Streets Of London Cifras

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           Streets of London - Ralph McTell
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Written by: Ralph McTell
From: "Spiral Staircase" (1968)
 
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 4th fret
Play: C
Key: E
 
The recording is flat; in order to play along to the original recording,
tune down all strings a little.
 
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SPECIAL VOICINGS and CHORDS
       E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G    3-x-2-0-1-0
G6     3-x-0-0-0-0
G      3-x-0-0-3-x (after G6)
G7     3-x-3-0-0-x
D7/F#  2-x-0-2-1-x
F/C    x-3-3-2-1-x
 
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[Intro]
| C | G | Am | Em | F |
| C/G | G | C |
 
 
[Verse 1]
C                 G              Am          Em
Have you seen the old man in the closed down market
F              C/G            F       | G   G6 G |
Kicking up the paper with his worn out shoes
C               G             Am               Em
In his eyes you see no pride, and held loosely at his side
F            C/G           G           | C C/G | % |
 Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news
 
 
[Chorus]
   F           Em           | C C/B | Am Am/G |
So how can you tell me you're lo- onely
D7/F#                              | G | G6 G |
 And say for you that the sun don't shine
C/G             G               Am                   Em
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
F          C/G          G                   | C C/G |
  Show you something to make you change your mind
 
 
[Interlude]
| C/G | G | Am | G |
 
 
[Verse 2]
C                 G            Am                   Em
Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of London
F           C/G          F          | G7   G6 G |
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags
C                 G
She's no time for talking
    Am                  Em
She just keeps right on walking
F            C/G     G         | C C/G | C/G |
Carrying her home in two carrier bags
 
 
[Chorus]
   F           Em           | C C/B | Am Am/G |
So how can you tell me you're lo- onely
D7/F#                              | G | G6 G |
 And say for you that the sun don't shine
C/G             G               Am                   Em
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
F          C/G          G                   | C C/G |
  Show you something to make you change your mind
 
 
 
[Interlude]
| C/G | G | Am | Em |
| F | C/G | G | C |
 
 
[Verse 3]
C                G         Am            Em
In the all night cafe at a quarter past eleven
F        C/G         F            G
Same old man sitting there on his own
C              G              Am         Em
Looking at the world over the rim of his teacup
    F                 C/G         G            | C C/G | C/G |
And each tea lasts an hour and he wanders home alone
 
[Chorus]
   F           Em           | C C/B | Am Am/G |
So how can you tell me you're lo- onely
D7/F#                                | G | G6 G |
 Don't say for you that the sun don't shine
C/G             G               Am                   Em
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
F          C/G          G                   | C C/G |
  Show you something to make you change your mind
 
 
[Interlude]
| C/G | G | Am | G |
 
 
[Verse 4]
C                 G          Am                Em
Have you seen the old man outside the seamen's mission
F             C/G            F               G
Memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears
C             G             Am             Em
In our winter city the rain cries a little pity
    F                  C/G        G                 | C C/G | C/G |
For one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn't care
 
[Chorus]
   F           Em           | C C/B | Am Am/G |
So how can you tell me you're lo- onely
D7/F#                                | G | G6 G |
 Don't say for you that the sun don't shine
C/G             G               Am                   Em
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
                                                    1+2+3
F          C/G          G                   | F/C | F/C C
  Show you something to make you change your mind
                         ( r i t a r d a n d o )
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