Streets Of London
Ralph McTell (1969)


  Fingerpicking Pattern
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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

Chorus
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] |

| [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

Chorus
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] |

| [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

Chorus
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] |   

| [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

Chorus
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↓]  

#Original in key of E. This is in D (capo 2).

#Here's a version of him doing the song this key.

#Last Updated 10/18/2021 JJ
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