Late Night Maudlin Street Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

CWinC7Mter coming

G, [G/f#]

Winter push on

(push on)

Oh, winter push on

CWiC7Mnter is so long

G, [G/f#]

Winter moves on

EmThe last night on MaudliBm7n Street

DGoodbye house, goodbye sEmtairs

EmI was born here and I waBm7s raised here

D6 E(G7,E)

And I took some stick here

CLovC7Me at first sight

It may sound trite

G, [G/f#]

But it's true, you know

CI cC7Mould list the detail

Of everything you ever wore or said

G, [G/f#]

Or how you stood the day

As we spent the

Emlast night On MaBm7udlin Street

D"Goodbye house, Emforever!"

EmI never stole a Bm7happy hour

D6 E (G7, E)

Around here

CWheC7Mre the world's ugliest boy

G, [G/f#]

Became what you see

C, C7M G,[G/f#]

Here I am - the ugliest man

EmOh, the last nightBm7 on Maudlin Street

DTruly I do love yEmou

Em Bm7 D6 E(G7,E)

Oh, truly I do love you

CWheC7Mn I sleep

 With that picture of you framed beside mGy bGedG♯

 Oh, it'sC chC7Mildish and it's silly

  G, [G/f#]

But I think it's you in my room, by the bed

(...yes, I told you it was silly...)

EmAnd I know, I toBm7ok strange pills

DBut I never meanEmt to hurt you

Em Bm7 D6 E(G7,E)

Oh, truly I love you

CCamC7Me home late one night

  G,[G/f#]

Everyone had gone to bed

CBuC7Mt, you know, no-one stays up for you

I had sixteen stitches

  G,[G/f#]

All around my head

EmOh, the last bus I misseBm7d to Maudlin Street

DSo he drove me home in tEmhe Van

Em Bm7 D6 E(G7,E)

Complaining, "Women only like me for my mind..."

CDoCamj7n't leave your torch behind

  G,[G/f#]

A power cut ahead; 1972, you know

 And so we crept through the parkC C7M

  G, [G/f#]

No, I cannot steal a pair of jeans off a clothesline

For you

EmBut you ... without cloBm7thes

DOh, I could not Emkeep a straight face

EmMe - without cloBm7thes ?

D6 E(G7,E)

Well, a nation turns its back and gags...

EI'm packed

CI aC7Mm moving house

  G,[G/f#]

A half-life disappears today

 With "every hag CwaC7Mves me on"

  G,[G/f#]

(secretly wishing me gone)

Well, I will be soon

DOoh, I will be sEoon

DI will be soon E

DI will be soon E

DWill be soon, I will be Esoon

C, C7M, G, [G/f#], C, C7M, G, G/F♯

Mmm ... I will be soon, I will be soon

EmThere were bad tBm7imes on Maudlin Street

DThey took you away in a Empolice car

EmInspector - don't you know ?

 Don't you cBm7are ?

D6 E(G7,E)

Don't you know - about Love ?

CYouC7Mr gran died

And your mother died

  G,[G/f#]

On Maudlin Street

 In pain,C anC7Md ashamed

With never time to say

  G,[G/f#]

those special things ... oh

EmI took the key from MaudBm7lin Street

DWell, it's only bricks aEmnd mortar !

Em Bm7 D6 E(G7,E)

Oh, oh, truly I love you

 OEh, wherever you are

Wherever you are

CWheC7Mrever you are

  G,[G/f#]

I hope you're singing now

COh,C7M I do hope

  G,[G/f#]

I hope you're singing now

GmOh ... F C

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