Old Street Singer
Key: CCapo 4English
Intro
G C G C
Verse
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 Cside F
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 Cmiles G C
Verse
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 Cline F
You go downstairs and Cout on the street F
Sit there Cwaiting for everyone you Gmeet C
Some they ignore you Gsome they ask you why
Some they dance to the tune you're playing to the Csky
C G C G C
Verse
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 Caround 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