Cleaning Windows chords by
Van Morrison
Van Morrison

1982R&B4.5K views
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Key: Bb major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Oh, the smell of the bakery
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from across the street, got in my nose
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As we carried our ladders down the street
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With the wrought iron gate rows
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I went home
and listened to Jimmie Rodgers
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in my lunch break, bought five Woodbines
at the shop on the corner
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And went straight back to work
Verse 2
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Oh, Sam was up on top
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And I was on the bottom with the V
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We went for lemonade and Paris buns
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At the shop and broke for tea
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I collected from the lady
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And I cleaned the fanlight inside out
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I was blowing saxophone on the weekend
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In that down joint
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What's my
Chorus 1
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line?
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I'm happy cleaning windows
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Take my time
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I'll see you when my love grows
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Baby, don't let it slide
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I'm a working man in my prime
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Cleaning windows (number thirty six)
Solo 1
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Verse 3
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I heard Leadbelly and Blind Lemon
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On the street where I was born
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Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee,
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Muddy Waters singin' "I'm A Rolling Stone"
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I went home and read
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my Christmas Humphreys' book on Zen
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Curiosity killed the cat
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Kerouac's "Dharma Bums" and "On The Road"
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What's my
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line?
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I'm happy cleaning windows
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Take my time
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I'll see you when my love grows
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Baby, don't let it slide
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I'm a working man in my prime
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Cleaning windows, what's my line?
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I'm happy cleaning windows,
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Well, I take my time
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I'll see you when my love grows
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don't let it slide
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I'm a working man in my prime
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Cleaning windows (alright, cleanin')
Outro 1
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(What'd you say number
Number a hundred and twenty six)
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[Repeat and fade]

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