Late Night Maudlin Street

Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)

[C] [Cmaj7] [G] [G/f#]  [D6] [Bm7]
 E------0--0----3---2---2---2---|
 B------1--0----3---3---0---3---|
 G------0--0----0---0---2---2---|
 D------2--2----0---0---0---4---|
 A------3--3----2--(2)--x---2---|
 E------x--x----3---3---x---x---|

[C]Win[Cmaj7]ter coming
[G], [G/f#]
Winter push on
(push on)
Oh, winter push on

[C]Wi[Cmaj7]nter is so long
[G], [G/f#]
Winter moves on

[Em]The last night on Maudli[Bm7]n Street
[D]Goodbye house, goodbye s[Em]tairs
[Em]I was born here and I wa[Bm7]s raised here
[D6]                      [E]([G7],[E])
And I took some stick here

[C]Lov[Cmaj7]e at first sight
It may sound trite
[G], [G/f#]
But it's true, you know
[C]I c[Cmaj7]ould list the detail
Of everything you ever wore or said
[G], [G/f#]
Or how you stood the day
As we spent the

[Em]last night On Ma[Bm7]udlin Street
[D]"Goodbye house, [Em]forever!"
[Em]I never stole a [Bm7]happy hour
[D6]              [E] ([G7], [E])
Around here

[C]Whe[Cmaj7]re the world's ugliest boy
[G], [G/f#]
Became what you see
[C], [Cmaj7]                [G],[G/f#]
Here I am - the ugliest man

[Em]Oh, the last night[Bm7] on Maudlin Street
[D]Truly I do love y[Em]ou
[Em]  [Bm7] [D6]       [E]([G7],[E])
Oh, truly I do love you

[C]Whe[Cmaj7]n I sleep
With that picture of you framed beside m[G]y b[G]ed[Ab]
Oh, it's[C] ch[Cmaj7]ildish 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...)

[Em]And I know, I to[Bm7]ok strange pills
[D]But I never mean[Em]t to hurt you
[Em]      [Bm7]        [D6]   [E]([G7],[E])
Oh, truly I love you

[C]Cam[Cmaj7]e home late one night
                        [G],[G/f#]
Everyone had gone to bed
[C]Bu[Cmaj7]t, you know, no-one stays up for you
I had sixteen stitches
                [G],[G/f#]
All around my head

[Em]Oh, the last bus I misse[Bm7]d to Maudlin Street
[D]So he drove me home in t[Em]he Van
[Em]      [Bm7]             [D6]      [E]([G7],[E])
Complaining, "Women only like me for my mind..."

[C]Do[Camj7]n't leave your torch behind
                        [G],[G/f#]
A power cut ahead; 1972, you know
And so we crept through the park[C]   [Cmaj7]
                                        [G], [G/f#]
No, I cannot steal a pair of jeans off a clothesline
For you

[Em]But you ... without clo[Bm7]thes
[D]Oh, I could not [Em]keep a straight face
[Em]Me - without clo[Bm7]thes ?
[D6]                      [E]([G7],[E])
Well, a nation turns its back and gags...
[E]I'm packed

[C]I a[Cmaj7]m moving house
                        [G],[G/f#]
A half-life disappears today
With "every hag [C]wa[Cmaj7]ves me on"
                        [G],[G/f#]
(secretly wishing me gone)
Well, I will be soon

[D]Ooh, I will be s[E]oon
[D]I will be soon  [E]
[D]I will be soon  [E]
[D]Will be soon, I will be [E]soon
[C], [Cmaj7], [G], [G/f#], [C], [Cmaj7], [G], [G]/[F#]
Mmm ... I will be soon, I will be soon

[Em]There were bad t[Bm7]imes on Maudlin Street
[D]They took you away in a [Em]police car
[Em]Inspector - don't you know ?
Don't you c[Bm7]are ?
                        [D6]      [E]([G7],[E])
Don't you know - about Love ?

[C]You[Cmaj7]r gran died
And your mother died
        [G],[G/f#]
On Maudlin Street
In pain,[C] an[Cmaj7]d ashamed
With never time to say
        [G],[G/f#]
those special things ... oh

[Em]I took the key from Maud[Bm7]lin Street
[D]Well, it's only bricks a[Em]nd mortar !
[Em]      [Bm7]             [D6]       [E]([G7],[E])
Oh, oh, truly I love you

O[E]h, wherever you are
Wherever you are
[C]Whe[Cmaj7]rever you are
                [G],[G/f#]
I hope you're singing now
[C]Oh,[Cmaj7] I do hope
                [G],[G/f#]
I hope you're singing now
[Gm]Oh ...          [F]                  [C]

Note: You can try this pattern for the verse if you'd like:

   [C]      [Cmaj7]   [C]      [Cmaj7]    [G]       [G/f#]  [G]      [G]/[F#]
 E-------------------------------------3--2--2------3--2--2---|
 B------1--0--0--------1--0--0----------3--3--3------2--3--3--|
 G---0---0--0--0----0---0--0--0------0---0--0--0--0---0--0--0-|
 D--2-2---2--2--2--2-2---2--2--2----0-0----------0-0----------|
 A-3--------------3-------------------------------------------|
 E--------------------------------3-------------3-------------|

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