[INTRO:] G Bm Am D G Bm Am D

[VERSE 1:]
Here’s to our town, our own London town
Where the pubs have to close on time
In heaven at seven
Thrown out by eleven
I call it a rotten shame

But it’s…

[CHORUS:]
Time, gentlemen, Time
Time, gentlemen, Time

Raise your glass
To the pleasures that pass
Time, gentlemen, Time[D/F#][C/E][D/E]

[VERSE 2:]
Here’s to our friends, our steady old friends
The friends who are tried and true
They are the best
To hell with the rest
There’s only one test that’ll do

And it’s…

[CHORUS:]
Time, gentlemen, Time
Time, gentlemen, Time

Raise your glass
To the pleasures that pass
Time, gentlemen, Time[D/F#][C/E][D/E]

[VERSE 3:]
And here’s to the girls, the lovely young girls
The girls that we used to know
Here’s to their lips
Their slender little hips
What was it made them grow?

[CHORUS:]
Time, gentlemen, Time
Time, gentlemen, Time

Raise your glass
To the pleasures that pass
Time, gentlemen, Time[D/F#][C/E][D/E]

[VERSE 4:]
Here’s to our youth, the days of our youth
How quickly they fly away
Why should we wait
Until it’s too late?
Let’s kick up the heels today

While there’s…

[CHORUS:]
Time, gentlemen, Time
Time, gentlemen, Time

Raise your glass
To the pleasures that pass
Time, gentlemen, Time

[CHORUS:]
Time, gentlemen, Time
Time, gentlemen, Time

Raise your glass
To the pleasures that pass
Time, gentlemen, Time_______

[VERSE 1:]
Have you seen the old man in the closed-down market
Kicking up the paper with his worn-out shoes
In his eyes you see no pride, hand held loosely by his side
A yesterday’s paper, telling yesterday’s news

[VERSE 2:]
Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair, and her clothes in rags?
She’s no time for talking, she just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home in two carrier bags

[CHORUS:]
F Em C ~ Am
And then how can you tell me, you’re lonely
Or say that for you, the sun won’t shine?
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
I will show you something to make you change your mind

[INTERLUDE:] F C G C

[VERSE 3:]
In the all-night cafe at a quarter past eleven
Same old man sitting there on his own
Looking at the world over the rim of his teacup
Each day lasts an hour, then he wanders home alone

[VERSE 4:]
And have you seen the old man outside a seaman’s mission?
His memory is fading like the ribbons that he wears
And in this winter city, the rain cries little pity
For one more forgotten hero in a world that doesn’t care

[CHORUS:]
F Em C ~ Am
And then how can you tell me, you’re lonely
Or say that for you, the sun won’t shine?
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
I will show you something to make you change your mind

[CHORUS:]
F Em C ~ Am
How can you tell me, you’re lonely
Or say that for you, the sun won’t shine?
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
I will show you something to make you change your mind

[OUTRO:] F C G C

[VERSE 1:]
An ocean of streets surround my island
And the waves of people wash against my door
And the tides of days and nights they go so slowly
And this bothers me for I know there’s so much more

[CHORUS:]
N.C. Dm G
Some have islands in the sky
C ~ Am
Some have islands in the sea
But my island’s always here
And my dream is to be free
Sail away, boy, sail away
Sail away, boy, sail away

[VERSE 2:]
How often I have thought and tried to leave here
Take my girl and beat my feet
And board the good ship Chance and make my voyage
And sail all the way across the street

[CHORUS:]
N.C. Dm G
Some have islands in the sky
C ~ Am
Some have islands in the sea
But my island’s always here
And my dream is to be free
Sail away, boy, sail away
Sail away, boy, sail away

[VERSE 3:]
Sometimes I think and find that conscience is
The most important thing to a man
To know you’ve stayed and tried and died to live
On a crowded beach of artificial sand

[CHORUS:]
N.C. Dm G
Some have islands in the sky
C ~ Am
Some have islands in the sea
But my island’s always here
And my dream is to be free
Sail away, boy, sail away
Sail away, boy, sail away
Sail away, boy, sail away
Sail away, boy, sail away

[VERSE 1:]
Oh, fare thee well my darling true
I’m leaving the first hour of the morn’
I’m bound all for the Bay of Mexico
Or maybe the coast of Californ’

[CHORUS:]
Then fare thee well my own true love
We’ll meet another day, another time
It’s not a leaving that’s grieving me
But my true love who’s bound to stay behind

[VERSE 2:]
I’ve heard of a city where I might as well be bound
Down among the Mexican plain
They say that the people are all friendly there
All they ask of you is your name

[CHORUS:]
So, fare thee well my own true love
We’ll meet another day, another time
It’s not a leaving that’s grieving me
But my true love who’s bound to stay behind

[VERSE 3:]
Oh, the weather is against me and the wind is blowing hard
And the rain is turning into hail
But I still might strike it lucky on a highway going west
Though I’m travelling along a lonesome trail

[CHORUS:]
Then fare thee well my own true love
We’ll meet another day, another time
It’s not a leaving that’s grieving me
But my true love who’s bound to stay behind

[INSTRUMENTAL:] G C ~ G C G C D G

[VERSE 4:]
I write to you of the laughter and the sorrow
Be they somebody else’s or my own
With my hands in my pockets and my coat collar high
I’ll travel unnoticed and alone

[CHORUS:]
Then fare thee well my own true love
We’ll meet another day, another time
It’s not a leaving that’s grieving me
But my true love who’s bound to stay behind

[OUTRO:] G C D G C G