When Im Cleaning Windows Chords & Tabs

by George Formby

[Version Description]
The other versions are incomplete and the chords are IMO wrong in places.
When I'm cleaning windows - George Formby (ukulele chords)
Original Key: Disc (1936) Bb; shortened version in film: Ab
The fingering is based on version sung in the film "Keep your seats, please" (see youtube).
The earlier release on 78 rpm has more verses, and a different arrangement
In the film version the soundtrack uke is tuned  Eb Ab C F, the uke George is seen playing looks like a
a tenor but may not be the one used to record the soudtrack.
Peter sellers, an excellent uke. player,(see youtube) tunes a standard uke to Ab Db Bb F
and plays with similar fingering in Db.
The tab is in C major for a standard uke tuning, G C E A.
Tuning:  GCEA

[Chords]
C    C7    D7    E7    F    G    G7   Ab7  Adim7  A7
GCEA GCEA  GCEA  GCEA  GCEA GCEA GCEA GCEA  GCEA  GCEA
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Short intro to film version:
C  Ab7 G7

[Intro]
C   C7   F    Adim7   C   C7 A7 C Ab7  C
C                            D7                
Now I go cleanin' windows to earn an honest bob
G7                                    C  
For a nosy parker it's an interestin' job

[Verse 1]
C                   C7              F              Adim7       
Now it's a job that just suits me a window cleaner you would be
    C               C7 A7 C    Ab7               C      
If you can see what I can see, When I'm cleanin' windows

[Verse 2]
C            C7           F                   Adim7      
Honeymoonin' couples too, you should see them bill 'n coo
      C               C7     A7   C   Ab7               C      
You'd be surprised at things they do, When I'm cleanin' windows
[Bridge]
   E7                            A7                 
In my profession I'll work hard, but I'll never stop
     D7                                  G7                  
I'll climb this blinkin' ladder, 'till I get right to the top

[Verse 3]
    C                   C7                F                Adim7     
The blushin' bride, she looks divine, The bridegroom he is doin' fine
    C                C7   A7   C   Ab7               C      
I'd rather have his job than mine, When I'm cleanin' windows

[Verse 4]
C                       C7            F             Adim7       
The chambermaids' sweet names I call, it's a wonder I don't fall
   C                C7   A7   C  Ab7               C      
My mind's not on my work at all, when I'm cleanin' windows

[Verse 5]
C               C7               F                    Adim7        
I know a fella, such a swell, He has a thirst, that's plain to tell
     C                  C7   A7 C     Ab7               C      
I've seen him drink his bath as well, when I'm cleanin' windows

[Bridge]
       E7                            A7                 
Oh, in my profession I'll work hard, but I'll never stop
     D7                                  G7                  
I'll climb this blinkin' ladder, 'till I get right to the top

[Verse 6]
C             C7            F               Adim7       
Pyjamas lyin' side by side, ladies nighties I have spied
     C               C7   A7  C     Ab7               C      
I've often seen what goes in- side, When I'm cleanin' windows

[Instrumental]
C   C7   F    Adim7   C   C7 A7 C Ab7  C
C   C7   F    Adim7   C   C7 A7 C Ab7  C
E7   A7    D7     G7
C   C7   F    Adim7   C   C7 A7 C Ab7  C G C

[Verse 7]
C                    C7                F               Adim7        
Now there's a famous talkie queen, she looks a flapper on the screen
      C                 C7   A7  C     Ab7               C      
She's more like eightie than eighteen, when I'm cleanin' windows

[Verse 8]
C                      C7           F                      Adim7     
She pulls her hair all down behind, then pulls down her... never mind
    C                C7   A7  C      Ab7               C      
And after that pulls down the blind, when I'm cleanin' windows

[Bridge]
       E7                            A7                 
Oh, in my profession I'll work hard, but I'll never stop
     D7                                  G7                  
I'll climb this blinkin' ladder, 'till I get right to the top

[Verse 9]
C                  C7                     F              Adim7       
An old maid walks around the floor, she's so fed up, one day I'm sure
       C              C7   A7  C     Ab7               C      
She'll drag me in and lock the door, when I'm cleanin' windows

[Outro]
C   C7   F    Adim7   C   C7 A7 C Ab7  C
Ab7               C      
When I'm cleanin' windows