Cleaning Windows chords by
Van Morrison
Van Morrison

1982R&B4.5K views
4.0 (2)
Key: Bb major
Intro 1
E
E

E
E

E
E

E
E

E
E

E
E

Verse 1
A
A

Oh, the smell of the bakery
E
E

from across the street, got in my nose
A
A

As we carried our ladders down the street
E
E

With the wrought iron gate rows
A
A

I went home
and listened to Jimmie Rodgers
E
E

B
B

in my lunch break, bought five Woodbines
at the shop on the corner
E
E

And went straight back to work
Verse 2
A
A

Oh, Sam was up on top
E
E

And I was on the bottom with the V
A
A

We went for lemonade and Paris buns
E
E

At the shop and broke for tea
A
A

I collected from the lady
E
E

And I cleaned the fanlight inside out
B
B

I was blowing saxophone on the weekend
E
E

In that down joint
B
B

What's my
Chorus 1
C#m
C#m

line?
B
B

A
A

I'm happy cleaning windows
E
E

B
B

C#m
C#m

Take my time
B
B

A
A

I'll see you when my love grows
E
E

B
B

C#m
C#m

Baby, don't let it slide
B
B

A
A

I'm a working man in my prime
E
E

Cleaning windows (number thirty six)
Solo 1
A
A

A
A

E
E

E
E

B
B

B
B

E
E

E
E

Verse 3
A
A

I heard Leadbelly and Blind Lemon
E
E

On the street where I was born
A
A

Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee,
E
E

Muddy Waters singin' "I'm A Rolling Stone"
A
A

I went home and read
E
E

my Christmas Humphreys' book on Zen
B
B

Curiosity killed the cat
E
E

Kerouac's "Dharma Bums" and "On The Road"
B
B

What's my
Chorus 2
C#m
C#m

line?
B
B

A
A

I'm happy cleaning windows
E
E

B
B

C#m
C#m

Take my time
B
B

A
A

I'll see you when my love grows
E
E

B
B

C#m
C#m

Baby, don't let it slide
B
B

A
A

I'm a working man in my prime
E
E

B
B

C#m
C#m

Cleaning windows, what's my line?
B
B

A
A

I'm happy cleaning windows,
E
E

B
B

C#m
C#m

Well, I take my time
B
B

A
A

I'll see you when my love grows
E
E

B
B

C#m
C#m

don't let it slide
B
B

A
A

I'm a working man in my prime
E
E

Cleaning windows (alright, cleanin')
Outro 1
A
A

(What'd you say number
Number a hundred and twenty six)
E
E

A
A

E
E

[Repeat and fade]

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