Leaning On A Lamppost:Herman's Hermits.
#7 in 1965.
INTRO: (slow) (Original key.)
C G
I'm leaning on the lamp,
F C
Maybe you think I look a tramp.
C F G C G
Or maybe you think I'm round to steal a car.
C G
But no, I'm not a crook,
F C
And if you think that's what I look,
C F G C
I'll tell you why and what my motives are.
#1. (Fast.)
C Am
I'm leaning on the lamppost at the corner of the street
G C
In case a certain little lady comes by.
G C Am G D G
Oh me, oh my, in case a certain little lady comes by.
Chorus:
C
Oh, she's wonderful, she's marvelous,
Am
She's fabulous, she's beautiful.
G C G C F
And anyone can understand why..I'm leaning on the lamppost
C F E F D
at the corner of the street in case a certain
G C
little lady comes by.
#2.
C Am
She doesn't always get her way, she cannot always get her way.
G C
But anyway I know that she'll try.
G C Am G D G
Oh me, oh my, I hope that little lady comes by.
#3.
G
She's not the kind of girl to be late for.
C Am
But this one I'd break any date for.
D D7
I won't have to ask what she's late for.
G G7 G
She'd never leave me flat..she's not a girl like that.
Chorus:
REPEAT#1.
Chorus:
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.