Chords with lyrics
Leaning On A augmentedA Lamppost:Herman's Hermits.
#7 in 1965.
INTRO: (slow) (Original key.)
C majorC G+G
I'm leaning on the lamp,
FF C majorC
Maybe you think I look a tramp.
C majorC FF G+G C majorC G+G
Or maybe you think I'm round to steal a car.
C majorC G+G
But no, I'm not a crook,
FF C majorC
And if you think that's what I look,
C majorC FF G+G C majorC
I'll tell you why and what my motives are.
#1. (Fast.)
C majorC A minorAm
I'm leaning on the lamppost at the corner of the street
G+G C majorC
In case a certain little lady comes by.
G+G C majorC A minorAm G+G D MajorD G+G
Oh me, oh my, in case a certain little lady comes by.
CHORUS:
C majorC
Oh, she's wonderful, she's marvelous,
A minorAm
She's fabulous, she's beautiful.
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC FF
And anyone can understand why..I'm leaning on the lamppost
C majorC FF E MajorE FF D MajorD
at the corner of the street in case a certain
G+G C majorC
little lady comes by.
#2.
C majorC A minorAm
She doesn't always get her way, she cannot always get her way.
G+G C majorC
But anyway I know that she'll try.
G+G C majorC A minorAm G+G D MajorD G+G
Oh me, oh my, I hope that little lady comes by.
#3.
G+G
She's not the kind of girl to be late for.
C majorC A minorAm
But this one I'd break any date for.
D MajorD D7D7
I won't have to ask what she's late for.
G+G G7G7 G+G
She'd never leave me flat..she's not a girl like that.
CHORUS:
REPEAT#1.
CHORUS:
A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.