Song Name: | Leaning on a Lamp-Post | By: | Noel Gay |
Posted By: | harmusman | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | Any | Genre: | Love |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2010-09-11 18:09:30 | Modified: | 2010-09-11 20:09:55 |
Song: | Hear and see George Formby perform this on You Tube.
7~~ -7 -6 6 -7 -6 6 -5 -6 6 -5 5 Lean-ing on a/lamp may-be you/think I look a/ 6 -5 5 -4 4 -4 5 6 tramp or you may/think I'm hang-ing/ 4 -4 5 6 6~~~~~~ 6 7 -7 -6 6 round to steal a/car---/- but/no I'm not a/ -7 -6 6 -5 -6 6 -5 5 crook and if you/think that's what I/ 6 -5 5 -4 4 -4 5 6 look, I'll tell you/why I'm here and/ -6 -7 -8 -7 6~~~~~~ 6 what my mo-tives/are---/- I'm/ Chorus 7 6 6 6 6 -6 -6 -6 //:lean-ing on a lamp-post at the/ -6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 cor-ner of the street, in case a/ 6 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 5 4 5 -4 -6 6 7 cer-tain lit-tle la-dy comes/by, Oh/me, Oh my I/ -7 -8 -7 6 -6 6 -5 6 6 hope the lit-tle la-dy comes/by I/ 7 6 6 6 6 -6 -6 -6 don't know if she'll get a-way, she/ -6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 does-n't al-ways get a-way, but/ 6 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 5 4 5 -4 -6 6 7 an-y-way, I know that she'll/try Oh/me oh/my, I/ -7 -8 -7 6 -6 6 -5 6 -6 hope the lit-tle la-dy comes/by. There's/ -4 -4 5 -5 -5 6 -6 -7 -7 no oth-er girl I could/wait for, but/ 5 5 -5 6 6 -6 -7 7 7 this one I'd break an-y/date for, I/ -5 -5 6 -6 -6 -7 7 -8 -8 won't have to ask what she's/ late for, she'd/ -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 nev-er leave me flat, she's not a/ -8 6 -8 6 girl like that, She's/ 7 6 6 6 6 -6 -6 -6 ab-so-lute-ly won-der-ful and/ -6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 mar-vel-lous and beau-ti-ful, and/ 6 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 5 4 5 an-y-one can un-der-stand/why I'm/ -4 -4 5 5 -5 -5 6 6 lean-ing on a lamp-post at the/ -6 -6 -7 -7 7 7 -8 -8 cor-ner of the street, in case a/ 8 -8 7 8 -8 7 -7 7 6 cer-tain lit-tle la-dy comes/by I'm :// 7 (back to chorus and repeat and end on) /by~~~// Yours Harmusman. |