Al Stewart – Soho Needless To Say (Guitar)

Am                     AmM7/G#
Rainstorm, brainstorm, faces in the maelstrom

Am7/G                        Am6/F#
Huddle by the puddles in the shadows where the drains run

Am                  AmM7/G#
Hot dogs, wet clogs clicking up the sidewalk

Am7/G          Am6/F#
  Disappearing into the booze shop

F
Rainbow queues stand down by the news stand,

Dm                       Dm7b5 Em7
Waiting for the late Show

Am                  AmM7/G#
Pin ball, sin hall, minds in free fall

Am7/G                            Am6/F#
Chocolate-coloured ladies making eyes through the smoke-pall

C    G/B              Am    Am7/G
  Soho, needless to say

      F              G         F      Em
I'm alone on your streets on a Friday evening

G    C    G               Am    Am7/G
I've been here all of the day

          F            G          A7    Am   Am
I'm going nowhere with nowhere to go

Am                  AmM7/G#
Football supporters taking the waters

        Am7/G                  Am6/F#
They're looking around for the twilight daughters

Am                  AmM7/G#
Non-stop strip club pornographic bookshop

Am7/G                            Am6/F#
Come into the back and take your time and have a good look

F
  Old man he laughs with

Dm             Dm7b5 Em7
Flowers in his hair

Am                  AmM7/G#
Newspaper headline "Midde Emast Deadline"

Am7/G              Am6/F#
Jazz musicians are down on the breadline

C    G/B              Am    Am7/G
  Soho, needless to say

      F              G         F      Em
I'm alone on your streets on a Friday evening

G    C    G               Am    Am7/G
I've been here all of the day

          F            G          A7    Am   Am
I'm going nowhere with nowhere to go

Dm             Dm7/C               Dm7b5                Fm7b5
Soho feeds the needs and hides the deeds, the mind that bleeds

       Am    Am7/G       F           Am
Disenchanted,     downstream in the night

Dm             Dm7/C             Dm7b5             Fm7b5
Soho hears the lies, the twisted cries, the lonely sighs

         C    G/B  Am  Am7/G   Dm      Dm7b5
Till she seems         lost in dreams

    Am                 AmM7/G#
The sun goes down on a neon eon

             Am7/G                       Am6/F#
Though you'd have a job explaining it to Richard Coeur de Lion

Am           AmM7/G#
  Animation, bar conversation,

Am7/G         Am6/F#
Anticipation, disinclination

F
  Old wino turns with

Dm          Dm7b5 Em7
Dust in his eyes

Am                          AmM7/G#
Begs for the dregs from the bottom of the kegs, man

       Am7/G                 Am6/F#
You've never seen a lady lay down and spread her legs like

C    G/B              Am    Am7/G
  Soho, needless to say

      F              G        F      Em
I'm alone on your sheets on a Friday evening

G    C    G               Am    Am7/G
I've been here all of the day

          F            G          Am   Bdim
I'm going nowhere with nowhere to go

C    G/B              Am    Am7/G
  Soho, needless to say

      F              G    F          Em
I'm alone on your streets    or am I dreaming

G    C    G               Am    Am7/G
I've been here all of the day

          F            G          A7    Bm  C  D   Am AmM7 Am7 Am6 Dm  Dm
I'm going nowhere with nowhere to go