Intro: G Am C Em
Verse 1:
G Am
I wander through each chartered street,
C Em
near where the chartered Thames does flow,
G Am
and mark in every face I meet
C Em
marks of weakness, marks of woe.
Intro:
Verse 2:
in every cry of every man,
in every infant's cry of fear,
in every voice, in every ban,
the mind-forged manacles I hear.
Solo: (twice)
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Verse 3:
how the chimney-sweeper's cry
every blackening church appalls,
and the hapless soldier's sigh
runs in blood down palace walls.
Solo: (twice)
Verse 4:
but most, through midnight streets I hear
how the youthful harlot's curse
blasts the new-born infant's tear
and blights with plagues the marriage hearse.
Verse 1:
