Leaning on a Lampost
Music and Lyrics by Noel Gay
Key: F
Copyright 1937

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File Created 05/14/2015
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Verse:

F                C7
I'm leaning on a lamp
          Bb             F
Maybe you think I look a tramp
                            G7
Or you may think I'm hangin round
           C7 C7+
To steal a car

    F             C7
But no, I'm not a crook
           Bb                  F
And if you think that's what I look
                               G7
I'll tell you why I'm here and what
           C7 C+
my motives are

Chorus:

    F
I'm leaning on a lampost
at the corner of the sreet
          C7                        F
in case a certain little lady comes by
   C7     F
Oh me, oh my
  G7                          C7
I hope that little lady comes by

  F
I dont know if she'll get away
She doesn't always get away
    C7                        F
but anyhow I know that she'll try
   C7     F
Oh me, oh my
  G7                         C7
I hope the little lady comes by

         C7
There's  no other girl I would wait for
    F
but this one I'd break any date for
  G7
I won't have to ask what she's late for
    C7                C7
She wouldn't leave me flat
            C7        C7
She's not a girl like that

         F
Oh she's absolutely wonderful
and marvelous and beautiful
   C7                     F
and anyone can understand why
    Bb                          G7
I'm leaning on a lampost at the corner of the street
          F               C7         F   C7F
in case a certain  little lady passes by

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