Gaslight Street chords

Herman's Hermits

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  			Intro: G Am C 

#1. 
G                                            C 
There's a place on the edge of town (edge of town)  
Am             C         D            G 
where the kids all hang around (hang around.) 
G                                    Am 
Cobbled streets and terraced houses, window boxes  
     D 
all around. 
C                     D                    Em 
It's never changed in sixty years and it's tumbling  

down. 
C                 D                         E 
It's never really know by name, it's called Gaslight  
        Am       G     Em C 
Street, Gaslight Street. 

#2. 
G                                               C 
In the evening when the sun goes down (sun goes down) 
          Am           C     Am           G 
and there ain't nobody else around (else around.) 
G                                              C 
The lamp lighter walks down the street, illumination,  
A    D 
indiscreet. 
C                    D                     Em 
It doesn't have much effect, it seems he's wasting his  

time. 
C                    D                  E 
The lamp light don't shine so bright on Gaslight Street, 
Am       C      Em C 
Gaslight Street. 

Bridge: 

B              G            D        C 
Every night at nine there's children playing around the  
Bm    D 
street. 
Bm                    G                 C 
Trying to dodge their parents when they call them in to  
D  C  G     C 
go to sleep. 

#3. 
G                                  C         Am 
Monday morning and as a rule (as a rule) the place is quiet  
               C       Em     G 
they're all at school (all at school.) 
G                                        Am 
Lines of washing hang across the street, a weary policeman  
C         D 
walks his beat. 
C                     D                    Em 
It's never changed in sixty years and it's tumbling down. 
C                 D                         E 
It's never really know by name, it's called Gaslight  
        C        G     Em D C G 
Street, Gaslight Street. 

OUTRO: 

G 
Hmmm-hmmm-hmmm-hmmm-hmm-hmm-(hmm-hmmm-hmm) 
Am                D         Em 
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la (aaaahhh-oooooooo)(Fade.)