Kate Wolf – The Old Street Singer (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Chords

INTRO: G C G C You old street singer, some call you a bum
G                                      C
Sitting on a park bench soaking up the sun

                                G
Singing to the children and the people passing by

                                                 C      F
With a bottle in a paper bag and a banjo at your side

                                C
Anyone would know you if they'd take the time to look

F                C                                     G
Underneath those ragged clothes they'd read you like a book

       C                        F
They'd see it in your eyes, the corners of your smile

        C                G                              C      G   C
There's more to this old street bum than too many dusty miles
The motel room must get so very small
  G                                   C
A bed and a chair and memories on the wall

                            G
In a city full of strangers far away from times

                                               C      F
You've made that banjo ring in across a picket line

                      C                  F
You go downstairs and out on the street

          C                        G     C
Sit there waiting for everyone you meet

                      G
Some they ignore you, some they ask you why

                                                  C     
Some they dance to the tune you're playing to the sky
INTERLUDE: C G C G C
                            G
Passing through a city, one day you'll see him there

                                               C
Stop and listen to his tunes, let him know you hear

                                               G
Put a dollar in the box that sits there at his feet

                                             C     
Tip your hat to the man who's singing in the street

       F                              C                  
'Cause if you stop and listen, you'll hear it every time

F         C                              G
Melodies around you, the rhythms and the rhymes

       C                            F
In the stares of passing strangers, questions of the young

    C            G                               C          
The barking of a stray dog and the memories of a street bum

                 G                               C          
The barking of a stray dog and the memories of a street bum