{t:When I’m Cleaning Windows}
{st:George Formby (Fred Cliff, Harry Gifford & George Formby, 1936)}


{c:Intro}
[/] [C] [/] [C7] [/] [F]     [/] [D7] [/] 
[/] [C] [/] [C]  [/] [Cdim7] [/] [C]  [/]
 

Now [/] [C] I go window [/] cleaning to [/] [D7] earn an honest [/] bob
[/] [G] For a nosey [/] parker it's an [/] interesting [/] [C] job


Now [/] [C] it's a job that [/] [C7] just suits me,
a [/] [F] window cleaner [/] [D7] you would be
If [/] [C] you could see what [/] I can see,
[/] [Cdim7] when I'm cleaning [/] [C] windows 


The [/] [C] honeymooning [/] [C7] couples too,
[/] [F] you should see them [/] [D7] bill and coo
You'd [/] [C] be surprised at [/] things they do,
[/] [Cdim7] when I'm cleaning [/] [C] windows


{soc}
In [/] [E7] my profession [/] I work hard,
[/] [A7] but I'll never [/] stop.
I'll [/] [D7] climb this blinking [/] ladder 'til
I [/] [G7] get right to the [/] top
{eoc}


The [/] [C] blushing bride she [/] [C7] looks divine,
the [/] [F] bridegroom he is [/] [D7] doing fine
I'd [/] [C] rather have his [/] job than mine,
[/] [Cdim7] when I'm cleaning [/] [C] windows


The [/] [C] chambermaid sweet [/] [C7] names I call,
[/] [F] it's a wonder [/] [D7] I don't fall
My [/] [C] mind’s not on me [/] work at all,
[/] [Cdim7] when I'm cleaning [/] [C] windows


I [/] [C] know a fellow [/] [C7] such a swell,
he [/] [F] has a thirst that's [/] [D7] plain to tell
I've [/] [C] seen him drink his [/] bath as well,
[/] [Cdim7] when I'm cleaning [/] [C] windows


{soc}
In [/] [E7] my profession [/] I work hard,
[/] [A7] but I'll never [/] stop.
I'll [/] [D7] climb this blinking [/] ladder 'til
I [/] [G7] get right to the [/] top
{eoc}


Py- [/] [C] jamas lying [/] [C7] side by side
[/] [F] ladies’ nighties [/] [D7] I have spied
I've [/] [C] often seen what [/] goes inside,
[/] [Cdim7] when I'm cleaning [/] [C] windows


{c:Instrumental}
{c:Intro}
[/] [C] [/] [C7] [/] [F]     [/] [D7] [/] 
[/] [C] [/] [C]  [/] [Cdim7] [/] [C]  [/]


[/] [C] [/] [C7] [/] [F]     [/] [D7] [/] 
[/] [C] [/] [C]  [/] [Cdim7] [/] [C]  [/]

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[E7] All day up this ladder
I’m as [A7] happy as can be
It’s [D7] not my fault I see a lot of [G] things
I shouldn’t [G7] see


[/] [C] there's a famous [/] [C7] talkie queen,
She [/] [F] looks a flapper [/] [D7] on the screen
She's [/] [C] more like eighty [/] than eighteen,
[/] [Cdim7] when I'm cleaning [/] [C] windows


She [/] [C] pulls her hair all [/] [C7] down behind,
[/] [F] then pulls down her, [/] [D7] never mind
[/] [C] After that pulls [/] down the blind,
[/] [Cdim7] when I'm cleaning [/] [C] windows


In [/] [E7] my profession [/] I work hard,
[/] [A7] but I'll never [/] stop.
I'll [/] [D7] climb this blinking [/] ladder 'til
I [/] [G7] get right to the [/] top


[E7] All day up this ladder
I’m as [A7] happy as can be
It’s [D7] not my fault I see a lot of [G] things
I shouldn’t [G7] see


At [C↓] 8 o’clock, a [C7↓] girl she wakes,
at [F↓] 5 past 8, a [D7↓] bath she takes
At [C↓] 10 past 8, me [A7↓] ladder breaks,
[Cdim7] when I'm cleaning [C] windows


{c:Instrumental}
[C]   [C7]   [F]   [D7]   [C]   [A7]   [Cdim7]

When I’m cleaning [C] windows [C↓]  [G7↓]  [C↓]


#This recording is in the key of Bb. Chart is in key of C.
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#Last Updated 07/28/20 JJ
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