Levellers - Busking On Hope Street

This is the accoustic version of the song "Hope Street", taken from the single of the same name.

The chords are simple - it is just a straight forward change from A to D throughout.



  A
There's a young boy in the queue

  D
Not much else here for him to do

  A
He's had a drink, he's had a few,

  D
Down the pub on Hope Street.


Dear old lady, you're looking thin,
Got a shopping bag with your life in
You old man's going through the bins
So it goes on Hope Street

[Chorus]

Rain on me, come pouring down
Clean the dirt off this old town
Tell the sun to come around
Show his face on Hope Street

[Verse 2]

There's a man right down the street
The betting shop has got him beat
He blew his money for the week
On a horse called Hope Street
No old faces out today - 
Somone took them all away
Cleaning up, or so they say,
The dirty face of Hope Street

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]

Every day I look at you,
Dressed up in your ties of blue
Saying there's not much that you can do
To help the kids on Hope Street
You don't even seem to care
It was you that put them there
seem to think they like it there
Hanging out on Hope Street

[Chorus]