Leaning on a Lamp-Post Harmonica Tabs

Hear and see George Formby perform this on You Tube.

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Lean-ing on a/lamp may-be you/think I look a/

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tramp or you may/think I’m hang-ing/

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round to steal a/car—/- but/no I’m not a/

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crook and if you/think that’s what I/

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look, I’ll tell you/why I’m here and/

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what my mo-tives/are—/- I’m/

Chorus 7 6 6 6 6 -6 -6 -6
//:lean-ing on a lamp-post at the/

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cor-ner of the street, in case a/

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cer-tain lit-tle la-dy comes/by, Oh/me, Oh my I/

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hope the lit-tle la-dy comes/by I/

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don’t know if she’ll get a-way, she/

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does-n’t al-ways get a-way, but/

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an-y-way, I know that she’ll/try Oh/me oh/my, I/

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hope the lit-tle la-dy comes/by. There’s/

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no oth-er girl I could/wait for, but/

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this one I’d break an-y/date for, I/

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won’t have to ask what she’s/ late for, she’d/

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nev-er leave me flat, she’s not a/

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girl like that, She’s/

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ab-so-lute-ly won-der-ful and/

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mar-vel-lous and beau-ti-ful, and/

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an-y-one can un-der-stand/why I’m/

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lean-ing on a lamp-post at the/

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cor-ner of the street, in case a/

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cer-tain lit-tle la-dy comes/by I’m ://

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(back to chorus and repeat and end on) /by~~~//

Yours Harmusman.