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{t: GF - On The Wigan Boat Express } {key:G} {artist:George Formby} {c:Tune in D} {c: } On the [C] boat express I ride, [G7] see us every [C] day [G7] Flashing by the [C] countryside, [D7] picking flowers [G7] on the way {c: } Once a [C] wedding pair didnt seem to [Am] care they were [D7] full of love I guess And the [G7] honeymoon started far too soon on the [C] Wigan [G#7] Boat [G7] Express. [C] {c: } A [C] chap one day with a girl got [Am] gay, I [D7] saw them both caress She [G7] got what for in the corridor on the [C] Wigan [G#7] Boat [G7] Express. [C] {c: } [C] When [G7] we [C7] shunt the [C] backs [G7] in [C] front and the [F] front parts in the rear If [D7] we survive then we’ll arrive [G7] alongside Wigan Pier. {c: } Cried a lady [C] "Oo bring a doctor [Am] do, I [D7] think Im in distress." She was feel[G7]ing shocks in a signal box on the [C] Wigan [G#7] Boat [G7] Express. [C] {c: } On a [C] steep incline one day, [G7] the train was standing [C] still. I [G7] said we cant wait here [C] all day [G7] so we [D] pushed it [G7] up the hill. [G7] If its wet [C] or fine we start at nine, we are [D] prompt I must confess. And by half[G7]-past one two miles weve done on the [C] Wigan [G#7] Boat Express. [C] {c: } Once a [C] chap I saw on the engine floor, hed gone[C] to sleep I guess But he [G7] woke to find a tender behind on the [C] Wigan [G#7] Boat Express. [C] {c: } Now [C7] when we shunt the backs in front and the [F] front parts in the rear If we [G] survive then well arrive a[D]longside [Gm] Wigan [G] Pier. {c: } [G7] Mrs. [C] Brown looked swell but sad to tell on the [D] door she tore her dress And the [G7] sun shone gay through the permanent way on the [C] Wigan [G#7] Boat Express. [C] {c: } [C] When [G7] we [C7] shunt the [C] backs [G7] in [C] front and the [F] front parts in the rear If [D7] we survive then we’ll arrive [G7] alongside [Gm] Wigan [D] Pier. {c: } [G7] In the slee[C]ping car they go too far, all [D] mixed up more or less But they [G7] rearrange when I shout "All change" on the [C] Wigan [G#7] Boat Express. [C]