Chords for Ralph McTell - Streets of London 1975 - "Good Quality"

[E] _ _ He [G] was known as a bit of a hunk back in the [D] day, mind you.
He was on the [A] folk circuit, so [D] not a lot of competition.
_ _ Have you seen the [A] old man in the [Bm] closed [F#m]-down market?
_ [G] _ Kicking up [D] the papers _ [G] with his worn [A]-out shoes.
_ [D] In his eyes [A] you see no brow, [Bm] and held loosely [F#m]
at his side.
[G] _ _ _ [D] Yesterday's paper _ [A] telling _ _ [D] yesterday's news.
_ _ _ _ [G] So how can [F#m] you tell me [D] you're _ [A] _ [Bm] lonely?
_ _ _ [E] _
And you say for you that the sun [A] don't [D] shine?
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] Or let me take you [A] by the hand [Bm] and lead you through the [F#m] streets of London.
[G] _
I'll show you [D] something _ [A] to make you change your [D] _ mind. _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] And have you seen [A] the old gal [Bm] who walks the [F#m] streets of London?
_ _ [G] _
Dirt in her [D] hair and [G] the clothes in [A] _ rags.
_ [D]
She's no time [A] for talking, she [Bm] just keeps right on [F#m] walking.
_ _ [G] _
Carrying her [D] _ home [A] into _ carrier [D] _ bags. _ _
_ _ [G] So how can [F#m] you tell me _ [D] you're _ [C#m] _ [Bm] lonely?
_ _ _ [E] _ And you say for you that the sun [A] don't shine? _ _ _
_ _ [D] Or let me take [A] you by the hand [Bm] and lead you through [F#m] the streets of London.
[G] _ I'll show [D] you something _ [A] to make you change [D] your mind.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ And in the all [A]-night cafe, [Bm] out a quarter past [F#m] _
eleven.
_ [G] _ Same [D] old man, sitting [G] there on [A] his own.
_ _ [D] Looking at [A] the world over [Bm] the rim of [F#m] his teacup.
_ [G] And each teen [D] lasts an hour [A] and he wanders home [D] _
alone.
_ _ _ _ [G] So how [F#m] can you tell me [D] you're _ _ [A] _ [Bm] lonely? _ _ _
[E] And you say for you that the sun [A] don't shine? _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Or let me take you [A] by the hand [Bm] and lead you through [F#m] the streets of London.
[G] _ I'll show [D] you something _ [A] to make you change [D] your _ _ mind.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] And have you seen [A] the old man [Bm] outside the _ [F#m] seamen's mission? _
_ [G] Men they're fading [D] with the metal [G] ribbons that [A] he wears.
And [Dm] in our winter [A] city the [Bm] rain cries a little [F#m] pity. _
For [G] one more forgotten [D] hero _ [A] and a world that doesn't [D] care.
_ _ _ _ [G] So how [F#m] can you tell me [D] you're _ _
[A] _ [Bm] lonely?
_ _ [F#m] _ [E] _
And you say for you that the sun [A] don't shine?
_ _ _ _ [D] Or let me take [A] you by the hand [Bm] and lead you through [F#m] the streets of London.
And [G] his offer to lead you through the streets?
[D] Well, no idle boast as [A] he did compile the London A [G]-Z.
What a guy!
[N] _ _