Leaning On a Lamp-post
George Formby (Noel Gay, 1937)


| [F] | [D7] | [Dm7] [G7] | [C]
Intro Verses
I'm | [C] leaning on a | [G7] lamp,
maybe you | [C6] think, I [C#dim7↓] look a | [G7] tramp,
Or you may | [C] think I'm hanging | [D7] 'round to [Dm7] steal a | [G7] car | [G7]
But | [C] no I'm not a | [G7] crook,
And if you | [C6] think, [C#dim7] that's what I | [G7] look,
I'll tell you | [C] why I'm here, and | [D7] what my [Dm7] motives | [G7] are | [G7]

(Repeat from here to extend song)
I'm | [C] leaning on a lamp-post at the | corner of the street,
In case a | [G7] certain little lady comes | [C] by.
Oh | [G7] me, oh | [C] my,
I | [G7] hope the little [D7] lady comes by. |   [G7]

I | [C] don't know if she'll get away, She | doesn't always get away,
But | [G7] anyhow I know that she'll | [C] try.
Oh | [G7] me, oh | [C] my,
I | [G7] hope the little [D7] lady comes by, | [G7]

There's | [G7] no other girl I would | wait for,
But | [C] this one I'd break any | date for,
I | [D7] won't have to ask what she's | late for,
She | [Dm6] wouldn't have to leave me flat,
She's not a | [G7] girl like that.

Oh, she's | [C] absolutely wonderful, and | marvellous and beautiful.
And | [G7] anyone can understand | [C7] why,
I'm | [F] leaning on a lamp-post at the | corner of the street
In case a | [C] certain little [G7] lady passes | [C] by. [G7↓] | [C]

#Play along with George Formby in this key.

#Last Updated 7/28/20 JJ
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