Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Refrain: Cm Ab Cm Portebello road, Portebello road Cm Ab7 G7 Street where the riches of ages are stowed. Cm Ab Cm Anything and everything a chap can unload Cm Ab Cm Is sold off the barrow in Portebello road. Cm Ab7 Gb7 Cm You’ll find what you want in the Portebello road. Verse 1: Cm Ab Cm Rare alabaster? Genuine plaster! Cm G7 A filigreed samovar owned by the czars. Cm Ab Cm A pen used by Shelley? A new Boticelli? Cm Ab7 G7 Cm The sniper that clipped old King Edward’s cigars?
Verse 2: Cm Ab Cm Waterford Crystals? Napoleon’s pistols? Cm G7 Society heirlooms with genuine gems! Cm Ab Cm Rembrandts! El Greco’s! Toulouse-Letrec’os! Cm Ab7 G7 Cm Painted last week on the banks of the Thames! Refrain: Cm Ab Cm Portebello road, Portebello road Cm Ab7 G7 Street where the riches of ages are stowed. Cm Ab Cm Anything and everything a chap can unload Cm Ab Cm Is sold off the barrow in Portebello road. Cm Ab7 Gb7 Cm You’ll meet all your chums in the Portebello road Verse 3: Cm Ab Cm There’s pure inspiration in every creation. Cm G7 No cheap imitations, not here in me store. Cm Ab Cm With garments as such as was owned by a Duchess. Cm Ab7 G7 Cm Just once at some royal occasion of yore. Refrain: Cm Ab Cm In Portebello Road, Portebello Road Cm Ab7 G7 The fancies and fineries of ages are showed. Cm Ab Cm A lady will always feel dressed a la mode Cm Ab Cm In frillies she finds in the Portebello road. Verse 4: Cm Ab Cm “Burke’s Peerage;” “The Bride Book;” “The Fishmonger’s Guidebook;” Cm G7 A Victorian novel, “The Unwanted Son;” Cm Ab Cm “The History of Potting”, “The Yearbook of Yachting,” Cm Ab7 G7 Cm The leather bound “Life of Attila the Hun.” Refrain: Cm Ab Cm Portebello road, Portebello road Cm Ab7 G7 Street where the riches of ages are stowed. Cm Ab Cm Artifacts to glorify our regal abode Cm Ab Cm Are hidden in the flotsam in Portebello road. Cm Ab7 Gb7 Cm You’ll find what you want in the Portebello road. Verse 5: Cm Ab Cm Tokens and treasures, yesterday’s pleasures Cm G7 Cheap imitations of heirlooms of old Cm Ab Cm Dented and tarnished, scarred and unvarnished Cm Ab7 G7 Cm In old Portebello they’re bought and they’re sold Refrain: Cm Ab Cm Portebello road, Portebello road Cm Ab7 G7 Street where the riches of ages are stowed. Cm Ab Cm Artifacts to glorify our regal abode Cm Ab Cm Are hidden in the flotsam in Portebello road. Cm Ab7 Gb7 Cm You’ll find what you want in the Portebello road.