What A Mouth What A North And South chords by Tommy Steele

Chords with lyrics

No 5 in the UK charts in 1960.
Capo on 1 for correct key = G#. Ps north and south is cockney rhyming slang for mouth,
'race' is short for 'boatrace' cockney rhyming slang for face, 'corfs' = coughs.

Intro = G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G G+G D MajorD G+G

Verse 1
G+G
Jimmy Bean was a funny lookin' fellah
               A augmentedA
If he had another mouth he'd look much sweller
                         D MajorD
But the "race" queered him from winning a beauty show
G+G
It was like a steamboat funnel
             A augmentedA
Or a railway arch or the Blackwall Tunnel
                           D MajorD
When you can't see Jim when he opens his mouth you'll know
D MajorD
And as poor Jim goes walkin' about
D MajorD                  D7D7
You can hear the kids all 'ollerin' out

Chorus
    G+G
What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south
       D MajorD     G+G
Blimey what a mouth he's got
     A augmentedA
Now when he was a baby well oh Gawd luv 'er
              D MajorD
His poor old muvver used to feed him with a shovel
    G+G                   D MajorD
What a gap poor chap he's never been known to laugh
G+G   D MajorD     C majorC     G+G       C majorC     D MajorD    G+G
If he did it's a penny to a quid that his face would fall in 'alf

G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G G+G D MajorD G+G

Verse 2
G+G
Mouth so large oh Lord oh lummey
               A augmentedA
He can whisper in his own ear ain't it funny
                            D MajorD
And to quench his thirst now he's gotta take a drink o' mine
  G+G
He got so drunk one foggy morn
            A augmentedA
He lay in the road and started to yawn
                       D MajorD
And a poor old man was delivering coals close by
D MajorD
And as he went to shoot the load
D MajorD               D7D7
He saw Jim's mouth out in the road

Chorus
    G+G
What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south
       D MajorD     G+G
Blimey what a mouth he's got
    A augmentedA
Now the poor old man bein' a short sighted fellah
              D MajorD
When he saw Jim's mouth he took it for the cellar
    G+G                  D MajorD
And he shot the lot right into his mouth no joke
G+G    D MajorD      C majorC       G+G      C majorC     D MajorD    G+G
Jim poor soul's got a tummy full of coal and he 'corfs' up lumps of coke

G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G  G+G D MajorD G+G

Repeat Chorus
    G+G
What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south
       D MajorD     G+G
Blimey what a mouth he's got
    A augmentedA
Now the poor old man bein' a short sighted fellah
              D MajorD
When he saw Jim's mouth he took it for the cellar
    G+G                  D MajorD
And he shot the lot right into his mouth no joke
G+G    D MajorD      C majorC       G+G      C majorC     D MajorD    G+G
Jim poor soul's got a tummy full of coal and he 'corfs' up lumps of coke

G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G  G+G D MajorD G+G