On Yonge Street Chords
On Yonge Street by Gordon Lightfoot is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Em, Cmaj7, D, G, B7, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Em
verse 1:
Cmaj7 Em
See the people walking up and down
Cmaj7 Em
See the people moving all around
Cmaj7
On the streets of my hometown
D G B7 Em
On Yonge Street
verse 2:
Cmaj7 Em
Longest street in the world they say
Cmaj7 Em
Summertime soon slips away
Cmaj7
I hope I'll see you one fine day
D G
On Yonge Street
D Am C
Everywhere you go in a city by a lake
D Am C
Back there in the flow you may give a hand a shake
D Am C
Everyone you pass seems to want to say hello
D Am C Em Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Em
Even late at night on the freshly fallen snow
verse 3:
Cmaj7 Em
See the children jumping all around
Cmaj7 Em
See the parents looking up and down
Cmaj7
Upon the streets of my hometown
D G B7 Em
On Yonge Street
verse 4:
Cmaj7 Em
It's a mean street if you choose
Cmaj7 Em
It's a lean street when you lose
Cmaj7
An in between street when you cruise
D G
Along Yonge street
D Am C
Everywhere you go in a city by a lake
D Am C
You'll be sure and find it's a case of give and take
D Am C
Everyone you pass seems to want to say hello
D Am C Em Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Em
Even late at night when the streets are all aglow
Verse 5:
Cmaj7 Em
It's the longest street in the world
Cmaj7 Em
With the most feet in the world
Cmaj7
Another street where boy meets girl
D G B7 Em
On Yonge street
Verse 6:
Cmaj7 Em
See the people walking up and down
Cmaj7 Em
See the people moving all around
Cmaj7
Those are the streets of my hometown
D G
On Yonge Street
Instrumental: