Flash Bang Wallop chords by Tommy Steele

Chords with lyrics

From the 1963 musical Half a Sixpence but failed to chart in the UK.
Two key changes (which can be omitted for an easy sing along?).

Verse 1
G+G                           D MajorD
All lined up in a wedding group 'ere we are for a photograph
                               G+G
We're all dressed up in a morning suit all trying hard not to laugh
     A augmentedA       D MajorD         A augmentedA       D MajorD
Since the early caveman in his fur took a trip to Gretna Green
    A augmentedA        D MajorD       A augmentedA       D MajorD
There's always been a photographer to record the 'appy scene

Chorus
G+G
'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture
D MajorD       G+G
What a picture what a photograph
D MajorD       G+G
Poor old soul blimey what a joke
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Hat blown off in a cloud of smoke
   G+G  D MajorD       G+G            D MajorD
Clap 'ands stamp yer feet bangin' on the big bass drum
G+G       D MajorD       G+G         D MajorD
What a picture what a picture rum tiddly um pum um pum pum
G+G            D MajorD G+G
Stick it in your fam'ly album

Verse 2
G+G                          D MajorD
The same thing 'appened long ago when man was in his prime
                              G+G
And what went on we only know from the snaps he took at the time
   A augmentedA           D MajorD        A augmentedA      D MajorD
When Adam and Eve in their birthday suit decided to get wed
  A augmentedA         D MajorD          A augmentedA          D MajorD
As Adam was about to taste the fruit the man with the cam'ra said

Chorus
G+G
'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture
D MajorD       G+G
What a picture what a photograph
D MajorD      G+G
Poor old Eve there with nothing on
A augmentedA          D MajorD
Face all red and 'er fig leaf gone
   G+G  D MajorD       G+G            D MajorD
Clap 'ands stamp yer feet bangin' on the big bass drum
G+G       D MajorD       G+G         D MajorD
What a picture what a picture rum tiddly um pum um pum pum
G+G            D MajorD G+G
Stick it in your fam'ly album

Key change up 1/2 tone

Verse 3
    G#G#                       D#D#
You've read it in a folio or seen it in a Shakespeare play
                        G#G#
How Juliet fell for Romeo in the merry month of May
  A#A#        D#D#       A#A#       D#D#
And as 'e climbed the orchard wall to reach 'is lady fair
A#A#         D#D#        A#A#          D#D#
As he tumbled she began to bawl as he travelled through the air

Chorus
G#G#
'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture
D#D#       G#G#
What a picture what a photograph
D#D#       G#G#
Poor young chap what a night 'e spent
A#A#           D#D#
Tights all torn and 'is rapier bent
   G#G#  D#D#       G#G#           D#D#
Clap 'ands stamp yer feet bangin' on the big bass drum
G#G#       D#D#       G#G#        D#D#
What a picture what a picture rum tiddly um pum um pum pum
G#G#           D#D# G#G#
Stick it in your fam'ly al-bum

Verse 4
G#G#                            D#D#
King 'Enry the Eighth had several wives including Anne Boleyn
                             G#G#
And he kept an album of their lives with all their photos in
  A#A#       D#D#          A#A#        D#D#
As Anne Boleyn was on her knees dressed in her very best frock
   A#A#      D#D#            A#A#         D#D#
King 'Enry shouted smile dear please as 'er 'ead rolled off the block

Chorus
G#G#
'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture
D#D#       G#G#
What a picture what a photograph
D#D#       G#G#
Comes the print in a little while
A#A#          D#D#
Lost 'er 'ead but she kept 'er smile
   G#G#  D#D#       G#G#           D#D#
Clap 'ands stamp yer feet bangin' on the big bass drum
G#G#       D#D#       G#G#        D#D#
What a picture what a picture rum tiddly um pum um pum pum
G#G#           D#D# G#G#
Stick it in your fam'ly al-bum

Key change up 1/2 tone

Verse 5
   A augmentedA                           E MajorE
When Napoleon married Josephine there was just the same to do
                               A augmentedA
He galloped home from the battle scene all the way from Waterloo
  BB        E MajorE          BB         E MajorE
And as he came from orf 'is 'orse to the boudoir where she sat
  BB       E MajorE           BB           E MajorE
She said to 'im in French of course as he took of his big cocked 'at

Chorus
A augmentedA
'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture
E MajorE       A augmentedA
What a picture what a photograph
E MajorE       A augmentedA
There she was with a big Hussar
BB          E MajorE
All caught up in 'er oo la la
   A augmentedA   E MajorE       A augmentedA            E MajorE
Clap 'ands stamp yer feet bangin' on the big bass drum
A augmentedA       E MajorE       A augmentedA         E MajorE
What a picture what a picture rum tiddly um pum um pum pum
A augmentedA            E MajorE A augmentedA
Stick it in your fam'ly al-bum
A augmentedA
Stick it in your fam'ly stick it in your fam'ly
A augmentedA                   E MajorE A augmentedA
Stick it in your fam'ly in your fam'ly al-bum