When I’m Cleaning Windows

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Intro: C  D7  G  C

Chorus 1:
F                       G7
Now I go cleaning windows to earn an honest bob.
C                                      F
For a nosey parker it's an interesting job

Verse 1:
C                   C7
Now it's a job that just suits me,
F                D7
a window cleaner you would be.
   C                  F
If you could see what I can see
G7                C
When I'm cleaning windows.

Verse 2:
C                C7
The honeymooning couples too,
F                   D7
You should see them bill and coo.
      C               F
You'd be surprised at things they do
G7                C
When I'm cleaning windows.

Chorus 2:
F                             G7
In my profession I work hard, but I'll never stop.
C                                                       F
I'll climb this blinking ladder 'til I get right to the top.

Verse 3:
C                      C7
The blushing bride she looks divine,
    F                D7
The bridegroom he is doing fine
    C               F
I'd rather have his job than mine
G7                C
When I'm cleaning windows.

Verse 4:
C                     C7
The chambermaid sweet names I call,
       F      D7
It's a wonder I don't fall.
   C               F
My minds not on my work at all
G7                C
When I'm cleaning windows

Verse 5:
C                C7
I know a fellow, such a swell,
         F           D7
He has a thirst it's plain to tell.
     C                  F
I've seen him drink his bath as well
G7                C
When I'm cleaning windows

Chorus 2:
F                             G7
Oh in my profession I work hard, but I'll never stop.
C                                                       F
I'll climb this blinking ladder 'til I get right to the top.

Verse 6:
C             C7
Pyjamas lying side by side
F               D7
Ladies nighties I have spied.
     C               F
I've often seen what goes inside,
G7                C
When I'm cleaning windows.

Verse 7:
C                C7
There's a famous talkie queen,
F                   D7
She looks a flapper on the screen.
      C                D7
She's more like eighty than eighteen
G7                C
When I'm cleaning windows.

Verse 8:
C                      C7
She pulls her hair all down behind,
     F               D7
Then pulls down her, never mind
      C          D7
And after that pulls down the blind
G7                C
When I'm cleaning windows.

Chorus 3:
F                             G7
All day up this ladder I’m as busy as can be
C                                                   F
It’s not my fault I see a lot of things I shouldn’t see

Verse 9:
C                    C7
An old maids walks around the floor
      F                  D7
She’s so fed up, one day I’m sure
       C          D7
She’ll drag me in and lock the door
G7                C
When I'm cleaning windows.

Verse 10:
C                  C7
At eight o'clock a girl she wakes,
F                    D7
At five past eight a bath she takes.
    C             D7
At ten past eight my ladder breaks
G7                C
When I'm cleaning windows.
G7                C
When I'm cleaning windows.
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Elynn

If this chord is difficult for you to play try this instead:

-() : Original Chords
– > : New Chord

(Bm) > Am

(Gmaj7) > F

(D) > C

(A) > G

— Hope this help to those who can’t play the original chords/ finds it hard to play🍁

Ukulele Girl

I love this song but I would change the Bm to a D instead because it sounds more like the tune. xx

Hunger Games Fan!!!

Hey. I find this easier turned down -2. Thanks for putting the song on 🙂

ct28xd

Easiest +5

wondercat3

if you are struggling with this, try Am, F, C and G

Averyssomeone

Instead of Gmaj7, I preferred using just G

Destiny and chicken

It’s easiest on +5

SidTheUnicorn

I just changed the Gmaj7 to a G and it sounded awesome!!

OhOH yes PleaSe

This is quite nice…. mhmm

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Biography

George Formby, OBE (26 May 1904 – 6 March 1961), was a British actor, singer-songwriter and comedian. He sang light, comical songs, usually playing the ukulele or banjolele. He was a major star of stage and screen in the 1930s and ’40s, when Formby became the UK’s highest-paid entertainer. His songs such as “When I’m Cleaning Windows” were particularly popular during the Second World War (1939–45).

When he and his wife travelled throughout the war, creating improvised lyrics to songs to fit the situation, they delighted their audiences.

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