The Old Street Singer

INTRO: G  C  G  C


You old street singer, some call you
 a bum
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Sitting on a park bench soaking up
     C
 the sun
Singing to the children and the 
G
people passing by
With a bottle in a paper bag and a 
              C      F
banjo at your side


                                C
Anyone would know you if they'd take
 the time to look
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Underneath those ragged clothes 
                          G
they'd read you like a book
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They'd see it in your eyes, the 
 F
corners of your smile
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There's more to this old street 
                      C      G   C
bum than too many dusty miles



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The motel room must get so very 
small
  G                              
A bed and a chair and memories on 
     C
the wall
                            G
In a city full of strangers far away
 from times
You've made that banjo ring in 
                C      F
across a picket line


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You go downstairs and out on the 
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street
          C                        
Sit there waiting for everyone you 
G     C
meet
                      G
Some they ignore you, some they ask 
you why
Some they dance to the tune you're 
               C
playing to the sky


INTERLUDE: C  G  C  G  C


                            G
Passing through a city, one day 
you'll see him there
Stop and listen to his tunes, let 
             C
him know you hear
Put a dollar in the box that sits 
             G
there at his feet
Tip your hat to the man who's 
               C
singing in the street


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'Cause if you stop and listen, 
        C
you'll hear it every time
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Melodies around you, the rhythms 
        G
and the rhymes
       C                           
In the stares of passing strangers,
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 questions of the young
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The barking of a stray dog and the
               C
 memories of a street bum
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The barking of a stray dog and the 
              C
memories of a street bum