Cleaning Windows chords by Van Morrison (Official Version)
Intro 1
G
G
G
G
G
G
Verse 1
C
Oh, the smell of the bakery
G
from across the street, got in my nose
C
As we carried our ladders down the street
G
With the wrought iron gate rows
C
I went home
and listened to Jimmie Rodgers
G
D
in my lunch break, bought five Woodbines
at the shop on the corner
G
And went straight back to work
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Verse 2
C
Oh, Sam was up on top
G
And I was on the bottom with the V
C
We went for lemonade and Paris buns
G
At the shop and broke for tea
C
I collected from the lady
G
And I cleaned the fanlight inside out
D
I was blowing saxophone on the weekend
G
In that down joint
D/F#
What's my
Chorus 1
Em
line?
D
C
C/E
I'm happy cleaning windows
G
D/F#
Em
Take my time
D
C
C/E
I'll see you when my love grows
G
D/F#
Em
Baby, don't let it slide
D
C
I'm a working man in my prime
C/E
G
Cleaning windows (number thirty six)
Solo 1
C
C
G
G
D
D
G
G
G/B
Verse 3
C
I heard Leadbelly and Blind Lemon
G
On the street where I was born
C
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee,
G
Muddy Waters singin' "I'm A Rolling Stone"
C
I went home and read
G
my Christmas Humphreys' book on Zen
D
Curiosity killed the cat
G
Kerouac's "Dharma Bums" and "On The Road"
D/F#
What's my
Chorus 2
Em
line?
D
C
C/E
I'm happy cleaning windows
G
D/F#
Em
Take my time
D
C
C/E
I'll see you when my love grows
G
D/F#
Em
Baby, don't let it slide
D
C
I'm a working man in my prime
C/E
G
D/F#
Em
Cleaning windows, what's my line?
D
C
C/E
I'm happy cleaning windows,
G
D/F#
Em
Well, I take my time
D
C
C/E
I'll see you when my love grows
G
D/F#
Em
don't let it slide
D
C
I'm a working man in my prime
C/E
G
Cleaning windows (alright, cleanin')
Outro 1
C7
(What'd you say number
Number a hundred and twenty six)
G
C7
G
[Repeat and fade]
Cleaning Windows
Van Morrison
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