Key: E
Introduction: C G Am Em F C/G G C
C G Am Em
Have you seen the old man in the closed-down market
F C/G Dm/F G
Kicking up the paper with his worn-out shoes?
C G Am Em
In his eyes you see no pride, and held loosely at his side
F C/G G7 C
Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news
F Em C G/B Am Am/G
So how can you tell me you're lo - ne - ly
D7/F# G G7
and say for you that the sun don't shine?
C G Am Em
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London,
F C/G G7 C
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
C G Am G
C G Am Em
Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of London
F C/G Dm/F G
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?
C G Am Em
She's no time for talking, she just keeps right on walking
F C/G G7 C
Carrying her home in two carrier bags
F Em C G/B Am Am/G
So how can you tell me you're lo - ne - ly
D7/F# G G7
and say for you that the sun don't shine?
C/G G Am Em
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London,
F C/G G7 C
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
C G Am Em
In the all-night cafe at a quarter past eleven
F C/G Dm/F G
Same old man sitting there on his own
C G Am Em
Looking at the world over the rim of his tea-cup
F C/G G7 C
Each tea lasts an hour, and he wanders home alone
F Em C G/B Am Am/G
So how can you tell me you're lo - ne - ly
D7/F# G G7
Don't say for you that the sun don't shine
C/G G Am Em
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London,
F C/G G7 C
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
C G Am G
C/G G Am Em
Have you seen the old man outside the seaman's mission?
F C/G Dm/F G
Memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears
C G Am Em
In our winter city the rain cries a little pity
F C/G G7 C
For one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn't care
F Em C G/B Am Am/G
So how can you tell me you're lo - ne - ly
D7/F# G G7
and say for you that the sun don't shine?
C/G G Am Em
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London,
F C/G G7 C F/C C
I'll show you something to make you change your mind