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On The Swing Shift/The Five O'Clock Whistle chords by
George Shearing
George Shearing
Mel Tormé
Mel Tormé
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Verse 1
C
Am
D
A
G

Life is
A

hard with
D
G

my baby on the swing shift
Am
Bm
Esus4
A
Am

So divine with my
D
Gm
D
G

baby on the swing shift
D
C

She's the nuts,
F
G
D

they're among those nuts and bolts
G
Bm
Em

With a hundred mil lion volts
A
D

shining from her eyes
F
Em

She's a Lockheed bomber,
Esus4
E
A

what care I
Am
D
G

If they put me on the
C
Am
D

wing shift
Gm
Bb
Csus4

She's nearby in
C
F
C

the fuselage
Csus4
F
Bb
Am
D

Over time,
F#sus4
B
Esus4
Bb
A

that's why I'm doing it free
D
F
G
C

Baby's with me on the swing ship,
A
D
C

jamboree
F
D
G
C

The five o 'clock whistle's on the blink
F
D

The whistle don't work
C

and what do you think?
F
Bb

My papa's still in the factory
F
C

Cause he don't know what

time it happens to be
Bb
F
D
G

The five o 'clock whistle didn't blow
C
F
D

The whistle don't work and
Bb

what do you know
Csus4
C
F

My papa's still
Bb

in the factory
C

Cause he don't know

what time it happens to be
F
Bb
Gm
C

Oh, who's gonna fix that whistle?
F
Bb
Gm
C

Won't somebody fix that whistle?
F
Bb
Eb

Oh, who's gonna fix that whistle?
Edim
A

So my poor old Papa
D
G
C

know it's time for him to stop
F
D
C

You ought to hear what my mommy said
F
D

When Papa came home and
C

crept into bed
F

He told her he worked till
Bb

half past two
F

Cause the five o 'clock whistle
C
F
Bb
Fm

never blew
D
Ddim

Shoo, shoo, baby
Bb
Fm
D
Ddim
Dm
F

Shoo, shoo, baby
Bb

Shoo, shoo, shoo, baby
C

Your papa's still

stuck in the factory
F
Fm
Ddim
G
C

Don't cry, baby
Fm
Ddim

Don't sigh, baby
C
F
Bb

Shoo, shoo, shoo, baby
F
C

Hey, your daddy's still
F
C

stuck in the factory
Bb
Gm
C

Oh, who's gonna fix that whistle?
F
Bb
Gm

Won't somebody fix that whistle?
F
Bb

Oh, who's gonna fix that whistle?
Eb
Edim
A

So my poor old Papa
D
G
Gm
C

know it's time for him to stop.
F
D
G

You ought to hear what my mommy said
C
F
D
C

When Papa came home, crawled into bed
F

He told her he worked till
Bb

half past two
F

Cause the five o 'clock
C

whistle never blew
Bb
Fm
D

Toot, toot, toot!
G
C

What a whistle!
F

Toot, toot, toot!
D
C

Where's that whistle?
F

Toot, toot, toot!
Bb
C

Ooh, that whistle.
D

Shoo -doo -doo -doo -doo -doo -doo
Ebdim
Edim
F

-doo -doo -doo -doo.

Whoop!
E

Whoop!
Bb

Whoop! oh
Outro 1

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Chords
  • C

  • Am

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • Bm

    2
  • Esus4

  • Gm

    3
  • F

  • Em

  • E

  • Bb

  • Csus4

  • F#sus4

    2
  • B

    2
  • Eb

    6
  • Edim

  • Fm

  • Ddim

  • Dm

  • Ebdim

Capo: 1

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