Key: D
Introduction: D# Bb Cm Gm G# D# Bb Bb7 D#
D# Bb
Have you seen the old man
Cm Gm G#
In the closed down market
D# Fm7 Bb
Picking up papers with his worn out shoes
D# Bb
In his eyes you see no pride
Cm Gm G#
Hands held loosely at his side
D# Bb Bb7 D#
Yesterday's paper, telling yesterday's news
G# Gm D# G# Cm F
So how can you tell me that you're lo..ne...ly
F7 Bb Bb7 D#
And say for you that a sun don't shine
Bb
Let me take you by the hand
Cm Gm G#
And lead you through the streets of London
D#
I'll show you something
Bb Bb7 D#
To make you change your mind
verse 2
Bb
Have you seen the old gal
Cm Gm G#
Who walks the streets of London
D# F Bb Bb7
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags
D# Bb
She's no time for talking
Cm Gm G#
She just keeps right on walking
D# Bb D#
Carrying her home in two carrier bags
G# Gm D# G# Cm F
So how can you tell me that you're lo..ne..ly
Cm Bb Bb7 D#
And say for you that a sun don't shine
Bb
Let me take you by the hand
Cm Gm G#
And lead you through the streets of London
D#
I'll show you something
Bb D#
To make you change your mind
verse 3
Cm Bb
And In the all-night café
Cm Gm G#
At a quarter past eleven
D# F Bb D#
The same old man sitting there on his own
Bb Cm Gm G#
Looking at the world over the rim of his teacup
D#
And each tea lasts an hour
Bb Bb7 D#
And he wanders home alone
G# Gm D# G# Cm Bb F
So how can you tell me that you're lo..ne..ly....
F7 Bb Bb7 D#
And say for you that a sun don't shine
Bb
Let me take you by the hand
Cm Gm G#
And lead you through the streets of London
D#
I'll show you something
Bb D# Fm7 D#
To make you change your mind