On the street where you live    (video)

 

    C    - G - C   - G - C

 

(Freddy : )

   G          C                  G7               C

1. I have often walked down this street before,

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    but the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before.

             Dm            - Fm               C                  - Am

    All at once am I           sev'ral stories high,

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    knowing I'm on the street where you live.

 

    G              C             G7        C

2. Are there lilac trees in the heart of town ?

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    Can you hear a lark in any other part of town ?

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    Does enchantment pour           out of eve'ry door ?

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    No, it's just on the street where you live !

 

             E                        F                     Fm                                  C

+  And oh, the towering feeling just to know somehow you are near,

           E - B7                     E        - B7

    the o........verpowering feeling     

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    that any second you may suddenly appear !

 

                   C                      G7           C

3. People stop and stare, they don't bother me,

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    for there's nowhere else on earth that I would rather be.

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    let the time go by,         I won't care if I

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    can be here on the street where you live.

 

    (Loewe / Lerner)