Instrument
| E | B | C#m | G#m || A | E/B | B | E |
Verse
| E | B | C#m | G#m |Have you seen the old man in the closed down market| A | E/B | A | B |Kicking up the paper, with his worn out shoes| E | B | C#m | G#m |In his eyes you see no pride and held loosely by his side| A | E/B | B | E | E/B |Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news
Hook
| A | G#m | E B/D# | C#m B |So how can you tell me you're lonely| F#/A# | F#/A# | B | B | And say for you that the sun don't shine?| E/B | B | C#m | G#m |Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London| A | E/B | B | E | I'll show you something, to make you change your mind
Instrument
| E/B | B | C#m | B |
Verse
| E | B | C#m | G#m |Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of London| A | E/B | A | B |Dirt in her hair and her clothes are in rags| E | B | C#m | G#m |She's no time for talking, She just keeps right on walking| A | E/B | B | E | E/B |Carrying her home in two carrier bags
Hook
| A | G#m | E B/D# | C#m B |So how can you tell me you're lonely| F#/A# | F#/A# | B | B | And say for you that the sun don't shine?| E/B | B | C#m | G#m |Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London| A | E/B | B | E | I'll show you something, to make you change your mind
Instrument
| E | B | C#m | G#m || A | E/B | B | E |
Verse
| E | B | C#m | G#m |In the all night cafe at a quarter past eleven| A | E/B | A | B |Same old man is sitting there all on his own| E | B | C#m | G#m |Looking at the world over the rim of his tea-cup| A | E/B | B | E | E/B |each tea last an hour then he wanders home alone
Hook
| A | G#m | E B/D# | C#m B |So how can you tell me you're lonely| F#/A# | F#/A# | B | B | And say for you that the sun don't shine?| E/B | B | C#m | G#m |Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London| A | E/B | B | E | I'll show you something, to make you change your mind
Instrument
| E | B | C#m | B |
Verse
| E | B | C#m | G#m |Have you seen the old man outside the seaman's mission | A | B | A | B |His memory is fading, with those medal ribbons he wears | E | B | C#m | G#m |And in our winter city, the rain cries a little pity | A | E/B | B | E | E/B |For one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn't care
Hook
| A | G#m | E B/D# | C#m B |So how can you tell me you're lonely| F#/A# | F#/A# | B | B | And say for you that the sun don't shine?| E/B | B | C#m | G#m |Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London| A | E/B | B | E | I'll show you something, to make you change your mind
