Key: A major
Verse 1
Ab
A sorting office in the Old Kent Road
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Ab
Caters from coast to most
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Ab
A nice little number if you're out of work
Gb
Eb
And aren't the sort to boast,
Bb
you're in need of a job,
Db
Bb
bob- a- job, rob- a- job
Db
Bb
I'm your man to see
Ab
Bb
Ab
I'll sit I'll listen I'll not say a word
Gb
The less said would be best for we
Verse 2
E
Eb
Gb
Eb
Oh, what a firm of naughty boys
E
Eb
Gb
Oh, I've been a naughty boy
B
We
Verse 3
Ab
Bb
don't want to mark each other's card
Ab
Db
Ab
Except the one you need
Bb
Ab
I need you and your returns to help
Gb
Build my company.
Eb
Bb
My twins work Brighton on a sunny day
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Bb
They cover town with the shake of a hand
Ab
On a high come back 'cause
of no come back
Gb
Now they're working
Verse 4
in the promised land.
E
Eb
Gb
Eb
Oh, what a pair of naughty boys
E
Eb
Gb
B
Oh, I've been a naughty boy
Bb
(The Allied Irish Cyprus
Verse 5
A
Bb
Bank)
B
(India Bank Bank of Turkey)
(United Bank The
Bb
Db
People's Bank)
Bb
Ab
Db
Gb
(To catch the worm you got to be up
Ebm
Db
B
Ab
Eb
Gb
Eb
Db
B
Ab
A
early)
B
A
Temporarily out of bounds had to
Verse 6
D
move office
Bm
A
Clear out of town
For every problem there's
B
A
a solution and
G
E
I can do without constitution
B
C#
B
Dealing cards from up the Old Kent Road
D
B
I've been checked up on my heavy load
A
B
A
You can go but be back soon
G
E
I'll have some work for you to groom.
Verse 7
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E
F
G
E
Oh, what a lot of naughty boys
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E
G
C
Oh, I've been a naughty boy
Verse 8
B
(Trustees Bank,
Bb
A
Barclays Bank)
Bb
(The Natwest Bank, Midland Bank)
(Bank Of Scotland,
B
Bb
Db
Wil liams an d Glyns)
(Bureau de Change,
Bb
E
Eb
The People's Bank)
Verse 9
Gb
Eb
Oh, what a lot of naughty boys
E
Eb
Gb
B
E
Eb
Oh, what a pair of naughty boys
Gb
Eb
Oh, what a firm of naughty boys
E
Eb
F#
Oh, I've been a naughty boy
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