal-ribbon that he wears
    C             G              Am             Em
And in the winter city, the rain cries a little pity
    F                  C          G                  C
For one more forgotten hero, in a world that doesn't care

Chorus 4

   F           C
So how can you tell me, that you're mourning
D7                                     G
And you say for you that the sun don't shine?
C               G
Let me take you by the hand
    Am                   Em
And lead you through the streets of London
F             C             G                    C
I'll show you something, to make you change your mind