DARK STREETS OF LONDON  by Shane MacGowan

  F C Bb F

  F                   Bb     F
I like to walk in the summer breeze
     F                   Bb       C
Down Dalling Road by the dead old trees
    F
And drink with my friends
       Bb          F
In the Hammersmith Broadway
     F       Bb           C           F
Dear dirty delightful old drunken old days


         F                      Bb          F
Then the winter came down and I loved it so dearly
    F                                Bb             C
The pubs and the bookies where you'd spend all your time
        F
And the old men that were singing
         Bb           F
When the roses bloom again
    F             Bb
And turn like the leaves
     C         F
To a new summertime


              F
  And now the winter comes down
    Bb              F
  I can't stand the chill
       F                           Bb        C
  That comes to the streets around Christmas time
          F
  And I'm buggered to damnation
        Bb            F
  And I haven't got a penny
     F          Bb              C  F
  To wander the dark streets of London

  F F Bb F
  F F Bb C
  F F Bb F
  F C Bb F

          F                       Bb           F
And every time that I look on the first day of summer
         F                            Bb     C
Takes me back to the place where they gave ECT
        F                       Bb             F
And the drugged up psychos with death in their eyes
        F           Bb           C          F
And how all of this really means nothing to me

  Chorus

  F F Bb F
  F F Bb C
  F F Bb F
  F C Bb F

  Third Verse

  Chorus

   F          Bb              C  F
To wander the dark streets of London
To wander the dark streets of London


  F F Bb F
  F F Bb C
  F F Bb F
  F C Bb F


This song is in 4/4 time but the chord changes aren't on the measure.  I suppose that's why I like the song so much. The verses and the chorus go like this:


F       Bb  F   F       Bb  C   F       Bb  F   F   Bb  C   F
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The breaks are easy with chord changes every half measure.


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