Intro: D/F#  G   F#   B
       G     D  D    A  E
       D/F#  G   F#   B  
       Em  F#m

E
Walking down the sidewalk one purple afternoon,
        F#m7
I was accosted by a barker
                                 E
Playing a simple tune upon his flute.
D    A    A    E
Toot toot toot toot.
B7
Silver rain was falling down
  G      D     D      A  E        
Upon the dirty ground of London town.

G D D A E

A                        Bm7
People pass me by on my imaginary street,
Amaj7                  F#m7
Ordinary people it's impossible to meet,
Bm7                            Esus4       E 
Holding conversations that are always incomplete.
             A
Well I don't know.

F#m       Edim      E         A
Oh, where are there places to go?
F#m      Edim      E      A
Someone, somewhere has to know.
D/F#    G          E
I don't know.

A                           Bm7
Out of work again,the actor entertains his wife
Amaj7                            F#m7
With the same old stories of his ordinary life.
Bm7                      Esus4             E
Maybe he exaggerates the trouble and the strife.
              A
Well, I don't know.

F#m       Edim      E         A
Oh, where are there places to go?
F#m      Edim      E      A
Someone, somewhere has to know.

E
Crawling down the pavement on a Sunday afternoon,
        F#m7
I was arrested by a rozzer
                                 E
Wearing a pink balloon about his foot.
D    A    A    E
Toot toot toot toot.
B7
Silver rain was falling down
  G      D     D      A  E        
Upon the dirty ground of London town.

G D D A E

F#m       Edim      E      A
Someone, somewhere has to know.
A
Silver rain was falling down
 F       C     C      E  D             A
Upon the dirty ground of London town.