Leaning on a Lamp-Post

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

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.

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