Street In The City

Words & Music:

Pete Townshend

 

Though written by Pete Townshend, this was not recorded by The Who.  This great tune was on Rough Mix by Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane (before he was crippled by M.S.).  Litgo's tab is hard to follow unless you listen to the song.  There's really no way to match it up properly with the words, otherwise.

 

Dropped D tuning: DADGBE

Note: all patterns and timing are approximate.

 

[intro]

|-0--0--0--0---|------------------------------------------|

|/7--5--3--5---|----------------------------------------3-|

|-0--0--0--0---|----------------------------------------2-|

|/7--5--4--5---|-----0-0h3p0--0--------0-------0-----0--0-|

|--------------|--0-3--------5-5-3-0--------------------0-|

|--------------|---------------------3^---3^-0---3^-0-0-0-|

 

                    [chorus]

                       Street in the city        

|---------|---------|----------------|------------|

|---------|---------|---<7>----------|----8-7-8-7-|

|---------|---------|---<7>----7-----|----7-7-7-7-|

|---------|---------|---<7>----7-----|----9-7-9-7-|

|---------|---------|----------------|------------|

|000000000|000000000|00----0---0----0|------------|

 

 Street in the city on a working day

|------------------|-----------------|

|-------------<7>--|-----8-------7---|

|-------------<7>--|7----7-------7---|

|-------------<7>--|7----9-------7---|

|------------------|-----------------|

|0--0--0---0-------|-0--0---0--0---0-|

 

  Street in the city          Street in the city on a working day

|---------------|------------|------------------|-----------------10---|

|--<7>----------|----8-7-8-7-|-------------<7>--|-----8-------7---10---|

|--<7>----7-----|----7-7-7-7-|-------------<7>--|7----7-------7---7----|

|--<7>----7-----|----9-7-9-7-|-------------<7>--|7----9-------7---7----|

|---------------|------------|------------------|----------------------|

|0-0--0---0----0|------------|0--0--0---0-------|-0--0----0----0---0--0|

 

          Fdim             G         Edim             D

There's a man up on that ledge, He's only cleaning windows

         |4---7----10-----|3--------|3----6----3-----|2---------|

         |3---6----9------|3--------|2----5----2-----|3---------|

         |4---7----10-----|4--------|3----6----3-----|2---------|

         |3---6----9------|5--------|2----5----2-----|0---------|

         |----------------|---------|----------------|0---------|

         |-0---0-----0----|0--------|----------------|0---------|

 

       Bm              Gmaj7

What a shame, who's to blame

      |2---------------|2---------|---------|

      |3---------------|3---------|---------|

      |4---------------|4---------|---------|

      |4---------------|5---------|---------|

      |----------------|----------|---------|

      |----------------|----------|---------|

        Gmaj7

For the pain we're missing?

       |2------------------|---------------------|

       |3------------------|-----<12>------------|

       |4------------------|-----<12>------------|

       |5------------------|-----<12>------------|

       |-------------------|---------------------|

       |-------------------|---------------------|

 

                                                    D

I'm gonna lean back on my wall, and pray for him to fall

          |------------------------|---------------|2-------

          |8--------7-----8--7-----|------3-----3--|3-------

          |7--------7-----7--7-----|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|2-------

          |------------------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|0-------

          |------------------------|---------------|--------

          |------------------------|---------------|0-------

 

||:Dadd2     Daddb4  Dadd4      :||

||-------------------------------||

||-3----3----3-------3-----------||

||.2----2----2-------2----------.||

||.0----0----4-------5----------.||

||-------------------------------||

||----0----0-----0------0--------||

 

See that man going in the bank with a blue suit

He's carrying a bag full of very important paper

There's old Mac trying to busk with his new flute

Did you read about the Cambridge raper?

 

|D5         

 

Street in the city.  Street in the city on a working day

Street in the city.  Street in the city on a working day

 

Those girls pass every day

They seem to think to I'm funny

It's just a game that they're playing

Till they can claim their personal man

Gonna lean back on my wall and pray for her knickers to fall

 

See that woman with a bun in her hair

Don't she know that's ain't still done anywhere?

See that man going in the Wig and Pen

He was charged with telling lies again

 

 G/D         G6/D             G               G6/D

   I see the world go by as I lean against my wall

|3----------|3---------------|

|3----------|5---------------|

|4----------|4---------------|

|0----------|0---------------|

|-----------|----------------|

|-----------|----------------|

 D            Dadd2                  D               Dadd2

   I watch as Fleet Street makes new heroes rise and fall

|2-----------|0---------------|

|3-----------|3---------------|

|2-----------|2---------------|

|0-----------|0---------------|

|------------|----------------|

|------------|----------------|

 

G/D            G6/D           G          G6/D

   The news is written in the eyes of us all

 Edim                 Gdim

 One is a sinner, the next is a saint

|3-------------------|6---------------|

|2-------------------|5---------------|

|3-------------------|6---------------|

|2-------------------|5---------------|

|--------------------|----------------|

|--------------------|----------------|

 

 Edim                   Gdim              

 Most of us worry about showing up late

|3---------------------|6---------------|

|2---------------------|5---------------|

|3---------------------|6---------------|

|2---------------------|5---------------|

|----------------------|----------------|

|----------------------|----------------|

 

|D       |G/D G7/D|C6/D      |G7/D    

Oooh

|2-------|3--7----|8----8----|7------3-|

|3-------|3--6----|10---10---|6------2-|

|2-------|4--7----|9----9----|7------3-|

|0-0-0-0-|0--0-0--|0---------|---------|

|--------|--------|----------|---------|

|--------|--------|----------|---------|

 

|D       |G/D    |C6/D      |C6/D    

Oooh

|2-------|7------|8---------|8---8---8-----|

|3-------|8------|10--------|10--10--10----|

|2-------|7------|9---------|9---9---9-----|

|0-0-0-0-|0---0--|0---------|0---0---0-----|

|--------|-------|----------|--------------|

|--------|-------|----------|--------------|

 

   I'm gonna lean back on my wall and pray for him to fall

|-----------|--------------------7---|---------------|2------

|<7>--------|8--------7-----8--7-7---|---------------|3------

|<7>--------|7--------7-----7--7-----|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|2------

|<7>--------|------------------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|0------

|-----------|------------------------|---------------|-------

|-----------|------------------------|---------------|0------

 

[interlude]

 

 

Street in the city.  Street in the city on a working day

Street in the city.  Street in the city on a working day

 

There's a man up on that ledge

He's only cleaning windows

What a shame, who's to blame

For the pain?

 




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