When I Was A Lad Ukulele chords by Tom Oconnor

🎸 Verse 1:
C                     C
Rows of back to back house
G7                    G7
Covered in dirt and grime
G7                        G7
Children playing in the street
C                          C
And washing hanging on the line



🎸 Verse 2:
C                               C
Scarfs tuck down inside your jersey
G7                     G7
To keep you from the cold
G7                         G7
I used to wear a wolly balaclava
C                       C C7
When I was nine years old

🎸 Chorus:
              F                       F
When i was a lad, neighbours were neighbours
               C                 C
When I was a lad, doing you favours
G7                                        C     C7
People giving people a hand no matter how small
              F                 F
When I was a lad, corduroy breeches
               C                 C
When I was a lad,saturday pictures
               G7                                 C
When I was a lad those were the greatest days of all


🎸 Verse 3:
  C                        C
School from monday and fridays
   G7               G7
Learn to read and write
   G7                          G7
Granddad sitting on the doors step
   C           C
In the fading light


🎸 Verse 4:
C                               C
Tin bath hanging on a six inch nail
G7
Lino on the floor
G7                              G7
Lavi at the bottom of the backyard
C                           C    C7
Sit with foot against the door


🎸 Chorus:
              F                        F
When i was a lad, neighbours were neighbours
              C                 C
When I was a lad, doing you favours
  G7                                      C     C7
People giving people a hand no matter how small
               F            F
When I was a lad, corduroy breeches
               C            C
When I was a lad,saturday pictures
               G7                                C   C7
When I was a lad those were the greatest days of all


🎸 Chorus:
              F                           F
When i was a lad, neighbours were neighbours
              C                  C
When I was a lad, doing you favours
               G7                          C   C7
People giving people a hand no matter how small
               F                 F
When I was a lad, corduroy breeches
               C                 C
When I was a lad,saturday pictures
               G7                                 C
When I was a lad those were the greatest days of all
               G7                                 C  F  G7  C
When I was a lad those were the greatest days of all