Biography:
Ralph McTell is an English singer/songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk scene since the 1960s.
Ralph McTell is probably best known for the song Streets of London which has been covered by over a hundred artists around the world. From Clare to Here has proved almost as popular, during a long and continuing recording and performing career.
McTell's guitar style has been influenced by many of the USA's country blues 'Piedmont- style' guitar players of the early 20th century
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Other songs:
- Streets Of London
- Around The Wild Cape Horn
- Barges
- Clare To Here
- Clown
- Easter Lilies
- England
- First Song
- From Clare To Here
- Girl From The Hiring Fair
- Impala Song
- In The Dreamtime
- Jesus Wept
- Last Train And Ride
- London Apprentice
- Maginot Waltz
- Mr Connaughton
- Nannas Song
- Somewhere Down The Road
- Summer Girl
- The Wind In The Willows
- Weather The Storm
- Zimmerman Blues
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[Intro]
C G Am Em
F C G C
[Verse 1]
C G Am Em
Have you seen the old man in the closed-down market
F C D7 G7
Kicking up the paper with his worn-out shoes?
C G Am Em
In his eyes you see no pride, hand held loosely at his side
F C G7 C C
Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news
[Chorus]
F Em C Am
So how can you tell me you're lo - ne - ly
D7 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 G7 C
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
[Instrumental]
C G Am G
[Verse 2]
C G Am Em
Have you seen the old gal who walks the streets of London
F C F G7
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 G7 C C
Carrying her home in two carrier bags
[Chorus]
F Em C Am
So how can you tell me you're lo - ne - ly
D7 D7 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 G7 C
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
[Instrumental]
C G Am Em
F C G C
[Verse 3]
C G Am Em
In the all-night cafe at a quarter past eleven
F C F G7
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 G7 C C
Each tea lasts an hour, then he wanders home alone
[Chorus]
F Em C Am
So how can you tell me you're lo - ne - ly
D7 D7 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 G7 C
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
[Instrumental]
C G Am G
[Verse 4]
C G Am Em
Have you seen the old man outside the seaman's mission?
F C F G7
Memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears
C G Am Em
And in our winter city the rain cries a little pity
F C G7 C C
For one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn't care
[Chorus]
F Em C Am
So how can you tell me you're lo - ne - ly
D7 D7 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 G7 C C
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
C G Am Em
F C G C
[Verse 1]
C G Am Em
Have you seen the old man in the closed-down market
F C D7 G7
Kicking up the paper with his worn-out shoes?
C G Am Em
In his eyes you see no pride, hand held loosely at his side
F C G7 C C
Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news
[Chorus]
F Em C Am
So how can you tell me you're lo - ne - ly
D7 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 G7 C
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
[Instrumental]
C G Am G
[Verse 2]
C G Am Em
Have you seen the old gal who walks the streets of London
F C F G7
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 G7 C C
Carrying her home in two carrier bags
[Chorus]
F Em C Am
So how can you tell me you're lo - ne - ly
D7 D7 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 G7 C
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
[Instrumental]
C G Am Em
F C G C
[Verse 3]
C G Am Em
In the all-night cafe at a quarter past eleven
F C F G7
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 G7 C C
Each tea lasts an hour, then he wanders home alone
[Chorus]
F Em C Am
So how can you tell me you're lo - ne - ly
D7 D7 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 G7 C
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
[Instrumental]
C G Am G
[Verse 4]
C G Am Em
Have you seen the old man outside the seaman's mission?
F C F G7
Memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears
C G Am Em
And in our winter city the rain cries a little pity
F C G7 C C
For one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn't care
[Chorus]
F Em C Am
So how can you tell me you're lo - ne - ly
D7 D7 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 G7 C C
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
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