Streets Of London Tab

Title:  Streets Of London
Artist: Ralph McTell, https://youtu.be/DiWomXklfv8
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Time:  4/4, Tempo: Q=140, Beats on eignths are marked "+".
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Use thumb-fretting. Let ring.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
 
[Intro]
   C      +     +        G      +     +        Am     +     +        Em +     +     +
E|-0-------------------|-3---------0---------|---------------------|-0---------------------|
B|--------------1------|--------------3------|-1------------0-h1---|----0-----------0------|
G|--------0------------|--------0------------|--------2------------|----------0------------|
D|-----2-----------2---|-----0-----------0---|-----2-----------2---|-------2-----------2---|
A|-3---------3---------|-----------2---------|-0---------0---------|-------------2---------|
E|---------------------|-3-------------------|---------------------|-0---------------------|
 
   F  +     +     +        C      +     +        G      +     +        C      +     +
E|-----------------------|--------0------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|----------0-----1------|-1------------1------|--------------0------|-1-------------------|
G|----2------------------|---------------------|-0------0-h2---------|--------0-----0------|
D|-------3-----------3---|-----2-----------2---|-----0-----------0---|-----2-----------2---|
A|-------------0---------|-3---------2---------|---------------------|-3-------------------|
E|-1---------------------|---------------------|-3---------3---------|-----------3---------|
 
[Verse]
   C      +     +        G      +     +     +    Am     +     +        Em     +     +
E|-0a--0--0----h3------|-3a--3-------p0--------|---------------------|-0a-----0------------|
B|-1a------------------|-0a-----------------3--|-1a--------0-h1------|-0a------------------|
G|-0a------------------|-0a-----0--------------|-2a-----2------------|-0a-----------0------|
D|-----2-----------2---|-----0-----------0-----|-----2-----------2---|-----2-----------2---|
A|-3a--------3---------|-----------2-----------|-0a--------0---------|-----------2---------|
E|---------------------|-3a--------------------|---------------------|-0a------------------|
 
   F      +     +        C      +     +        Dm     +     +        G      +     +
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-0a------------------|
B|--------------1------|-1a-----------1------|-3a-----------3------|-0a-----------3------|
G|-----2--2------------|-0a-----0------------|-2a-----2------------|-0a-----0------------|
D|-----3-----------3---|-----2-----------2---|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0---|
A|-----------0---------|-3a------------------|-----------0---------|-----------2---------|
E|-1-------------------|-----------3---------|-1a------------------|-3a------------------|
 
   C      +     +        G      +     +        Am     +     +        Em +     +     +
E|-0a--0--0----h3------|-3a--3-p0------------|---------------------|-0ah1-----0------------|
B|-1a------------------|-0a-----------3------|-1a--------0-h1------|-0a--------------------|
G|-0a------------------|-0a------------------|-2a-----2------------|-0a-------------0------|
D|-----2-----------2---|-----0-----------0---|-----2-----------2---|-------2-----------2---|
A|-3a--------3---------|-----------2---------|-0a--------0---------|-------------2---------|
E|---------------------|-3a------------------|---------------------|-0a--------------------|
 
   F      +     +        C      +     +        G      +     +        C      +     +
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|--------------1------|-1a------------------|--------------0------|-1---------------1---|
G|-----2--2------------|-0a-----0-----0------|-0------0-h2---------|--------0-----0------|
D|-----3-----------3---|-----2-----------2---|-----0-----------0---|-----2-----------2---|
A|-----------0---------|-3a--------3---------|---------------------|-3-------------------|
E|-1-------------------|---------------------|-3---------3---------|-----------3---------|
 
{Chorus}
   F      +     +        Em     +     +        C      +  G7 +        Am     +     +
E|-1a-----1-----1------|-0a--0--------3------|-3a--------1a--------|-0a------------------|
B|-1a-----1-----1------|-0a------------------|-1a--------0a--------|-1a------------------|
G|-2a------------------|-0a-----0------------|-0a-----0-----0------|-2a-----2-----2------|
D|-----3-----------3---|-----2-----------2---|-----2-----------0---|-----2-----------2---|
A|-----------0---------|-----------2---------|-3a--------2a--------|-0a------------------|
E|-1a------------------|-0a------------------|---------------------|-----------3---------|
So how    can   you      tell me      you're   lone-                 ly
 
   D      +     +          D7 +     +     +        G      +     +        G7     +     +
E|--------------0--------|-----------------------|---------------------|--------0-----1------|
B|--------3--3--------3--|-------------1-p0------|---------------------|-3---3---------------|
G|-----------------------|----2-----2------------|-0------0-----0------|---------------------|
D|-----0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0---|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0---|
A|-----------0-----------|-------------0---------|-----------2---------|-----------2---------|
E|-2---------------------|-2---------------------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|
          and say for you     that the sun don't   shine
 
   C      +     +        G      +     +        Am     +     +        Em +     +     +
E|-0a--0--0----h3------|-3a--3-p0------------|---------------------|-0a-1----p0------------|
B|-1a------------------|-0a-----------3------|-1a-----------0------|-0a--------------------|
G|-0a------------------|-0a-----0------------|-2a-----2------------|-0a-------------0------|
D|-----2-----------2---|-----0-----------0---|-----2-----------2---|-------2-----------2---|
A|-3a--------3---------|-----------2---------|-0a--------0---------|-------------2---------|
E|---------------------|-3a------------------|---------------------|-0a--------------------|
   Let me take you       by the hand and       lead  you through the streets of London,
 
   F      +     +        C      +     +        G      +     +        C      +     +
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|--------------1------|-1a------------------|--------------0------|-1a------------------|
G|-2------2------------|-0a-----0-----0------|-0---0-h2------------|-0a-----0-----0------|
D|-----3-----------3---|-----2-----------2---|-----0-----------0---|-----2-----------2---|
A|-----------0---------|-3a--------3---------|---------------------|-3a------------------|
E|-1-------------------|---------------------|-3---------3---------|-----------3---------|
       I'll show you     something    to       make you change your  mind.
 
[Lyrics]
Have you seen the old man in the closed-down market
Kicking up the paper with his worn-out shoes?
In his eyes you see no pride, and held loosely at his side
Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news
 
Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?
She's no time for talking, she just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home in two carrier bags
 
In the all-night cafe at a quarter past eleven
Same old man sitting there on his own
Looking at the world over the rim of his tea-cup
Each tea lasts an hour, and he wanders home alone
 
Have you seen the old man outside the seaman's mission?
Memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears
In our winter city the rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn't care
 
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| a   Arpeggio: all notes in the chord are played harp-like in one beat in fast sequence
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
 
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