Chords for Ralph McTell - Streets of London (Germany 2023)

_ _ [B] I really appreciate [G] it.
Thank you so much for coming out tonight.
[N] It's now time for a medley _ of reasons. _ _ _
_ _ Unfortunately, _ no. _
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little blip [Em] in my breath. _ _
[E] This is, thanks so much, and special thanks to Marvis for bringing me [D] back to Britain.
_ [A] And I'm [Gm] really going to make [G#] my way to a [A] few new songs.
Some [B] old ones as well.
[A] I'll come out later [Em] on and say hello.
_ [B] I'll _ [F#] play this [F] song and maybe we'll see how [A#] it goes.
I don't [D#] normally want to close with something literal.
Any of those [G#m] songs, [A] I'm saying it's [C#m] the most important.
I'm a bit [G#m] of a fool to ignore that this is [Gm] a life-changing [G] song for me.
And it's what I need to do with all the other songs.
Because _ [G#] this song has been [Bm] an ambassador for [A] me.
And [Gm] I [G#] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
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[F#] _ _ _ [G] _ [G#] think it fits so [B] well to the British style.
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] I was going to play you a song.
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] So this [C#m] is a song from which really began its life.
[A#] I was one of the first children of these [G#] leaders.
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ The first song I [G] ever sang when I was ten years old.
[E] Keep your [Am] eyes open.
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_ You've grown [G#] into a world where people care more about each [E] other than you seem to.
[Em] I'm a human [A] being.
[B] If you would [A] like to join in, it would be very nice [G] to meet you.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] So I'll close with [C#] this tonight.
Thank you [E] again. _ _
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You're lonely.
_ [G#] _ [E] You're safe with you, and the sun [A] don't shine.
[Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] Let me take [A] you by the hand.
[B] Lead you through [F#m] the streets of London.
[G] _ I'll show you [D] something _ to [E] make you change [D] your mind.
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_ [Bm] _ [A] _ [D] _ Have you seen the [A] old gal who [Bm] walks the streets [F#m] of London?
A _ _ [G] girl in her [D]
hair [A] and [G] her clothes in [A] _
red.
_ [D] She's no time for [A] talking, she [Bm] just eats bread while [F#m]
walking.
_ _ [G] Carry her [D]
home _ [Am] into [E] a [G] carrier _ [D]
bed.
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How can [F#m] you tell me that [D] you're _ _ [Bm] lonely?
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[E] You're safe with you, and the sun [A] don't shine.
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] Let me take [A] you by the hand.
[Bm]
Lead you through the [F#m] streets of London.
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I'll show [D] you something _ [A] to make you change [D] your mind. _ _
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In the old [A] man's cafe _ [E] at a [Bm] quarter past [F#m] eleven. _
[G] She's made more than a [D] man [Em] to [G] bear on [A] his own. _ _
[D] _ Looking at the [A] world [E] full of [Bm] men of his [F#m] tea cup. _
[G] And he's seen the last [D] of her.
_ And [A] he wonders all [D] alone. _ _ _
_ _ So [G] how can you [F#m] tell me _ [D] you're _ [A] lonely?
[Bm] _ _ _ [G#] _ [E] And you're safe with you, and the [A] sun don't [Bm] shine. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] Let me take [A] you by the hand.
Lead [Bm] you through [F#m] the streets of London.
[G] _ I'll [D] show you something _ to [Bm] make you [D] change your mind. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ [D] Have you seen [A] the old man _ [Bm] outside the [F#m] seaman's kitchen?
_ _ [G] In every favorite [D] _ with [G] metal ribbons and [A] a paddy bag.
_ _ _ [D] In our winter [A] _ singing the rain [Bm] _
cries of the blue [F#m] deep.
_ _ [G] Though I'm off about [D] you, _ I [A]
wonder [D] if you care. _ _ _ _
_ [G] So how can you [F#m] tell me [D] you're _ _ [Bm] lonely?
_ _ _ [G#] [E] And you're safe with you, and the sun [A] don't shine.
[Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] Let me take you [A] by the [Bm] hand.
Lead you through the [F#] streets of London.
[G] _ I'll show [D] you something _ _ to [A] make you change [C#] [D] your mind.
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