Leaning On A Lamp Post Chords & Tabs

by George Formby

[Content]
...LEANIN' ON A LAMP-POST... by George Formby
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*Released 1937*
*N.B...Ukulele CHORD DIAGRAMS follow the Guitar Tab*
Intro:
    C            G7              C6    C#dim     G     
I'm leaning on a lamp; maybe you think, I look a tramp,
           C         C6       D7       G7      C   D#dim
Or you may think I'm hanging 'round to steal a car.
    C             G7                C6    C#dim          G7   
But no, I'm not a crook, and if you think, that's what I look;
              G                Am      D7      G7  Dm7
I'll tell you why I'm here and what my motives are.
*(Tempo Change)*
Verse 1:
    C                                                   
I'm leaning on a lamp-post, at the corner of the street,
          G7                        C  
In case a certain little lady comes by.
   Dm7 G7  C  Am7
Oh me,  oh my,
  G               D7         G  G7
I hope the little lady comes by.
  C                                                          
I don't know if she'll get away, she doesn't always get away,
    G7                        C   
But anyhow I know that she'll try.
   Dm7 G7  C  Am7
Oh me,  oh my,
  G               D7         G  
I hope the little lady comes by.
Bridge 1:
        G7                    Dm7  G7  
There's no other girl I would wait for,
GaugC                      E7   Am  
But this one I'd break any date for.
  D7                           Am7  D7  
I won't have to ask what she's late for;
    G7                Dm7               G7             
She wouldn't leave me flat; she's not a girl like that.
Chorus 1:
          C                                                 
Oh, she's absolutely wonderful and marvellous and beautiful,
    G7                    C7  Caug
And anyone can understand why;
    F                             D7                   
I'm leaning on a lamp-post at the corner of the street,
          C              G7          C  
In case a certain little lady passes by.
(Tempo Change)
Verse 2:
    C                                                   
I'm leaning on a lamp-post, at the corner of the street,
          G7                        C  
In case a certain little lady comes by.
   Dm7 G7  C  Am7
Oh me,  oh my,
  G               D7         G  G7
I hope the little lady comes by.
  C                                                          
I don't know if she'll get away, she doesn't always get away,
    G7                        C   
But anyhow I know that she'll try.
   Dm7 G7  C  Am7
Oh me,  oh my,
  G               D7        
I hope the little lady goes;
G7 (n.C)
Wah dah, dah dah dah, dah dee, boom boom.
Bridge 2:
        G7                    Dm7  G7  
There's no other girl I would wait for,
GaugC                      E7   Am  
But this one I'd break any date for.
  D7                           Am7  D7  
I won't have to ask what she's late for;
    G7                Dm7               G7             
She wouldn't leave me flat; she's not a girl like that.
Chorus 2:
          C                                                 
Oh, she's absolutely wonderful and marvellous and beautiful,
    G7                    C7  Caug
And anyone can understand why;
    F                             D7                   
I'm leaning on a lamp-post at the corner of the street,
          C              G7          C  G7
In case a certain little lady passes by.
Coda:
C  G7  C, Dm7  G7, C  Am7, G   D7  G, G7
G7  Dm7  G7, Gaug  C  E7  Am
D7  Am7  D7, G7  Dm7  G7
C  G7  C7  Caug, F  D7  C  G7  C, G7  C
*UKULELE CHORDS*
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C     G7    C6   C#dim  G     D7   D#dim  Dm7   Am   Am7   Gaug   E7   Caug
GCEA  GCEA  GCEA  GCEA  GCEA  GCEA  GCEA  GCEA  GCEA  GCEA  GCEA  GCEA  GCEA
0003  0212  0000  0101  0323  2223  2323  2213  2000  0000  0302  1202  1003
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)