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Kate Wolf - The Old Street Singer
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO:   G    C    G  C  
You old street singer, some call you a bum
GSitting on a park bench soaking up the Csun
Singing to the children and the Gpeople passing by
With a bottle in a paper bag and a banjo at your CsideF  
Anyone would know you if they'd Ctake the time to look
FUnderneath those Cragged clothes they'd read you like a Gbook
They'd Csee it in your eyes, the Fcorners of your smile
There's Cmore to this old Gstreet bum than too many dusty CmilesG  C  
The motel room must get so very small
A Gbed and a chair and memories on the Cwall
In a city full of strangers Gfar away from times
You've made that banjo ring in across a picket ClineF  
You go downstairs and Cout on the streetF  
Sit there Cwaiting for everyone you GmeetC  
Some they ignore you, Gsome they ask you why
Some they dance to the tune you're playing to the Csky
INTERLUDE:   C    G    C    G  C  
Passing through a city, one Gday you'll see him there
Stop and listen to his tunes, let him know you Chear
Put a dollar in the box that sits there at his Gfeet
Tip your hat to the man who's singing in the Cstreet
'Cause Fif you stop and listen, you'll Chear it every time
FMelodies aCround you, the rhythms and the Grhymes
In the Cstares of passing strangers, Fquestions of the young
The Cbarking of a Gstray dog and the memories of a Cstreet bum
The barking of a Gstray dog and the memories of a Cstreet bum

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The Old Street Singer

by Kate Wolf

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

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Kate Wolf - The Old Street Singer

CAPO: 4th Fret

G C G C

INTRO:

You old street singer, some call you a bum

G C

Sitting on a park bench soaking up the sun

Singing to the children and the people passing by

C F

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

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

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

Some they ignore you, some they ask you why

Some they dance to the tune you're playing to the sky

C G C G C

INTERLUDE:

Passing through a city, one day you'll see him there

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

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

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

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