My Old Mans A Dustman chords by Lonnie Donegan

My Old Mans a Dustman


Verse 1:
    G        D/F#    Em       A7           D7
Now here's a little story to tell it is a must
  G      D/F#   Em         A7              D7
About an unsung hero that moves away your dust
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Some people make a fortune other's earn a mint
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My old man don't earn much In fact....he's flippin'.....skint


Chorus:
D7 G                                         D7
Oh! my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat
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He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat
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He looks a proper narner in his great big hob nailed boots
      D7                                                    G
He's got such a job to pull em up that he calls them daisy roots

Verse 2:
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Some folks give tips at Christmas and some of them forget
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So when he picks their bins up he spills some on the steps
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Now one old man got nasty and to the council wrote
      D7                                                     G
Next time my old man went 'round there he punched him up the throat


Chorus:
       G                                        D7
Oh! my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat
                                                        G
He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat


(Palm Muted transition)
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(spoken) I say I say Lez! I 'er...I found a police dog in my dustbin

(How do you know he's a police dog?) He had a policeman with him


Verse 3:
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Though my old man's a dustman he's got a heart of gold
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He got married recently though he's 86 years old
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We said 'Ear! Hang on Dad you're getting past your prime'
         D7                                                 G
He said 'Well when you get to my age it helps to pass the time'


Chorus:
    G                                          D7
Oh! my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat
                                                         G
He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat


(Palm Muted Transition)
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(spoken) I say I say I say! My dustbins full of lillies

(Well throw 'em away then) I can't Lilly's wearing them

Verse 4:
    G                                           D7
Now one day while in a hurry he missed a lady's bin
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He hadn't gone but a few yards when she chased after him
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'What game do you think you're playing' she cried right from the heart
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'You've missed me...am I too late?' 'No... jump up on the cart'



Chorus:
       G                                        D7
Oh! my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat
                                                        G
He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat


(Palm Muted Transition)
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(spoken) I say I say I say (What you again!) My dustbin's absolutely full with toadstools

(How do you know it's full) 'Cos there's not much room inside



Verse 5:
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He found a tiger's head one day, nailed to a piece of wood
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The tiger looked quite miserable but I suppose it should
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Just then from out a window, a voice began to wail
D7                                                      G
He said (Oi! Where's me tiger head) Four foot from it's tail!

Chorus:
    G                                           D7
Oh! my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat
                                                        G
He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat
                               G7                 C
Next time you see a dustman looking all pale and sad
        D7                                       G5   F5 E5 Eb5 D     D F F# G
Don't kick him in the dustbin it might be my old dad