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