Intro
C C# A 
F C G7 C 
 
Verse 1
    C                 F 
broken dreams we’ve seen them all 
    G7                             C 
broken hearts we’ve watched them fall 
      F      G        C        F 
we said we love them one and all 
    G7                  C 
but left them out there crying 
   C            F 
old salvation army clothes 
    G7                             C 
they shuffled down the streets so slow 
   C 
we see them young 
   C        F 
we see them old 
    G7           C 
we never see them dying 
 
Chorus
   F        G          Am     C 
it’s such a shame it always rains 
       C           G     C 
on the children of the street 
 
F C G7 C 
 
Verse 2
 C                 F 
movie houses and magazines 
 G7                     C 
mary Christ and figurines 
  C7                  F 
and every old familiar scene 
  G7           C 
places we may know 
 C                         F 
hopeless eyes that never shine 
   G7                        C 
hopeless hearts so lost in time 
 F         G     C       F 
hopeless hands much to unkind 
   G7                   C 
there’s one in every doorway 
 
Chorus
   F        G          Am     C 
it’s such a shame it always rains 
       C           G     C 
on the children of the street 
 
F C G7 C 
 
Verse 3
 C                       F 
give them strength to lean upon 
    G7                     C 
the halls of justice cast In stone 
  F           G       C   F 
when no one seems to be home 
    G7                 C 
to love the cold and lonely 
 
Chorus
   F        G          Am     C 
it’s such a shame it always rains 
       C           G     C 
on the children of the street 
 
Outro
F C G7 C