Easy Version
| Intro: |
| D A Bm F#m G D A D |
| D A |
| Have you seen the old man, |
| Bm F#m |
| in the closed-down market |
| G D Em A |
| picking up the papers, with his worn-out shoes? |
| D A |
| In his eyes you see no pride, |
| Bm F#m G |
| hand held loosely by his side |
| G D A D |
| yesterday's papers, telling yesterday's news |
| Chorus: |
| G F#m |
| So how can you tell me, |
| D D/C# Bm Bm/A E/Ab |
| you're l o n e l y |
| E/F# E A |
| and say for you that the sun don't shine? |
| D A |
| Let me take you by the hand, |
| Bm F#m G |
| and lead you through the streets of London |
| D |
| I'll show you something, |
| A D |
| to make you change your mind |
| Bridge: |
| D A Bm A |
| D A |
| And have you seen the old girl, |
| Bm F#m G |
| who walks the streets of London |
| D Em A |
| dirt in her hair, and her clothes in rags? |
| D A |
| She's no time for talking, |
| Bm F#m G |
| she just keeps right on walking |
| D A D |
| Carrying her home, in two carrier bags |
| Repeat Chorus |
| Bridge: |
| D D/C# Bm F#m G D A D |
| D A |
| And in the all night cafe, |
| Bm F#m G |
| at a quarter past eleven |
| D Em A |
| same old man sitting there, on his own |
| D A |
| Looking at the world, |
| Bm F#m |
| over the rim of his tea-cup |
| G D |
| And each tea lasts an hour, |
| A D |
| and you wanders home alone |
| Repeat Chorus |
| Bridge: |
| D A Bm A |
| D D/C# |
| And have you seen the old man, |
| Bm A |
| outside the seaman's mission? |
| G D |
| Memory's fading with the |
| Em A |
| medal ribbons that he wears |
| D D/C# |
| And in our winter city, |
| Bm A |
| the rain cries a little pity |
| G D |
| For one more forgotten hero, |
| A D |
| and a world that doesn't care |
| Bridge: |
| Bm G D D x2 |
| Repeat Chorus |
| Bridge: |
| Bm G D D x2 |
| Ending: |
| D D Bm G x2 |
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