How to play Streets of London by Ralph McTell - Guitar Lesson Tutorial - with Tabs

How to play Streets of London by Ralph McTell - Guitar Lesson Tutorial - with Tabs
In this guitar lesson tutorial, we look at how to play Streets of London by Ralph McTell. The song appeared on McTell's 1969 album 'Spiral Staircase' but was not released in the United Kingdom as a single until 1974
The song is in the key of E with a capo on the 4th fret and features a fingerpicked style throughout.
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Lesson by Paul Campion

[@dankotibi]

This is the best tutorial of this song on the tube...

[@ivannovotny4552]

Awesome lesson, thanks Paul.

[@TheHHFan123]

19:41 all of verse; 31:00 all of chorus

[@19Link92]

0:33 Intro 9:36 Verse 20:42 Chorus 32:19 Instrumental introduction to 2nd & 4th Verse 35:00 Instrumental introduction to 3rd Verse 40:47 Outro 42:19 Congratulation, you nailed it!

[@a-pr8815]

you play the song firstly such difficult ?

[@HoggyXD]

Great lesson dude .. a like and sub is coming your way .. 1 request for you eddie vedder society if you got the time ☺

[@Northyorkspaul]

Seems no recent videos hope all is...ok

[@willem9827]

Intro 8:57 Verse 19:41 Chorus 31:00 Intro to 2nd and 4th verse 34:26 Intro to 3rd verse 39:39 Ending 42:00

[@edstpcb]

I've wanted to play this song since I first heard it 50 years ago. Sadly there were not such brilliant lessons around in the 1970s. This tutorial inspired me to pick up the guitar again. May not reach the required speed but will have fun trying. Thank you so much.

[@hni4053]

Not really the best lesson of SoL; the best lesson of any song on the NET. With tabs AND score! My hat's off to you Sir and now it's gonna be UK country here in our home!

[@club4482]

Absolutely wonderful. I didn't play guitar at all, and started with this lesson in the beggining of the Spanish lockdown (April 2020). Now I can play it. Slowly, but I'll get it. Thank's so much. Great professor! Brilliant

[@tomtigerwoods]

Brilliant lesson. Been playing this song in a fashion for years but having seen Ralph play it live a few days ago I’m determined to learn it properly. This is the best demonstration I have seen. Many thanks

[@erik3003]

Very easy to understand as a beginner. Thank you. :)

[@GutenTag231]

Timestamps for the different parts: 08:54 All of the intro slowly 19:38 All of the verse slowly 30:58 All of the chorus slowly Thanks so much for your lesson! You are a great teacher :-)

[@mulldruff]

Thanks for the time-stamps - Danke für die Zeitstempel! 👍

[@Tarsys]

Thank you for the great tutorial. I have mastered it but one question remains. How come every time i see Ralph McTell play the song, nowadays and in the old days, he always have the capo on 2 while you placed it on the 4th fret, why?

[@dylanmeyer6614]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@jamesclayton8909]

Great lesson very patient delivery. However I have learned and purchased the version by "Sixstring finger picking" and now find myself in a dilemma after purchasing your version that has subtle differences as to which is the correct version? James

[@LawOfOneDaughter]

Wonderful. I've always loved this song. It's great to have the actual music score. I don't do well with tabs and need to know what the actual notes are.

[@Northyorkspaul]

Great lesson,I persisted in getting the thumb over f and have very bad wrist/tendon trouble... Severely limiting my guitar progress now but keep going...Been playing on and off for years...Great video and tabs excellent thanks .

[@sfman55]

Thanks for taking the time to put this great lesson together on this classic song! I wanted to learn how to play it correctly since I first heard it (back in 1970 lol). Never got to it, but now I'm eatin' this up!! Will make it a point to check out your website!

[@greenmoss]

Outstanding lesson by far the best I've seen for SoL. Would you mind disclosing how long it took you to learn.

[@kevindodds6038]

This is a great tutorial of this song just started fingerpicking so hope I can learn it. The lyrics always make me cry when I hear Ralph McTell sing it. One of my favourite songs of all time and I am 63. another song I love is Catch the wind by Donavan. Would be greatly appreciated if you could do a tutorial on that as well thanks a lot.

[@ianguitar7532]

Thank you so much - I've been meaning to learn this since it came out (!) Perfectly explained and illustrated - you've savd me a load of time!

[@tonybrook7768]

I wondered why some tutorials for this song didn't quite sound right. The picking pattern is key. Tough going at times, but once learnt, never forgotten.

[@1974xaviers]

Thanks for this beautiful video...so well explained. Excellent 👍......

[@latharna67]

So happy I've come across this. I picked up the guitar six months ago hoping to learn finger picking songs - and now I have found what I have been looking for today. Thanks so much for this.

[@gromett]

Beautiful.

[@ten5ionator]

Really good tutorial, thanks so much! Just wondering what BPM you're playing at?

[@kenwoodXI3]

Thank you so much for such a comprehensive study. Your patient delivery is excellent.

[@sananda85]

Awesome lesson, thank you!

[@Pre-Modernist]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@joedawson698]

this is great, thanks

[@schellyus]

Top!

[@AkashaMedea777]

Thank you so much for uploading this lesson. I'd been wanting to learn to play this song for a long time. My ligaments in my left arm hurt up to my elbow, but who cares. Peace and love.xxx

[@Northyorkspaul]

Same here got wrist problems hurts like hell ..

[@marcrichards6438]

Fantastic beautiful song played brilliantly. I like others have been playing a simple version for many years just waiting to find the perfect tutorial to allow me to play it properly. Thank you.

[@JP-su9ib]

Awesome tutorial

[@larssamson2330]

thank you very much, Awesom lesson

[@iaindouglas2428]

Very good indeed, however I have a problem, I've purchased the tab and tried downloading the PDF? Despite tapping the download button it hasn't downloaded to my Kindle and says I've used all my downloads?

[@Paulcampion-musiccouk]

Email me at [e-mail] and I'll sort it out for you.

[@jaywall5938]

thanks great lesson

[@Paulcampion-musiccouk]

Thanks Jay

[@Powermetalman]

so at the 35 minute mark that's for verse 3 or do you play that then the previous verse after

[@jaywall5938]

Paul thing that Elizabeth Cotton freight train will be great to tutorial to do if you've got time thanks

[@brn_8663]

19:42

[@Reidar5537]

Fantastic tutorial

[@samuelabbottchannel]

Intro demo: 8:57

[@chumpolpetsri3610]

Thanks for a perfect lesson of 1969 ver.