C G Am E E7
Have you seen the old man in the closed down
market,
F C F G G7
Kicking up the paper with his worn out shoes.
C G Am E E7
In his eyes you see no pride, hand held loosely
at his side,
F C G7 C
Yesterday’s paper telling yesterdays news.
F E E7 C Am
So, how can you tell me, you’re lonely,
D G G7
And say for you that the sun don’t shine.
C G
Let me take you by the hand,
Am E E7
And lead you through the streets of London,
F C G7 C
Show you something, to make you change your
mind.
C G Am E E7
Have you seen the old girl who walks the
streets of London,
F C F G G7
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags
C G Am E E7
She’s no time for talking’, she just keeps
right on walking,
F C G7 C
Carrying her home in her two carrier bags.
F E E7 C Am
So, how can you tell me, you’re lonely,
D G G7
And say for you that the sun don’t shine.
C G
Let me take you by the hand,
Am E E7
And lead you through the streets of London,
F C G7 C
Show you something, to make you change your
mind.
C G Am E E7
In the all night café at a quarter past eleven,
F C F G G7
Same old man sitting there on his own.
C G Am E E7
Looking at the world over the rim of his tea
cup,
F C G7 C
Each tea last an hour and he wanders home
alone.
F E E7 C Am
So, how can you tell me, you’re lonely,
D G G7
And say for you that the sun don’t shine.
C G
Let me take you by the hand,
Am E E7
And lead you through the streets of London,
F C G7 C
Show you something, to make you change your
mind.
C G Am E E7
Have you seen the old man outside the seamen’s
mission.
F C F G G7
Memory fading with the medal ribbons that he
wears.
C G Am E E7
In our little winter city the rain cries a
little pity,
F C G7 C
For one more forgotten hero and a world that
doesn’t care.
F E E7 C Am
So, how can you tell me, you’re lonely,
D G G7
And say for you that the sun don’t shine.
C G
Let me take you by the hand,
Am E E7
And lead you through the streets of London,
F C G7 C
Show you something, to make you change your
mind.
www.molike.de