Gaslight Street

INTRO: G Am C

#1.
G                                 
There's a place on the edge of 
           C
town (edge of town)
Am             C         D      
where the kids all hang around 
      G
(hang around.)
G                                 
Cobbled streets and terraced 
   Am
houses, window boxes
     D
all around.
C                     D          
It's never changed in sixty years
          Em
 and it's tumbling

down.
C                 D              
It's never really know by name, 
           E
it's called Gaslight
        Am       G     Em C
Street, Gaslight Street.

#2.
G                              
In the evening when the sun goes 
                 C
down (sun goes down)
          Am           C     Am  
and there ain't nobody else 
         G
around (else around.)
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G                             
The lamp lighter walks down the 
                 C
street, illumination,
A    D
indiscreet.
C                    D       
It doesn't have much effect, it 
              Em
seems he's wasting his

time.
C                    D           
The lamp light don't shine so 
       E
bright on Gaslight Street,
Am       C      Em C
Gaslight Street.

BRIDGE:
B              G            D   
Every night at nine there's 
     C
children playing around the
Bm    D
street.
Bm                    G          
Trying to dodge their parents 
       C
when they call them in to
D  C  G     C
go to sleep.

#3.
G                                  
Monday morning and as a rule (as a 
C         Am
rule) the place is quiet
               C       Em   
they're all at school (all at 
  G
school.)
G                              
Lines of washing hang across the 
          Am
street, a weary policeman
C         D
walks his beat.
C                     D          
It's never changed in sixty years
          Em
 and it's tumbling down.
C                 D              
It's never really know by name, 
           E
it's called Gaslight
        C        G     Em D C G
Street, Gaslight Street.

OUTRO:
G
Hmmm-hmmm-hmmm-hmmm-hmm-hmm-(hmm-hmmm-hmm)
Am                D     
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la 
    Em
(aaaahhh-oooooooo)(Fade.)